Systems Thinking

This category covers why systems thinking is important to the success of flow-based systems.

Kanban y DevOps: Una alianza estratégica para la eficiencia tecnológica

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En el dinámico mundo de la tecnología, las organizaciones buscan constantemente marcos de trabajo y herramientas que optimicen sus operaciones y maximicen el valor entregado al cliente. Dos conceptos que han ganado protagonismo en los últimos años son Kanban y DevOps. Aunque cada uno tiene su propio conjunto de principios y prácticas, cuando se combinan, …

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Combinando Kanban con Lean: Optimizando el flujo de trabajo y reduciendo desperdicios

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El mundo empresarial actual exige eficiencia, adaptabilidad y una entrega de valor constante. Para responder a estos desafíos, muchas organizaciones han adoptado marcos de trabajo que promueven la mejora continua y la optimización de procesos. Dos de los más prominentes son Kanban y Lean. Aunque a menudo se asocian, es esencial comprender cómo se pueden …

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The Benefits of Defining your Service Level Expectation

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“In Kanban, how do you determine what size of work item you should pull in?”  This was recently asked in one of my Kanban classes.  Often, this type of question comes from someone familiar with the Scrum framework who is trying to understand how to break work items down in Kanban. As part of the …

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Three Ways Kanban Helps Us Solve Complex Problems

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The way to solve complex problems is to break it down into smaller pieces, start with what we know or more often, a hypothesis around an assumption we are making, and then assess the outcome to decide what to do next. Agile frameworks and techniques like Scrum, XP, Feature Driven Development, Crystal, etc. are designed …

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Collective Flow – The Rhythm of Creative Collaboration

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If I only had a dollar for every time an Agile team member complained about not having time free of distractions so that they could completely focus on getting their work done… In the article Flow: The Secret of Creativity, High Performance, and Happiness, we explored Flow from the perspective of the individual and discussed …

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The Three Things They Don’t Tell You About Kanban

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Motivated people, a valuable service, an experienced coach, a trained workforce. Even with all these things in place, we ran into a few challenges when using Kanban in an HR environment. Here are the three things we continue to struggle with in our ongoing Kanban journey at a major international firm. Thing 1: Tools Matter …

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Ideas para pensar sobre la implementación de Kanban

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4 ideas claves a tener presente al implementar Kanban El cambio que buscamos implementar a través de Kanban como estrategia no se puede vender de manera creíble como algo que solo es beneficioso. Todo cambio trae incertidumbre y con suerte riesgos. Para acompañar a equipos y organizaciones, debemos mostrarles cómo los beneficios del cambio superan …

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Kanban + Lean UX = The Future of Agility

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Box 1 frames the business problem to be solved; one could use the business problem template, the elevator pitch template, or free format. Box 2 is specific about the percentage or numeric improvement achieved if the problem was solved; the pirate metrics AARRR (#acquisitions, #activations, $revenue, %retention, #referrals) metrics are often used. Box 2 metrics …

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Kanban Adoption in Nigeria; A Frontier Worth Exploring

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Nigeria, like other nations, is an evolving work environment. A nation of over 200 million people (UNDP, 2021). Interesting in her demographic is her workforce. From United Nations Population Fund statistics, over 50% of her population in the workforce is young and vibrant. The question then is, how can the Agile framework; Kanban, facilitate the delivery of value for Nigerian organizations and businesses? To answer this …

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