Manish Prasad

The Change effectiveness equation signifies that the Effectiveness(E) of any Change initiative, is the product of the quality of technical strategy(Q) & Acceptance of this Strategy(A). This means that to bring an effective Change Management implementation a project leader should have the best quality of strategy which helps drive the top down approach (eg: Hoshin Kanri - catch-ball process) to establish the link of strategy at all level to the organisation vision and mission and that is easy to monitor(eg: Using X Matrix, kpi’s and targets) and the Acceptance(A) of this Strategy which can be done only if we involve all to participate in fixing the goals and targets(i.e Hoshin Kanri method), this brings the buy in of every employee and transparency at all levels and easier for being accepted.

Kanban boards, kanban cards has evolved in different ways in different industries. 1. Open source kanban board- Used for managing daily tasks of your own or for the team. You can use all sorts of tags, comments, member assigning etc. 2. Online kanban boards- Practicing LSS , managing all work thro' tablets, smartphones, helps in managing task real-time 3. Agile Kanban boards- Helps teams to accept incremental changes, visually tracking the progress of the activity, backlog etc. 4.Excel Kanban board- Tracking of activity in any project has been used in the basic Excel sheets just by naming the columns and activities planned and status against each. 5. Kanban Bin- 2 bin/3 bin kanban board for monitoring inventory, the method of pulling on box from supplier end and replenishing the first box by th time 2nd box gets consumed. 6. physical kanban board- The physical kanban cards/placards are placed and maintained. Based on the pull the production is done.