How to Create a Better Development Process With Kanban and Scrumban

The software industry has seen many trends over the years and the most one is using agile methodologies. The agile approach is used to create a unique and hybrid approach to improve the process and achieve better results. The agile approach describes the common goals for the businesses which include interactions over processes, tools and individual values. Agile is the foundation for the two most popular methodologies Scrum and Kanban. read more ...

Four Reasons Why traditional project management fails

The concept of project management has always been mined bugling, yet the necessity quite obvious. In order for a project to run efficiently as well as beat the constraint of time, taking care in planning, initiating, executing, controlling, and concluding the activities of the project is vital. read more ...

Best Kanban Training Courses: Are Kanban Certifications Essential?

The spirit of Kanban started where you are and start with the small pragmatic, actionable steps that you will begin implementing the next Monday. No need to describe the new rules, no requirement to modify the team structure, no request for any drastic modifications in a way you build products and deliver services. read more ...

How your business can benefit from a Certified Kanban Coach®

We have all heard about using a holistic method to solving or remedying your health issues. Did you know there is a holistic approach you can use to improving your company’s health as well? read more ...

The Certified Lean Project Manager® triangle of constraints

The traditional iron triangle of constraints identifies three main types of constraints on the success of a project: scope, cost, and schedule. Change to any one of these constraints will affect the others. A project’s quality depends on satisfying all three constraints. read more ...

The 3 top reasons for the Certified Scrumban Practitoner®

Many companies, organizations and teams are increasingly adopting Scrum. Some ended up moving from Scrum to choose the more open, agile discipline, Kanban. Another big reason is that the Kanban rules are easier to adopt and to understand. Kanban is not a strict system like Scrum; studies have shown that a lot of companies and organizations do not perform an agile transformation. read more ...

Scrumban - About Vision Mission, and Goals

It is important that leaders spell out the vision but keep in mind the alignment of key purposes. This can be attained by gathering the opinion of everybody in the whole organization. A vision board with one concise vision statement, captured it in one or two sentences, ensures that it is both clear and easy to understand. This could be targeting the business goals of the product, the key components, or the target group of users. read more ...

How IBQMI® can help you to develop products that are excellent, and accessible to the customers

In 1998, Paul Adler conducted research proving that conventional product improvement goals, such as reducing the variation, decreasing process bottlenecks, and reducing rework, can reduce the development time by 30% to 50%. The development time can be reduced more significantly if this seven lean principles are applied to the process. Read on ... read more ...

Characteristics of Lean Project Management

Lean project management has several key characteristics. It relies on cross-functional teams that work in short iterations and uses an incremental approach to development. It focuses strongly on customer value and business priorities and strives for continuous improvement. These characteristics are the main differences to those of more traditional project management approaches. We will explain the main characteristic of lean project management in this article. read more ...

Weaknesses of the waterfall model

In classical project management, the project plan helps project managers execute and control the project’s phases. A project plan typically includes the costs, as well as the project’s scope and a schedule. Further, it defines milestones, activities, deliverables, and resources. read more ...