10 Jun 2019

The Art of Kanban + User Story Mapping

by Takeshi Yoshida | posted in: Mental Model Dōjō |

Kanban is deep… Combine that with Jeff Patton’s User Story Mapping (USM), it becomes a powerful visualization tool in Scrum.

Recent Posts

KISS - Keep it Stupid Simple

KISS – Keep It Stupid Simple

KISS, an acronym for “keep it simple, stupid” or “keep it stupid simple”, is a...

What to do when feeling overwhelmed - agile-od.com

What To Do When Feeling Overwhelmed

1. Breathe Know to stop. Stop. Take a deep breath. Slowly regulate your breathing. Our...

Agile Success Stories - UOB Finlab Felix Tan

Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – UOB Finlab Felix Tan

What makes UOB’s Finlab not just yet another bank accelerator unit, is its unique focus...

0% chance of failure nor success, if we don’t try

Kill the Zombies in the Eisenhower Matrix | agile-od.com

Kill the Zombies in the Eisenhower Matrix

My executive coaching client was being completely overwhelmed. After a download of a long list...

Disagreement vs Misalignment

Disagreement vs Misalignment

“Shared understanding” is an everyday word in my team coaching. It’s so easy to get...

Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs - Revised Pyramid Visual Interpretation

Maslow’s Final Theory Z

February 20, 2020

Self-Transcendence – Beyond Self-Actualization and Theory X & Y Maslow’s Original Hierarchy of Needs Model...

Mental Model Dōjō TV - Agile Success Stories - Solaria Labs Liberty Mutual

Mental Model Dōjō TV: Agile Success Stories – Solaria Labs, Liberty Mutual

February 13, 2020

Does Agile work? To answer that question, I am starting a new video series of...