In today's fast-paced working world, many companies are confronted with a growing number of tasks and limited human resources. There is often hardly any time to take a deep breath as requirements, projects and requests pile up. The obvious reaction is to process as many tasks as possible at the same time. But especially in times of limited capacity, it is crucial to focus on the right things. If you spread your limited manpower around, you risk delays, quality problems and unclear priorities. Which tasks bring the greatest benefit? What really needs to be done now - and what can wait? Avoid waste and use your resources where they will have the greatest impact!
Five important forms of waste
In IT, certain types of waste are particularly common and have tangible consequences. You should keep a close eye on the following five points in your organization:
- Waiting: Long decision-making processes, missing information or blocked tasks delay progress.
- Overprocessing: Too much effort for things that nobody needs - such as oversized documentation or unnecessarily complex solutions.
- Inventory: Too many unfinished tasks, open tickets or projects that have been started but not completed.
- Motion: Frequent context changes or searches for information cost time and energy.
- Defects: Incorrect results lead to rework and duplication of effort.
With Kanban, an agile control system for optimizing work processes, you can make these types of waste visible - and therefore controllable.
Less chaos, more impact
Kanban is not a rigid method, but a flexible system that can be seamlessly integrated into your existing processes. Through visualization and clear prioritization, you create transparency - for your team, but above all for you as the decision-maker. You can immediately see where things are getting stuck, where bottlenecks are occurring and where you can achieve efficiency gains through targeted measures.
Make your IT measurably better
When you reduce waste, you reduce costs and increase the performance of your IT department at the same time. Kanban offers a pragmatic, quickly effective approach to this - without any major restructuring. Syscovery supports you in successfully introducing Kanban - with advice, tools and practical training. Arrange a non-binding initial consultation with our experts now.
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