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How does the performance objectives process change in a Lean/Agile world?

Seems like every January I get questions from HR leaders in organizations I’m working with that go something like this – “We are working on the yearly performance objectives process, and we were wondering whether it needs to change in an agile environment?” The main evolution I see in the Performance management process is leaning …

“We are already Lean/Agile” – Really?

These days more and more organizations think they are Agile A couple of years ago when you talked to people about agile a common response “why should we”, “it won’t work here”, or “so this is the new fad? What will come next?” Times have changed. And a sign of the fact that agile is …

The Toyota Kata – Book Review and Thoughts

Followers of the blog might recall an early new year resolution to get more value from I read. Well the new year is with us, but this post is about returning debt from 2011. Toyota Kata is MY 2011 book of the year. It started me on a lot of thinking streaks and opened a …

LKCE11 Pecha Kucha – Change Program Stall Avoidance 101 Policies Kanban – Now with video…

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My favorite Excel-based Agile Backlog Templates

(September 2015 update – This is actually quite outdated. Most people actually use an agile lifecycle management tool when they move on from post its… so I haven’t recently looked at any of those templates or others that might be out there… Just thought it would be fair to say that considering this is the most popular blog post on the site…)

People frequently ask me for simple Excel-based templates they can start with. Here is the list of references I provide them with. (From now on I can have a single pointer, how convenient…)

Punctuated Equilibriums, Containers, all things Complexity and how Kanban fits in

The Kanban for Simple problems Myth Depending on who you listen to, you might get the idea that a Kanban system might be great for simple problems, or even complicated ones, but when the going gets tough and a complex problem needs to be solved, you need something like Scrum (See Ken Schwaber’s post, and …

Book Report – Developing Products in Half the Time: New Rules, New Tools by Reinertsen and Smith

Getting books to Done Done I have an early new year resolution. It is to get some more value from books I’ve been reading. I have this habit of enjoying a book, getting to DONE (Finishing it…) but not getting to DONE DONE (Generating explicit takeaways that might affect the way I do things out …

Israeli Culture and the Evolutionary Revolution

Revolution outside Evolution inside may be just what the doctor ordered for the impatient Israeli change leader.

Exception Daily/Board

Background Energizing a kanban system has been an area I’ve been thinking of lately ( see my lkbe11 talk). One of the key areas of focus is how to expedite handling of exceptions to flow. What are those exceptions? Blocked items as well as “struggling” items that are not making the progress you expected. Identifying …

Linking Team Modes to RightShifting

What is Rightshifting? When I looked at the program for Lean Kanban Benelux 2011 I found a couple of sessions talking about something I wasn’t familiar with – RightShifting. Since I had to speak at the same time, I didn’t have a chance to go check it out. Come Lean Kanban Central Europe 2011 I saw another …

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