Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership — written from 15+ years in the field.
A simple elevator-pitch explanation of Kanban for Scrum practitioners — what Kanban adds, what it changes, and why both approaches are complementary rather than competing.
Read more →Batching defect reviews feels productive, but creates the same interruption cost as constant email checking — applying Kanban flow thinking to bug triage cadences.
Read more →Encouraging progress at the feature level rather than at task or sprint level: the management behaviors and visibility practices that shift teams from activity to outcome focus.
Read more →Executives want simple metrics for product development. The challenge: simple metrics for complex work often create perverse incentives. Which metrics actually signal health vs output.
Read more →Using Minimally Marketable Features as the atomic unit for Scrum sprints in a Kanban-influenced delivery system — improving business value flow while keeping sprint structure.
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Using statistical process control techniques with Kanban flow data to detect early warning signs of delivery problems before they become crises.
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