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Several of us among Planview AgilePlace’s founders and early employees first learned about Lean in the context of logistics and manufacturing. We wrote and implemented software that helped big companies buy and move and track physical goods. So we learned about the Lean concept of reducing waste in terms of inventory, transportation, motion, etc. It...
Watch this webinar to find out how asking a simple question can improve your delivery speed. About This Webinar To help teams make effective day-to-day decisions that support Lean-Agile principles, we’ve created a simple yardstick at Planview AgilePlace called FSGD — Frequent, Small, Good, Decoupled. Easy to remember and apply, “Fizz Good” is a way of breaking down...
Is your team overburdened with too much work? Are there too many conflicting priorities? Watch this webinar to find out how Kanban can help your team. About This Webinar In this webinar, I’ll recall my experiences getting started with Kanban, sharing stories and lessons learned. You’ll also get tips on how to: Make your work visible...
A picture’s worth a thousand words — unless, of course, it conveys outdated or incomplete data. With Planview AgilePlace’s new Custom Reporting, you can answer your burning questions faster — and more accurately. AgilePlace’s Custom Reporting solution offers quick insight to help you: Highlight organizational trends withcross-board reporting Meet your unique needs with custom reports, charts, and...
To help customers get the most out of Planview AgilePlace, we provide Web Services for automating common tasks, such as creating, updating, and moving cards on a board. In addition, there are software clients available for common programming languages and platforms, making it easier to take advantage of Planview AgilePlace’s Web Services. In this article, I want...
I’m excited to announce Planview AgilePlace’s new logo and brand. This marks a significant milestone in our journey, providing an opportunity to reflect on everything that the original Planview AgilePlace brand stood for and everything that we aspire to become. Our Journey So Far Since our founding in 2009, Planview AgilePlace has experienced tremendous growth....
Imagine you’re at the Olympic Games, watching the 4x400m relay race. While one runner carries the baton around the track, the other three runners stand around waiting. If we ran the relay race like most of us run our businesses, it would look very different. Each of the idle runners would be running three other races,...
If you’ve been to business school, or are at all familiar with business history, you’ll know that Lean was a big, big thing in the 1980s and ‘90s. Western manufacturing companies were being decimated by their Japanese rivals, especially Toyota, and they were trying everything they could to regain their competitive edge. Many flavors of...
If you’re currently considering or have already taken on an organizational transformation, this research from McKinsey provides useful insights to triple your odds of success. Substantial organizational change comes with a chasm of risk; however, McKinsey’s report suggests a repeatable formula to help you cross safely. Following their recommendations can increase your success rate up to 79%, based on the...
Learn how product development organizations are using a Lean, flow-driven approach to achieve predictable releases and enable continuous improvement. About This Webinar In this webinar, I’ll share my experiences helping enterprise product development teams apply Kanban to become more agile. Highlights of what you’ll learn: – Why product development teams are adopting Kanban – How to get started...
