Can we Ever Beat Procrastination at Work?24 Feb 2016

Understanding that if it's just your nature to put things off, and that if you lack motivation or need to make progress whichever way you can - the tendency would really be to answer: "NO, you cannot beat it". There is a million things you can try to make yourself NOT procrastinate, but if...

Can Agile Projects Turn into Agile Companies?16 Feb 2016

When thinking of organizations and the ways in which they change and evolve, the main thing to keep in mind is: organizations are made of people. Hence, if it's people making the teams and teams making the companies, it should not be too difficult to make an entire organization Agile. It's...

Kaizen: Make Time for Improvements09 Feb 2016

Part of running an Agile process is taking advantage of the continuous improvement opportunity, meaning making the process and product better with time. So, simplifying the process while increasing your response time and product / service quality. Some of these changes can be introduced...

Agile Kanban for Research Work20 Jan 2016

Research work, however fascinating and enjoyable, can be tough to organize into a structured process. And lack of a process more often than not leads to decrease in motivation, waste and difficulty in reaching a sense of accomplishment. It's fair to say that work, that has been forged into an...

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...