Project, Program and Portfolio Management with Kanban

05/23/22 • 22 min

“Kanban scales in a way that does not require bureaucracy and brings coherence to all the actions in the company, because it is clear how decisions are made at all levels. “ Teodora Bozheva In this episode of the LAMP, we are talking about project, program, and portfolio management with Kanban with Teodora Bozheva. Teodora is an experienced Kanban consultant and one of the brightest minds in the Kanban community. She is an Accredited Kanban Trainer and Consultant with more than 15 years of experience leading organizational change initiatives. Teodora is the founder and CEO of Berriprocess Agility. A company that provides training and guides you in the evolution of your project and service management practices, as well as your organizational culture. Teodora is also a co-author of Kanban Maturity Model: A Map to Organizational Agility, Resilience, and Reinvention and author of The Complete Guide for Project, Program, and Portfolio Management with Kanban. In this episode, we discuss: Can companies use Kanban for Project, Program, and Portfolio Management? What types of companies use Kanban for Project, Program, and Portfolio Management? What makes Kanban suitable for different organizations? Can Kanban be scaled? What kind of challenges does Kanban solve? How do companies apply Kanban? Learn more about: The Complete Guide for Project, Program and Portfolio Management with Kanban Kanban Maturity Model: A Map to Organizational Agility, Resilience, and Reinvention Contact with our guest: LinkedIn Twitter

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How to Fly Your Business at Portfolio Level

"Starting work doesn't generate value, starting work only costs money. Finishing work generates value." - Klaus Leopold First, there was personal productivity. Then, everyone started talking about Agile teams. Today, it's time to take it even higher. In this episode of the Lamp, we are talking about business alignment with Klaus Leopold. Klaus is an experienced computer scientist and a well-known Kanban pioneer - he was one of the first Lean Kanban trainers and coaches worldwide. He is the author of books Practical Kanban, Kanban in IT and co-author of Kanban Change Leadership. Today on the podcast, Klaus is sharing with us his passion for establishing lean business agility that goes beyond teams. Business alignment and coordination might be one of the biggest challenges any leader faces. In this episode, you'll learn how to enable your teams and your whole organization to do the right work at the right time using the concept of Flight Levels. Team performance vs Business Agility We often think we need to have agile teams in our business so they would deliver projects faster. But that's the wrong lever. What should we optimize in business to speed up the overall delivery time? How to take the right decisions on the right levels. Individual performance vs Team performance vs Company performance Understanding the difference between team Kanban and Portfolio Kanban When you fly high, you don't see much detail. When you fly low, you can't see the bigger picture How to ensure the right team is working on the right stuff at the right time How to optimize cross-team collaboration for value delivery The impact of levers you can use is greater at higher levels of your organization. But if the lever doesn't solve your problem, it doesn't matter how strong it is. Business agility is not about the power of the lever. It's not about the performance of individuals, not about team performance, not even about product performance. It's all about company performance. First, company, then products, then teams, then individuals. But it's the company that has to improve. Contact with our guest: Twitter LinkedIn

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Applying Lean and Agile Principles to Knowledge Management

“Do things, learn, reflect, adapt, change on the premise that (hopefully) we will go faster each time we do that because we are addressing the fundamental process issues.” Keith Howells, Project4 Learning Lab In this episode of our Lean Agile Management Podcast, we discuss how Lean/Agile principles can be applied to the knowledge work domain. Our guests today are Keith Howells and Angeline Thorne. Keith is a managing partner at Project4 Learning Lab and an experienced engineer with 20 years of operational leadership experience in the Aerospace, Defence, Energy, and Marine sectors. Angeline is a partner at Project4 Learning Lab with a track record of delivering sustainable improvements in business performance in senior leadership roles. Both experienced in business agility, program and portfolio management, leadership development, and change management, today they will share valuable insights on applying Lean and Agile from their practice. The topics discussed in this episode: The benefits of practicing more discipline to project management by introducing the Lean pull system techniqueWhat do digital and physical simulations bring to the surface?The productivity paradox or how people confuse productivity with efficiency?Where to start the transition from “pushing in more work” to “pull principle”?What are some of the “push behavior” dysfunctions?How to approach planning in project management? Learn more about: Project4 Learning Lab is a renowned organization specializing in leadership training, development, Lean and Agile consulting. Through the use of a holistic and sustainable approach to learning, P4 Learning Lab coaches guide leaders and organizations to deliver outstanding performance. Project4 Learning LabLinkedIn Contact our guests: Angeline Thorne Keith Howells