Let’s be honest. Exec dashboards always look fine — beautiful works of fiction. Lines go up. Colors stay green. Progress looks unstoppable, and everyone’s hitting their “targets” — at least on slides. Meanwhile, teams are drowning in dependencies, decisions crawl through molasses, and nobody’s entirely sure if all this activity is producing actual outcomes. It’s […]
Unblocking the Flow: How Delivery Bottlenecks Quietly Decide Your Team’s Fate
Let’s be honest: most teams don’t really have delivery dashboards. Sure, there’s Jira in enterprises, a burndown or velocity chart, maybe a few colorful graphs from some other agile tool. And lately, someone’s probably promised that AI will fix all that — “predict delivery, optimize teams, maybe even write your stand-ups.” But ask simple questions like: … and the […]
Jira, Changelogs, and the Quest for Flow: Behind the Scenes of LeanMetrics
I was introduced to the Theory of Constraints early in my career, and— being young and overly optimistic— I just assumed this was how all businesses worked. Focus on flow. Identify bottlenecks. Fix them. Repeat. Easy, right? Fast forward to today, and unless you’re deep in manufacturing or happen to have a Goldratt poster on […]
Stop Abusing Agile
Bob asked, “Is the project on schedule?” Will said, “We do Agile. We don’t follow a schedule.”Bob was left wondering how he might report this to the governance teams. Cathy asked, “What scope will be delivered in the next 2 months?” Joe answered, “We are agile. We do not estimate all work upfront. All I […]
A Practical Step-By-Step Guide: Implementing Monte Carlo Simulation for Beginners
Monte Carlo Simulation is a powerful statistical method for predicting the probability of various outcomes. This guide walks beginners through the steps to implement it for forecasting project delivery dates, using Python for practical examples and offering insights into interpreting results to improve project management.
Decoding Agility: Transforming Agile Teams into a Culture of Continuous Improvement
Achieving a culture of continuous improvement is a critical objective for agile teams. With a comprehensive understanding of cycle times, your teams can embark on a journey of incremental enhancements that drive significant business value while also changing your culture into that of continuous improvement. By embracing the journey towards continuous improvement you will see a notable reduction on your times and overall workflow efficiency, transforming into high performing teams and of course increasing margins.