{"id":1263,"date":"2021-08-05T22:14:06","date_gmt":"2021-08-05T22:14:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sdrefocus.com\/?p=1263"},"modified":"2024-12-14T18:47:59","modified_gmt":"2024-12-14T18:47:59","slug":"book-making-work-visible","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sdrefocus.com\/index.php\/2021\/08\/05\/book-making-work-visible\/","title":{"rendered":"Book: “Making Work Visible”"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Dominica DeGrandis<\/strong>, 2017 – Exposing Time Theft to Optimize Work & Flow<\/p>\n\n\n\n

https:\/\/itrevolution.com\/making-work-visible-by-dominica-degrandis\/<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

– <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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“Knowing where to focus starts with making work and time thieves visible to everyone.<\/em><\/strong>
Operational guidance that can be applied immediately.”<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

– <\/p>\n\n\n\n

What I Liked The Most<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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  • The highly operational approach illustrated by lived situations, making lean, kanban, and agile concepts and principles accessible<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Techniques that can easily be experimented with in order to make quick gains by bringing clarity and visibility (reduce overload, increase focus on what matters most, prevent constant interruptions…)<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • Scientific thinking to improve the work by small experiments and empirical observations<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  • “Many of the problems related to time thievery have to do with organizational problems or company culture”<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

    – <\/p>\n\n\n\n

    What Important Lessons I Learned<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n
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    • How to recognize the five time-thieves: Too much WIP, unknown dependencies, unplanned work, conflicting priorities, and neglected work<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • “When everything is a priority one, nothing is a priority one”,<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • “Lack of visible data in IT makes us blind”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • “When it comes to efficiency, time is wasted when there is too much focus on resource efficiency over flow-efficiency”<\/li>\n\n\n\n
    • How to better manage my time using Pomodoro and facilitate Lean Coffee meetings<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n

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