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To Do, Doing, Done is my favorite way to segment a Kanban. It’s where I start. It’s simple and intuitive. Another benefit is that it’s easy to glance at three segments. I’m a fan of “glance and go” vs. “stop and stare.” In the Kanban above, the “To Do” segment has a set of work …
“The strength of the team is each individual member. The strength of each member is the team.” — Phil Jackson I’ve had a unique privilege of leading high-performance distributed teams at Microsoft for more than 20+ years. I was lucky to be in an organization for a decade whose driving philosophy was “leverage the best …
“Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.” – Steve Jobs The key shift with Agile Design is to deliver quickly while handling changes smoothly. Stop doing long requirements phases, and heavy documentation up front. With Agile Design you focus on incremental and iterative delivery, going from …
“Kanban is not a to-do list, it’s a visual tool that helps you focus on what’s important and limit work in progress.” — Marina Lotaif I’ve been using personal Kanbans for several years, thanks to early guidance from Corey Ladas. In fact, the first time I used a personal Kanban was back in 2004 to …
Sometimes the big gets in the way of the small. While it’s great to package up value into a bigger set, sometimes this blocks flowing smaller value as you go. For example, maybe you have a big idea that blocks your little ideas. Or maybe you have a product that packages up a lot of …
