Agile Planning

12/12/2022

Yes, our GreenLeadership Notebooks arrived! We can now make our students and supporters happy with this sustainable way of creating and saving notes.

03/08/2017

Prioritize not only on "urgency" but take "importance" and long-term success into account as well. Prioritization and focus, it helps to plan work in an Agile way with teams, value outcomes and get important things done!
https://hbr.org/2017/08/how-to-manage-someone-who-thinks-everything-is-urgent

Help them see their impact on others.

24/09/2016

Unfortunately our funding goal on Kickstarter was not reached.
We want to thank all the backers and pledgers for supporting us with our project and we hope you keep following us for future developments.

Aprio,
Denis and Richard

11/09/2016

You now have the opportunity to receive a signed version of your Agile Planning System Agenda!

Agile Planning System – Getting things done! Make your activities visible, stay focused, be flexible and prioritize new and changed activities. Reduce stress and stay organized. The new Agile Planning System and Agenda it is fun to work with and it looks good to take with you in 2017 and 2018.  Avai...

27/08/2016

Wil je weten hoe en waar je jouw Agile Planning System Agenda kunt krijgen?

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25/08/2016

Agile: Individuals and interactions over processes and tools. But we love tools!?

The first value in the Agile Manifesto puts emphasis on individuals and interaction. Aren't we allowed to use tools and processes anymore?

Sure you can use tools, they just should not be leading you in the Agile way of working.

More and more people who start working Agile are looking for tools to make their lives easier. Especially digital tools like plan boards for visually tracking of tasks, their status and priority. And for example Planning Poker apps for estimating effort when working in teams. There are really nice tools available and they are getting better all the time.

As an individual you don't need Planning Poker, you could better practice Mind Mapping. Mind Maps can give you an idea of how much effort an activity or task would cost while planning. By splitting work-to-do into smaller units like activities and tasks you get a better overview of your work. Besides that you can give a better estimation of the time needed to complete your work because small units of work are easier to predict in terms of completion time. Using Mind Maps is perfect for estimating.

What about a plan board, is that useful for you? Yes it is! You want to finish your tasks and get your work done, don't you? Putting your work on a plan board makes it visible and when you use sticky notes you can move your tasks around and give them priority by placing them higher on the board. The higher the task is placed, the more important it is. Focus on finishing high priority tasks first.

But a plan board is big and it's hanging on a wall somewhere?

Of course you can use your smartphone and take daily pictures of your plan board, but wouldn't it be nice to have your plan board with you?

With the Agile Planning System Agenda you always have your Mind Maps, notes, drawings, contacts, agenda and your plan board with you. You can even use it in places where there is no electrical power or in situations where it is not appreciated that you are focused on your smartphone or tablet all the time. Remember, individuals and interactions are valued more than processes and tools.

When you go to school, college, a business meeting, an appointment and so on, just bring your Agile Planning System Agenda. You can open your agenda, fold out your plan board and discuss work with others. Everything clear? Fold back your plan board and you are up-to-date. Besides the plan board there are plenty of pages available for making notes so you can always refer to your notes history and make updates or create new ones. All work agreed and lessons learned? Put the delivery date deadline or the agreed review date in your agenda and you are all ready to get things done!!

22/08/2016

A simple real example of Agile Planning success.

It came to my mind to write down this example. I woke up with the idea and as soon as I opened my laptop I wanted to start with it. The reason for starting with this article today was that I already had the text in my head and for me it is a pleasure to write.

Luckily these days I have the discipline to work in an Agile way. To start writing this article seemed agile at first, but when I looked at my plan board I saw 2 other activities to do this morning. Last Friday I planned that I had to make 2 important phone calls on Monday to create appointments. This was top priority on my "to do" list. Because to me it is less nice to make a phone call, I forced myself to create a new task called "write example about agile Planning". I gave it a lower priority than the 2 phone calls on my plan board. Now it is out of my head and visible on the plan board and I don't have to worry that I will forget about it. If there is something that comes up in between, I will just create an extra task for myself and prioritize it on my Agile plan board.

So I made the important calls first and guess what, one call resulted in an appointment. A promising one! I had a very happy feeling because I did not postpone a less favorite activity and now I could write this short article you are now reading with more enthusiasm. It takes some discipline but in the end Agile Planning really works to get things done and to feel great.

19/08/2016

Dutch version

Met grote trots kunnen we je melden dat de ontwikkeling van onze Agile Planning System Agenda gereed is en dat wij, Denis Otte en Richard Hoedeman, deze via de crowdfunding website Kickstarter.com 30 dagen lang aanbieden vanaf 18 augustus 2016.

Met de agenda heb je een compleet systeem in handen waarmee je op een Agile (flexibele) manier kunt plannen en notities en Mind Maps altijd bij je hebt. Hoe de agenda / planner precies werkt staat beschreven in de Agile Planning System Agenda zelf, op onze websites en op Kickstarter. We hebben er tevens een kort filmpje van gemaakt, link naar YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xTQNGMg4dA

Het is een heel mooi luxe en compleet product geworden dankzij de design en product ontwikkelvaardigheden van Denis en de inhoudelijke kennis over Agile plannen en werken van Richard. Met dit systeem heb je voor 2 jaar (2017 en 2018) een agenda en notitieboek. Daarnaast heb je 2 planborden waarmee je zeer eenvoudig de planning van al je werkzaamheden, hobby’s, studie, sporten, etc. kan doen.

Wij zouden het erg leuk vinden en enorm waarderen als je onze website bezoekt, enthousiast wordt, het verder vertelt aan jouw vrienden en relaties én nog mooier als je een Agile Planning System Agenda hier bestelt via Kickstarter: http://kck.st/2bqKBXp

Dus bezoek onze websites, bestel de Agile Planning System Agenda en stuur dit bericht door naar jouw relaties. Help ons om er een succes van te maken want het is echt een top product geworden!

Websites:
Agile agenda -> http://www.agileplanningsystems.com
Kickstarter project -> http://kck.st/2bqKBXp
Agile working -> http://www.agile-planning.org

Agile is hot! The Agile way of working has proven itself in small start-up companies and large organizations. Check our system now!

15/08/2016

Agile Planning System Movie:
https://youtu.be/2xTQNGMg4dA

The Agenda for Agile people. Get things done and make your life more bright!