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Don't Manage Impediments

Posted August 6, 2015 | Leadership |

Today you see "impediment management processes" defined at the enterprise level, usually based on Excel spreadsheets or your favorite trusted ticket system. Sometimes managers feel that it takes too long in their organization to remove impediments, so they set up an impediment Kanban system to reduce the lead time of the impediment removal. Am I the only one who thinks that something is wrong here?

About The Author
Jens Coldewey
Jens Coldewey is based in Munich, Germany. For more than 10 years, Mr. Coldewey has worked with numerous top 50 large and medium-sized companies to introduce Agile practices and Agile management, specializing in deploying Agile development in large organizations. He is a founding member of the nonprofit AgileAlliance and has served as board member. Mr. Coldewey is Managing Director of it-agile GmbH, the leading German supplier of Agile support… Read More
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