Making sense of agility, scaling, OKRs, product operating models, and leadership — written from 15+ years in the field.
Dev:Test ratio is a proxy for team balance, not a target to optimize. How Kanban helps you find the right balance by making bottlenecks visible instead of guessing at headcount ratios.
Read more →Developer-to-tester ratios are less important than flow — why Kanban thinking shifts the focus from headcount balance to constraint identification and queue management.
Read more →How to forecast delivery dates in a Scrumban environment where delivery is sprint-paced but flow is continuous — adapting cycle time metrics for hybrid Scrum/Kanban teams.
Read more →A review of David Anderson foundational Kanban book: the principles, practices, and organizational change approach that launched the Kanban method for knowledge work.
Read more →How management teams can use Kanban to focus and execute continuous improvement initiatives — prioritizing improvement backlog, using WIP limits to force focus, and leading by example in Lean/Agile transitions.
Read more →The case for small batches in product development: why large work items slow everything down, and how reducing batch size consistently improves flow, quality, and predictability.
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