УПРАВЛІННЯ КОНСАЛТИНГОВИМИ ПРОЄКТАМИ МЕТОДОМ KANBAN

Abstract

The article summarizes the theoretical provisions and gives practical recommendations for the application of Kanban method in the management of consulting projects. The conditions, advantages, principles and peculiarities of the application of flexible methodologies in project management of a consulting agency are defined. In today's environment, effective project management becomes a fundamental competitive advantage of any enterprise, including consulting agency. The Kanban methodology uses a system of “pulling” project tasks. The autonomous process and standard variation of tasks frees the project manager using the Kanban methodology from constant management time, so he can focus on improving employee performance and other tasks. The pull system works as one of the main incentives for continuous improvement of consulting processes. Every transition between states in the Kanban flow is monitored, measured and reported. Active flow management allows the positive and negative effects of a consulting project to be evaluated. Pulling is ensured by visualizing the flow of consulting work, limiting the number of unfinished tasks, uniform flow of results valuable to clients. Kanban values: transparency, balance, collaboration and cooperation, customer focus, flow, leadership, understanding, consistency, respect for other project members. For successful use of this method, it is recommended to visualize project execution on special Kanban boards, which can be implemented in the programs Trello, Jira, Redmine, Asana, Kaiten, TargetProcess, SwiftKanban, LeanKit. Kanban methodology ensures efficiency of the project management process: contributes to clear distribution of tasks (executors concentrate only on current work, unnecessary communication is reduced); transparency of all project processes; ability to monitor and control at any time; visibility of all consulting processes; ability to measure different elements and processes of the project; scaling.