Capacity and capability. What's the difference?
When I did STATIK exercise with different teams, I noticed that it happens to confuse capability with capacity. Step 4 of STATIK says:...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Kanban in #coronaworld – InPost case
Over the past several weeks I observed both Kanban best practices applied around us and articles about it. Except for circumstances –...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
How to triage carrot juice damage? Cost of delay through mother’s eyes
It was the 5th “corona-morning” in our home, when we couldn’t prepare for work or kindergarten. And (of course) my daughter woke up at 6...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 6 min
Why do we create Kanban mythology?
“On the deepest level, myth familiarizes reality: it explains the unknown by exploiting known patterns.” M. Napiórkowski (1) Myths are an...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
How to embrace empiricism?
Pottery class and almost the end of semester. Ms. Wilson had two groups this year. She decided to do a simple experiment for each of her...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Acts of leadership at every level. Is that even possible?
My Budapest story illustrates the last [leadership] point (…). Seeing the enhanced board made me feel that it was no longer just mine –...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Pragmatism in management is a MUST HAVE!
When I look a few years back I see a person – very enthusiastic, believing in people and process, energetic. The only thing that’s left...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Don’t overpromise! Apply 2-phase Commit
Did you ever think whether you should specify the task end date for your customers when you start working or you should rather wait until...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
“Kanban is humane”. Kanban is respectful.
“There is no respect for others without humility in one’s self.” – Henri Frederic Amiel One of the Kanban Change Management principles...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 5 min
Myth 4 – In Kanban you don’t know when the work is done
“You don’t have sprints, so you don’t know, when the work is done.” “You don’t have a project plan, so you don’t know when the work is...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Don’t move items backwards on the kanban board
When I started my Kanban adventure some time ago, I heard The Sentence: “Don’t move your items backwards on the board”. The thoughts I...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Human face of risk
Starting discussion about risk management usually causes hate reflex or at least reluctance in the inquired audience. We fill in risk...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Is visualization a powerful leadership tool?
A few years back I changed my role to become a Scrum Master. I've read a lot of books, blogs, publications about how to be a great SM....
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Kanban Planning – part 2
In the previous article we talked about implementing feedback loops in Kanban. If you haven’t read it yet – you can do it here. Last time...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 4 min
Bikes, bananas and work in progress
“Since the inventory in a product development process is not a physical object but information, it is virtually invisible.” Donald R....
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Never stop learning – why is learning curve effect so powerful?
The learning effect is obvious to all of us, yet still very powerful. The more human factor is embedded in the system, the more impact it...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Do we really, really need a board?
The kanban board is one of the first elements of Kanban you will probably hear about. It is the heart of visualization practice, which is...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 5 min
Myth 3 – In Kanban you do not plan
Sometimes when I talk about Kanban and favorable conditions to use this method I observe a lot of things. Some people listen and at the...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 2 min
Kanban Board is a living organism
Establishing the first ever kanban board is a memorable event in the team's life. We discuss a lot to find the...
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Anna Radzikowska
- Jul 3, 2020
- 3 min
Myth 2 – you can only use Kanban when you have no deadlines
Recently Kate started our new cycle: “Debunking Kanban Myths” with article “Myth 1- Kanban board means Kanban method”. Today I would...
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