Project Management

You've seen this meeting. The data is on screen. The signal is clear. The recommendation is specific. Everyone aligns quickly. The decision is made. It felt right. It looked rig...

For a long time, the agile coach’s job has been one of the hardest jobs in the room. Not because the work is unclear. Not because the system can’t be understood. But because...

There is a specific kind of exhaustion that does not come from working too hard. It comes from knowing exactly what will go wrong, seeing it clearly ahead of time, and still bein...

You're in the quarterly portfolio review. The dashboard is up on the screen. Active initiatives: 47. Up from 38 last quarter. Average cycle time: 12 weeks. Up from 9. WIP across...

Often, managers use average delivery times to make future predictions. Even though this method is intuitive and widely spread, making delivery commitments based on averages is not...

It’s been a busy year for us here at Nave, so it's time to let our hair down, have some fun & celebrate the end of a successful year. But, none of it would have been possibl...

The new year is just around the corner, so now is the perfect time to stop and reflect on your goals and the next steps you plan to take. With that in mind, I’ve put together a ...

When it comes to introducing probabilistic forecasting, it is paramount that you tackle any resistance head-on. Do you have kids? My son David is 4 years old, and my daughter Lo...

Introducing WIP limits is one of the most powerful approaches to reduce delivery times by aligning demand with capacity and keeping the focus on the most important work.  Often ...

Getting started with Monte Carlo simulations as an alternative approach to making delivery forecasts can be challenging, especially if you’ve been stuck estimating your work usi...

There is a simple way to eliminate the stress in your workplace and create a new narrative around how you manage your work. Recently, I’ve been thinking about the easy pitfall...

  Probabilistic forecasting is an approach that helps teams produce dependable delivery predictions based on their past performance data. A lot of teams, however, still question w...

Today, I’d like to show you how to set and manage reliable delivery commitments that you can actually meet! Welcome to the last chapter of the Sustainable Predictability series...

Welcome to Chapter 3 of the Sustainable Predictability series, where we will talk about what it really looks like to adopt a stable delivery system that enables you to consistentl...

If your team is constantly overcommitting and underdelivering, chances are you have a capacity allocation problem. Now, I didn’t say resource allocation, right? There is a diff...

When it comes to making delivery commitments, mapping story points to hours to estimate your work is a terrible piece of advice. In fact, there is a very simple exercise that can ...

The typical narrative surrounding growing businesses is that, when the demand starts rising, they find they are struggling to cope. With a tremendous amount of customer requests c...

Unlike a push system, where work is pushed onto teams regardless of their capacity, pull systems prevent team overburden and increase workflows efficiency. Teams pull work as they...