Team Performance

I’m going to bet that you’ve been using effort time to make your commitments, and this approach probably hasn’t worked well for you. If you’re unsure what the problem is ...

Let’s talk about building our credibility for a moment. What does it take to build our reputation as professionals? Can we and our teams commit to a delivery scope or delivery d...

Multitasking is a myth. It’s a myth because nearly everyone accepts it is an effective thing to do. It’s become so mainstream that people actually think it’s something they ...

“The Kanban Method doesn’t work for project planning!”, “There is no commitment in Kanban.”, “You have to split your items into even pieces.” What do all these state...

“We’ll deliver these 10 items by next Thursday!”. What’s the problem with this statement? There are two major issues with it. Firstly, it suggests that there is an actu...

Let’s be real… project management can be really hard, especially when you’re just getting started. I’m here to tell you that after 13 years of figuring it all out (with ...

As we stepped into the beginning of 2018, I found myself leading a Scrum team for the first time, and let me tell you, I was absolutely determined to make it a resounding success....

If you’re leading a team grappling with the unpredictable ebb and flow of delivery times, you're most certainly in a mix of emotions – annoyance, impatience, disappointment. ...

If you’re like most of the Scrum teams I’m working with in our Sustainable Predictability program, you're likely in a good flow, smoothly handling planned tasks with a steady ...

Avoiding a 100% utilization of your employees’ time is the only way to achieve 100% workflow utilization. Your delivery speed and the predictability of your systems depend on h...

More and more Scrum teams realize the benefits of adopting Kanban to manage their work more effectively. And the benefits are countless. Adopting practices from both worlds is a v...

Let me know if this sounds familiar. You’re sitting there, looking at your flow metrics. Your cycle time spikes, and your throughput drops compared to last week. Your ...

Today, I’d like to share a strategy for balancing maintenance work and new features in your software development team that will save you time, reduce stress, and improve your t...

Today, I want to dive into something that might seem a bit technical at first but is super useful for anyone looking to make reliable delivery forecasts: percentiles. Trust me, ...

“We’ll deliver these 30 items by November 19th!” What’s the problem with this statement? There are two major issues with it: Firstly, it suggests that there is an a...

If you’re a soccer fan, you probably know all these websites that give you the probability of how a game will end. The approach that they use is pretty smart. As the game pr...

Using Monte Carlo simulations to predict your project delivery date is the ultimate game changer. But what if the projected dates fall short of expectations? What if meetin...

Hey there my friend, I hope you’re having a wonderful day! Welcome to another article on Nave’s blog, where we talk all things Kanban. Today, I’ll walk you through the m...