Time vs. Energy Management13 Jan 2016

What if the traditional time management techniques are not enough? Once you've delegated all things you could have, resigned from doing those that you could let go of (non important and not urgent - hence redundant), and prepared a general schedule on how you're going to go about doing the...

Kanban for UX Design: Great Match07 Jan 2016

User Experience design process may seem far from the original ideas that some people still associate with Kanban - manufacturing, stock management or software development processes. The reason Kanban works for knowledge work too – with UX design being an example here - is thanks to Kanban's...

Parkinson's Law CAN Work to Your Benefit16 Dec 2015

It is more less common knowledge, that all work can be stretched out for the time available for its completion - whether it's 2 or 5 hours - this is known as Parkinson's Law. It can be astonishing, when you realize that that's an over 100% time difference, yet behaviour characteristic of...

Agile Development - Best Practices infographic09 Dec 2015

Perfectionism vs Productivity - Too Good at What You Do?02 Dec 2015

It is commonly believed that those of us who call themselves or are known to be perfectionists are more productive or better suited for efficient work. While this does make sense on a logical level - since someone who puts a lot of attention on details must be good at what they do - it turns out...

Black Friday - Cyber Monday: Kanban Boards for Less27 Nov 2015

This Season's Shopping Spree is On! Joining in with this year's shopping madness, Kanban Tool is looking out for you and your shopping plans, offering significant discounts on subscriptions. Get organized with a Kanban board to make sure you don't miss out on any of the special deals you've...

Can We Adopt an Agile Mindset While Working a Project?24 Nov 2015

The easy answer is "yeah, it is possible" - just like with anything else, all you need to get it done is put your mind to it. But the real question is: how to get this done without falling behind in the actual work? In other words - how to achieve a goal while making the process more efficient at...

What Impacts Team Productivity the Most?18 Nov 2015

Making vs being present It may seem obvious but leaving the team to just work is one of the key issues here. Different types of jobs demand different approach, and more often than not, the amount of work that can be done in a day will depend highly on the daily work plan. If the team's...

How to Get Good at Project Management?05 Nov 2015

Nowadays, we are all project managers, anyone new can become one and each of us has an event from the past that we can look back at and say: "I was so project-managing that". But this does not mean that we are all great at it, nor that it's a piece of cake. Does it? What makes one a good project...

Chaos Theory vs. Agile Task Management 28 Oct 2015

The Chaos Theory has been a functioning term for over 3 decades now. It indicates, that in each organized system, there will be a time and place for a sporadic manifestation of a disrupted pattern, irregularity, chaos. When looking at company management, this pattern does not have to be...