Series · 8 articles · 45 min

The basics of visual organisation

Kanban, Scrum, sticky notes, quick wins: the methods that actually hold a team together, explained in the order you meet them.

Start with part 1
  1. 01 What is Kanban ? Discover Kanban, a simple and visual method to track work. 4 min
  2. 02 Kanban, Grid, List: how to use them properly The Kanban, Grid and List views are offered by the Klaro application. They were built to give you different ways of looking at your projects. They serve several purposes, which we explain in this article. 3 min
  3. 03 The secret ingredient behind Scrum boards At first glance, a Scrum board is just a tracking table divided into columns: Todo, Ongoing, Done! Well not really, it's much more subtle than that! And we'll explain why ... 6 min
  4. 04 Agile methods... do they make sense outside of IT? Discover the four founding values of agile and consider two important points: Is agile relevant to my sector or organisation? Is the risk/reward of my organisation adopting agile comparable to the risk/reward in the IT sector? 10 min
  5. 05 Why replace your sticky notes with something digital? We all know those great walls of coloured sticky notes in the open-plan offices of three companies out of four. Useful for organising and dividing up work — but are they really THE answer? 2 min
  6. 06 Getting things done... More complicated than it looks, but Klaro can help! 9 min
  7. 07 On the importance of Quick wins We underrate "small" tasks far too often, when they are exactly what gives you a sense of achievement and gets you moving on the files that take more out of you. 3 min
  8. 08 Getting stuck and how to react In every complex project there are moments when you get stuck... as a project manager or as a team. Learn how to react early to keep on the move, and strategies to get back on track if you don't know what to do. 8 min