When we face a problem, we calibrate available options to solve it, choose one and execute it. If we are amongst organized individuals, we might also assess cause and effect for each option for deciding. Making these organized individuals good leaders as they change their actions depending on the situation, making better decisions by adapting […]
We like to measure our weight, I.Q., or the quality of a product or a service. No matter how much our teams or we speak about quality, they don’t have a clear or unified definition of quality. “if you can’t measure, you can’t manage.” Measuring service/product quality allows you to find areas for improvement, assess […]
46% of SMBs in the U.S. don’t track their inventory or use manual methods such as excel spreadsheets to manage inventory. An effective inventory management system is an advantage that few would like to ignore. A kanban inventory system can give you that edge by ensuring companies maintain minimal supplies to reduce spoilage and prevent waste. Taiichi Ohno of […]
Terms program management and portfolio management are used quite frequently, but let’s see where portfolio management, program management and project management exactly fit in. It is crucial to understand the difference and work relationships at each level. This becomes more important because, at the organizational level, it is imperative to know details while driving work […]
The coronavirus (COVID-19) outbreak has caused extensive concern and economic & delivery catastrophe for consumers, businesses and communities across the globe, covering areas like supply chain, workforce, tax and trade, and financial reporting. Companies have been forced to enforce plans around business continuity, deliver things faster and streamline decisions and processes. This has manifested the […]
Businesses face unusual and increasing levels of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. In a VUCA World, all businesses are startups. The number of startups and unicorns is growing, and so is the failure rate. These entrepreneurs either fail in creating a market for their product or die with premature scaling. In the startup world, we […]
Test-driven development (TDD) is an approach where you write a test before you write just enough production code to fulfill that test and refactoring. It also means thinking about your design first and then about code. As Ron Jeffries says, the goal of TDD is to write clean code that works.The nucleus of test-driven development […]
One of the biggest challenges leadership faces is that of predicting future expected results or even simply understanding the current state of a project. However, using Kanban allows the team to visualize their work and monitor a more predictable flow pattern of their work (though it may change/improve as the project progresses). Visual reports help […]
What is Kanban? Kanban is a popular framework used to implement agile software development. It requires transparency of work. Work items are represented visually on a kanban board, allowing team mNo matter how good teams plan, unplanned work is something they struggle with. It is no surprise that most of teams, end up struggling and […]
One of the biggest challenge leadership faces is predicting future or lets also say even to understand current state of project. Though while using Kanban, you make things visual and we have flow(though it may change/improve as you progress) but one still needs few visual reports. Lets see how they can be of some help. […]