Portfolio Planning
Mastering Risk and Issue Management in a Hybrid Delivery Context
Rethinking Risk and Issue Management in a Hybrid Delivery Context As organizations adopt agile, it is typical (and often necessary) to go through an extended “hybrid” phase, where agile coexists with traditional waterfall or project-based delivery. This period of transition presents a great opportunity for organizations to reexamine their approach to risk and issue management. …
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Decoding Lean Portfolio Management: The Jargon Buster
Decoding Lean Portfolio Management: The Jargon Buster In the world of Lean Portfolio Management (LPM), one of the first barriers most newcomers face isn’t a lack of enthusiasm or dedication. Instead, it’s the challenge of deciphering an array of terminologies that sound more abstract than they truly are. Many concepts aren’t entirely new. They’re often …
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Accuracy vs. Precision: Rethinking Resource Capacity Planning
Accuracy vs Precision: Rethinking Resource Capacity Planning Rethinking resource capacity planning has garnered significant focus, and for compelling reasons – ensuring optimal utilization of resource has never been more important. Traditionally, individual-level capacity planning might seem logical in the pursuit of optimal resource allocation. However, when applied at enterprise scale, the pursuit of this granularity …
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Value Stream Design: Start With The Work
Value Stream Design: Start With The Work In the world of the modern enterprise organizations, a centralized guide to guide to crafting OKRs is critical. Modern enterprise organisations, especially those adopting scaled agile frameworks, grapple with the significant challenge of optimal organizational design. Questions abound: “What are my value streams?” “How many Agile Release Trains …
Crafting Enterprise OKRs
Crafting Enterprise OKRs: Do’s and Don’ts The art of writing an effective OKR is in understanding the balance between ambition and realism. The best OKRs inspire action, not apprehension. They have a clear link to strategic goals and are quantifiable and time-bound. Here’s a guide to help you craft great enterprise OKRs. Step 1: Ensure …
Common Pitfalls in Implementing OKRs
Avoiding Common Pitfalls in Implementing OKRs: A Strategic Approach Imagine navigating a ship in the vastness of the ocean without a compass, no stars to guide your way, just sheer instinct and guesswork. You’d probably agree, the chances of reaching your desired destination are slim. Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) are your organisations’ compass and …
Resource Capacity Planning
Resource Capacity Planning Why is resource capacity planning different with agile? How should you start to approach it? According to Gartner, 92% of Corporate Strategists state resource allocation as the biggest barrier to effective strategy execution. Effective utilisation of capacity can accelerate delivery by as much as 40%. In the context of a 5 year …
Lean Budgeting
Lean Budgeting A high level introduction to Lean Budgeting, capacity-led funding and implications for investment governance. If you’re new to Lean Portfolio Management and have not yet familiarised yourself with the concept of Value Streams – we strongly recommend that you start there. You can follow this link to take you straight to our introduction …
Lean Portfolio Management
Lean Portfolio Management An introduction to the implications of SAfE for your portfolio management function Lean Portfolio Management (LPM) encompasses a broad suite of capabilities, methods, ways of working, processes and operating principles that enables large organisations to instil agility into day-to-day change delivery. LPM achieves this by establishing an unbreakable golden thread between business …
Key Themes from PMO Conference 2022
Key themes from the Edinburgh PMO Conference 2022 There are lots of interesting and exciting themes emerging from the conference – we’ve picked our top three: 1. Start by aligning strategy to execution A theme that is close to hearts here at Kiplot! We were delighted to hear that the opening keynote speaker (Laura …
