Project Management

Where do you see your company in 5 years? What are your strategic goals and long-term plans? As Michael Hyatt says, "If you have a clear vision, you will eventually attract ...

Knowledge work is notorious for its unpredictable nature. There will always be a vast array of different scenarios that could possibly happen in the future. Frankly, it is just i...

Nave is all about bringing awareness to the state of your delivery workflows. The sole goal that we have is to provide a level of transparency that helps managers continuously ...

How can you leverage your Kanban analytics to make the most out of your improvement efforts? Is there an approach that will enable you to continuously realize business outcomes...

There are some questions that I get asked pretty much every single day. How much data do we need to make reliable delivery predictions? What if we don't currently have any hist...

The health zones on the Aging Chart will help you stay on track with your commitments and ultimately preserve the predictability of your system. Often, we make the mistake o...

Comparing teams’ performance is neither fair nor relevant. I’m very excited to finally get to watch the Olympics this year. Countries all over the world will send their ...

Perfectionism is a fallacy that leads to overplanning, procrastination and failure to launch. Back in the day, when we were just a couple of months away from releasing the i...

What you measure shows what you value! If we’re measuring individual performance, that clearly indicates to each person in the team that we value individual performance. If your...

Story splitting is a widely spread activity that enables teams to deliver results quickly and efficiently. Still, it doesn’t come without its challenges. The concept of story...

Discarded work has a massive impact on the predictability of your system and your overall performance. Even though this is a hugely neglected topic, it actually has great poten...

Sustainable predictability can be achieved by enabling stable delivery systems. And Little’s Law ultimately defines that phenomenon. Let’s look into some little-known facts ab...

Developing a probabilistic mindset is the ultimate secret to managing risks effectively and making reliable delivery commitments. Making probabilistic forecasts helps us mainta...

Continuous forecasting is ultimately the best strategy that you can implement to stay on track and keep your commitments in the long run. When my husband and I moved to Belg...

Managing the flow of work effectively and staying on top of the obstacles that hinder your performance is the cornerstone to avoiding project delays. If you’ve committed t...

Release planning is essential to fulfilling the expectations of both your customers and your teams. However, often the approaches we use to create a release plan are inherently...

Saying “Yes” to the right commitments (and “No” to the wrong ones) is all about making reliable decisions on what work to take on next. These are paramount to managing ...

Often, new projects start with a team that just has been brought together, and it’s a constant struggle for managers to make realistic commitments for new teams. When the tea...