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Kanban in Organizations Part I

The Values and Foundational Principles of Kanban

The 9 Kanban values

This article describes the basic idea of Kanban based on its values and foundational principles. The Kanban method is regarded as the human start with what you are doing now approach to change. It should be seen more as a management method constructed around a value system than as a pure productivity tool. This method helps organizations to work better for their employees, customers and stakeholders. The basis of this article is the book "Essential Kanban Condensed" by David J. Anderson and Andy Carmichael.

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Posted by Julia Meiling on November 28th, 2018 under Project Management
Tags: kanban

Kanban in Personal Project Management

Agile Kanban Combined with Traditional Project Management

Kanban in project management

While agile methods such as Kanban are now widely used in project management, employing a purely agile approach without the advantages of traditional project management methods often does not work, especially when a large project team is involved.

This article explains the advantages of agile Kanban and the traditional waterfall model, and how you can employ this to your advantage in the form of hybrid project management.

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Posted by Julia Meiling on June 14th, 2018 under Project management
Tags: kanban agile

What Is the Difference Between Work Breakdown Structure, Project Plan and Project Schedule?

Net plan in Merlin Project

If you are new to the project world, you are confronted with lots of seemingly similar terms and definitions.

What is, for instance, the difference between a work breakdown structure, a project plan and a project schedule? Let's resolve the confusion.

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Posted by Paul Henkel on March 26th, 2018 under Project Management
Tags: agile scrum kanban

Kanban 101: Understanding Kanban Methodology

A small Kanban board

Kanban is like Scrum an agile method to manage projects more effectively. What are the advantages of Kanban? When to choose one agile methodology over the other? And how to find the best Kanban tool for your project? This article will give you an overview of Kanban basics.

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Posted by Paul Henkel on March 19th, 2018 under Project Management
Tags: agile scrum kanban

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