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Unlocking the Power of Kanban – Dependency

So far, we have considered a single-step system. Many of us receive work from upstream providers or teams and then pass work on for further processing. In this chapter, we will assume a situation where we are the manager of two groups Team A and Team B. Team A receives work and performs Part A…

Unlocking the Power of Kanban – Variability

So far, we have seen how work flows using constant values. Nothing we do is uniform. We have variability at every turn. The amount of work we receive daily is variable, and our demand varies. Our daily capacity varies as we have meetings to attend, go on leave for a well-deserved break or encounter issues…

Unlocking the Power of Kanban – Flow

We’ll start our exploration with some basic flow principles. Consider a situation where you are managing a team. This team is capable of servicing four requests per day. Requests are received at the start of the day, and the team processes them in the order received. The team is part of a start-up, and while…

Unlocking the Power of Kanban – Introduction

After spending a few years as a systems engineer, I got the opportunity to try my hand at management. My first few management roles were technical leadership positions. I led small to medium-sized teams, and my technical know-how was enough to get me through. I thought I was managing, but in reality, I was reacting…

Kanban and To-Do Lists

We have recently delivered several Team Kanban Professional courses from the Kanban University. What has been noticeable for us is that while our learners go back to their offices and implement the TKP learnings, some of the learners do not extend the Kanban principles to the individual level. Digging deeper has led to us uncovering…

Welcome

Welcome to the inaugural post for The Focussed Manager. I am quite excited to launch this site. For a long while, I was looking for a medium to share some of what I have learned from TOC (Theory of Constraints), DevOps and Agile and to also share some of my opinions. The motivation for pulling…

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