· Metrics
My favorite Excel-based Agile Backlog Templates
Excel templates for agile backlogs — when your team is not ready for a dedicated tool, these give just enough structure for sprint planning.
Tag: for-agile-coaches
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- · Kanban
Punctuated Equilibrium, Complexity, and Kanban
How punctuated equilibrium and complexity thinking explain why Kanban works as evolutionary change — containers and attractors instead of a big-bang rollout.
- · Blog
Book Report: Developing Products in Half the Time
A review of Reinertsen and Smith’s landmark book on fast product development — lean principles for time-to-market that still hold up today.
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Israeli Culture and the Evolutionary Revolution
How Israeli cultural traits — chutzpah, informal hierarchy, and rapid iteration — make the country a laboratory for evolutionary change methods like Kanban.
- · Agile
How to Improve Flow By Focusing on Exceptions
Managing by exception with a visual board: surfacing only what needs attention instead of reviewing every work item. A simple practice that improves flow.
- · Agile
Linking Team Modes to RightShifting
Connecting team development modes (forming/storming/norming/performing) to RightShifting — how teams move from process-oriented to performance-oriented.