Agile Coaching blog » Dhaval Panchal http://www.dhavalpanchal.com People, Products and Technology Wed, 23 Nov 2011 03:01:06 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 Kanban Exercise http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/kanban-exercise/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/kanban-exercise/#comments Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:02:41 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/?p=382 Kanban at its essence is a signaling device that instructs the moving or creating in a “pull” based system. Kanban when applied within a system enables synchronization between the rhythm of demand (customer) and rhythm of production (producer). The pace or beat, of customer demand is takt time. In other words to enable just in time production of goods it is [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/kanban-exercise/feed/ 1 CPR Technique http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/cpr-technique/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/cpr-technique/#comments Thu, 13 Oct 2011 17:55:14 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/?p=370 The software world has misused so many terms from the medical profession that one more would not hurt.

CPR – Categorize, Prioritize, Resolve.

This is simple mnemonic that aids me to be methodical in my approach towards uncovering and resolving impediments.

Categorize:

How do you view your world?

To me lack of impediments is like moving [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/cpr-technique/feed/ 2 Panchal’s Directive http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/panchals-directive/ http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/panchals-directive/#comments Wed, 06 Jul 2011 06:45:28 +0000 Dhaval Panchal http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/?p=366  

The proliferation of job titles in an organization encourages the diffusion of responsibility and dilution of vision.

Panchal’s Directive provides a guide to the number of different titles in an organization: take the square root of the number of people in the organization, then divide by two.  Four people? One title.  Twenty-five? Around two [...]]]> http://www.dhavalpanchal.com/panchals-directive/feed/ 0