Story Points are vanity metrics
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 14/07/2023
Story points are vanity metrics
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Avoid using Blocked columns on Kanban Boards
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 09/10/2022
Don't use blocked columns on Kanban Boards
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There is no such thing as a “Standard” Kanban board
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 05/10/2022
Kanban boards should not follow a "Standard" design
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Kanban can help Legal Practitioners
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 19/09/2022
Kanban practices that can help legal practitioners manager their work
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In Person
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 28/08/2022
Working In Person has advantages we lost during COVID
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Lean Ball Game Variation
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 26/04/2022
Lean ball game - focus on variable demand
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Don’t follow the ball, look at the whole pitch
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 23/03/2022
Estimates don't always represent your whole system of work
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Your agile team assessment is all wrong
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 16/03/2022
Agile Team assessments assess the wrong thing
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Problems faced by lawyers whilst managing their work
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 08/03/2022
Legal industry problems associated with managing work
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Project risks are different to business risks in Kanban
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 04/02/2022
Project risks are different to business risks in Kanban
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Talking in your customers language
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 28/01/2022
Talking in your customers language is about understanding and solving their problems
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Just because an item has a due date, doesn’t make it a Fixed Date Class of Service
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 05/01/2022
Fixed Date class of service is often mistaken for items with a due date
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Who are your customers and what do they ask for?
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 04/01/2022
Who are your customers and what do they ask for?
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Applying Kanban to Sales
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 08/11/2021
Upstream Kanban is akin to a good sales process
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Do your cards on the Kanban board reflect customer requests?
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 19/10/2021
Ensure your kanban board reflects customer requests
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Kanban helps you achieve agility, it’s not an Agile Method
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 15/10/2021
Kanban helps you achieve agility, it's not an Agile Method
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Organisational agility is a “Team of Teams” sport
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 29/09/2021
Organisational agility is not a matter of high performing teams, but a "team of teams".
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Irrefutable Demand
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 08/09/2021
Are you an order taker or leader? Not all demand is irrefutable - leaders know which is right to commit to and what can be deferred.
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Sources of demand for a team
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 01/09/2021
Teams have different sources of demand - it's important to identify and deal with them appropriately
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Kanban Practices in use at a Covid Vaccination Hub
By Daniel Ploeg
/ 10/08/2021
Kanban practices in use at a Covid Vaccination Hub
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