Leading the conversation on digital connected work
Your team is stressed; priorities are unclear. You’re not sure what your teammates are working on and management isn’t helping. Sound familiar? If so, watch this webinar to find out how Kanban can help. About this Webinar In this webinar, I’ll discuss how enterprise Kanban can be used to: Improve the full value chain Boost engagement,...
At the Agile2015 conference last August, I overheard a tool vendor demonstrating metrics reports to an interested visitor. Wanting to learn more, I lingered by the booth. The visitor expressed interest in lead time metrics and asked if there was any way to exclude weekends from the lead time reports. I intruded (in my politest, most respectable way)...
As an IT department, you receive so many requests that you often have to put your own long-term improvements on the back burner. When you finally come up for air, you realize that your tech platform left the “patchable” state a long time ago — and now it’s burning. You need slack time to make...
Find out how quantifying Cost of Delay helps organizations improve prioritization, make trade-off decisions and create a sense of urgency. About This Webinar In this webinar, I’ll explain how visualizing the impact of delay helps us understand value and urgency. Topics covered include: – An introduction to Cost of Delay – Why Cost of Delay is...
Batch on Flow My name is Bob Batcheler, but my friends and colleagues call me Batch. I am new at Planview AgilePlace. When I started here, I expected the ritual hazing about my last name, mostly having to do with my marital status, but Planview AgilePlace broke the mold. Early on, either @leankitjon or @indomitablehef (AgilePlace’s COO and CEO,...
Whether you’re a cook using a recipe to make a new entree, a kid using instructions to build a new lego set, or a developer using a code example to learn a new language, guides can save your sanity and help you learn faster. The same is true for creating a new Kanban board or...
HiPPO is the Highest Paid Person’s Opinion. If you’ve spent any reasonable length of time in a large corporate environment, you will probably have seen something a bit like this firsthand. It usually happens when a group of people are attempting to make a difficult decision, for which there are lots of opinions, but not a...
Watch this webinar to learn how Lean leadership, culture and tools form the foundation of lasting change. About This Webinar In this webinar, I’ll explain how without three elements — leadership, culture and tools — our efforts at Lean transformation are little better than building castles in the sand. During this session, I discuss: – The role of...
Whether you’re a team member, project manager or executive, find out how Planview AgilePlace’s reports and analytics give you the insights you need to measure and improve your delivery success. About This Webinar During this session, I’ll take a look at the following roles: Teams: Continuously measure and improve using Lean metrics that focus on flow,...
The Kanban technique emerged in the late 1940s as Toyota’s reimagined approach to manufacturing and engineering. The system’s highly visual nature allowed teams to communicate more easily on what work needed to be done and when. It also standardized cues and refined processes, which helped to reduce waste and maximize value. The application of Kanban to knowledge...
