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Choosing a Kanban App Kanban apps are increasingly adopted by enterprises looking for ways to optimize workflow processes and accelerate value delivery. While teams may start out using a physical Kanban board, the need to streamline communication between distributed and cross-functional teams quickly prompts most teams to adopt a Kanban app. Using a Kanban web app...
As CEO of Net Objectives, I’ve seen firsthand how adopting a Lean, objective-driven mindset enables organizations to evolve their software development practices and deliver customer value more effectively. If you’re ready to take your team’s Agile practices to the next level, this webinar is for you. About Leanban I’ll introduce you to a new approach,...
In this webinar, I share how Kanban is being implemented across new vehicle development projects at Jaguar Land Rover to improve time, cost and quality. I’ll share the results of a Kanban product development proof of concept to accelerate design and development, the success of which is driving adoption across multiple programs. You’ll see how...
More than 130 Planview AgilePlace employees from across the country (and even some from across the pond!) gathered at HQ in Franklin, Tenn., last week for a time of learning, collaborating and planning for what lies ahead. As a nod to our Kanban roots, we’ve named these weeks “pull planning” sessions, which serve as a time to reflect on...
My name is Amber Bartlett and I’m an Education Specialist at Planview AgilePlace. I have the pleasure of working with customers as they begin implementing our tool. One question that I get fairly regularly has to do with how many boards one person should have. Should each project get its own board, or is there...
At Planview AgilePlace, Lean isn’t just the product we sell. It’s in our name because we passionately believed in it when we founded the company, and we still do today. By embracing Lean across our company, we’ve adopted a customer-centric approach — not only in our product development, but also in every other department, from...
The dreaded question, “Do you have five minutes?” seems to be relatively harmless on the surface; who doesn’t have five minutes to spare? Everyone wants to be helpful — which is why you’re always willing to put down what you’re doing to hear your coworker’s burning questions. Then, you struggle to wrap your head around...
Are your technical and business teams at odds with each other? They don’t have to be. Alignment is defined as “a position of agreement or alliance”. Aligning technical and business teams is a matter of gaining clarity and consensus around why teams are doing what they’re doing. Your teams may (and in fact, should) argue about the who, what, and when,...
I’ve worked in many organizations where the IT and business sides of the house just can’t seem to get along — a phenomena I refer to as the “IT/business divide.” If you’re unsure whether there’s a divide in your organization, ask yourself when IT is brought into the decision-making process. Most businesses bring IT in...
My name is Andy Hoover and I manage our Customer Support operations here at Planview AgilePlace. I spend my time making sure our amazing team of support agents has the tools, training and processes in place to help our customers with any questions or problems they run into when using Planview AgilePlace. In this post, I’ll...
