How to Use 5S in Office Work
5S, originally developed in Japan, is a methodology aimed at organizing a workspace for efficiency and effectiveness. It consists of five...
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James Kelly
- Jan 20
- 1 min
New book release: Minimum Viable Meetings: Strategies, Tactics, & the One Question to Achieve Meeting Excellence
Meetings, meetings, meetings. That's all we seem to do these days. Millions of meetings happen around the world every day, some are...
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James Kelly
- Sep 28, 2023
- 2 min
Are you solving the "right" problem?
Finding the right problem to solve is a crucial step in any endeavour, whether it's in business, science, or everyday life. It is the...
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James Kelly
- Sep 28, 2023
- 3 min
The Failure of Risk Management
While companies have been accelerating deployments of new technologies and workflow procedures to accommodate their increasingly hybrid...
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James Kelly
- Sep 19, 2023
- 2 min
Typical Questions a Quality Auditor may ask
Quality assessors and auditors, whether in the context of manufacturing, service delivery, or any other field, ask a variety of questions...
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James Kelly
- Sep 12, 2023
- 2 min
Need to decline a meeting?
Declining a meeting can be a delicate task, as you want to be respectful while also ensuring that your time is used effectively. Here's a...
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James Kelly
- Sep 1, 2023
- 2 min
Agile: Typical Problems with Retrospectives
Agile methodologies usually come with the need to conduct regular (end of Sprint) retrospectives. When agile methods are first...
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James Kelly
- Aug 30, 2023
- 2 min
Agile: Typical Problems with Backlogs
Back in November 2022 we reported on a survey we had conducted about the crucial technical difficulties teams experienced when...
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James Kelly
- Aug 29, 2023
- 2 min
Navigating Agile Waters with Metrics that Matter!
Agile methodologies emphasize flexibility, collaboration, and iterative development, which can make traditional metrics less relevant....
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James Kelly
- Aug 10, 2023
- 2 min
Katch up with Kaizen
Kaizen is a Japanese term for a philosophy and management concept that originated in Japan and has been widely adopted in industries...
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James Kelly
- Aug 9, 2023
- 2 min
Don't let your processes gather dust on a shelf
When did you last review and update your processes? Documenting processes is crucial for a variety of reasons but just as important is...
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James Kelly
- Aug 6, 2023
- 2 min
Looking Back to Leap Forward: The Power of Retrospectives in Driving Success!
We recently helped a software development team find radical improvements in their product design and testing cycles. They had allowed...
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James Kelly
- Apr 5, 2023
- 3 min
9 Reasons for Agile Failures
Why agile initiatives fail Agile has officially been around since 2001 with the publishing of the agile manifesto. The past two decades...
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James Kelly
- Nov 23, 2022
- 3 min
Agile after 18 months: fix your backlog
No one ever said that implementing agile would be easy. It is a major initiative that has significant challenges in cultural and...
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James Kelly
- Oct 7, 2021
- 8 min
Insight: Make Meetings Work - Two Year Survey
Meetings seem to cause difficulties for organizations everywhere. With video, phone and hybrid work becoming the norm, it’s critical that...
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James Kelly
- Aug 17, 2021
- 2 min
Article: Preparing for a Project Sponsor Meeting
Sponsors are critical to almost all projects. They’re the people who get budgets approved, they’re the ones who provide the energy and...
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James Kelly
- Jan 14, 2021
- 4 min
Get your office reopening off to a flying start: A return to COVID-Normal
As the COVID vaccines begin to be distributed and rolled out around the world, it is critical that we plan for an effective reopening of...
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James Kelly
- Oct 26, 2020
- 3 min
Insight: Why is process mapping so important during COVID and remote working?
Even before the pandemic, many organisations were moving their method of working towards flexibility. Remote work, client-site work,...
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James Kelly
- Sep 24, 2020
- 4 min
Insight: A project manager view of agile project risks and difficulties
What difficulties and risks do project managers say about agile projects? In a follow-up to our recently published “Reasons for Agile...
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James Kelly
- Apr 21, 2020
- 3 min
A Bubblepoint view of Agile, CMMI and other quality improvements
At Method Buzz we've seen many companies who have tried improvement after improvement year after year. Many of these have been applied...
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