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How to Run a Stakeholder Analysis Session on a Whiteboard

How to Run a Stakeholder Analysis Session on a ...

Every stakeholder has a different level of power and interest — and each combination requires a different engagement strategy. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that mapping physical, collaborative, and easy to...

How to Run a Stakeholder Analysis Session on a ...

Every stakeholder has a different level of power and interest — and each combination requires a different engagement strategy. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that mapping physical, collaborative, and easy to...

How to Run a Blue Ocean Strategy Session on a Whiteboard

How to Run a Blue Ocean Strategy Session on a W...

Competing on the same factors as your competitors is a race to the bottom. Blue Ocean strategy maps a different course — and Switch-Its magnetic blocks make both value curves...

How to Run a Blue Ocean Strategy Session on a W...

Competing on the same factors as your competitors is a race to the bottom. Blue Ocean strategy maps a different course — and Switch-Its magnetic blocks make both value curves...

How to Teach the Tuckman Model of Team Development

How to Teach the Tuckman Model of Team Development

Every new team starts as individuals pointing in different directions. Tuckman's model shows what happens next — and Switch-Its magnetic blocks let you move the team through every stage on...

How to Teach the Tuckman Model of Team Development

Every new team starts as individuals pointing in different directions. Tuckman's model shows what happens next — and Switch-Its magnetic blocks let you move the team through every stage on...

How to Run a RACI Matrix Session to Clarify Team Roles

How to Run a RACI Matrix Session to Clarify Tea...

A RACI matrix clarifies who does the work, who owns the outcome, who gets consulted, and who stays informed — for every task on a project. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make...

How to Run a RACI Matrix Session to Clarify Tea...

A RACI matrix clarifies who does the work, who owns the outcome, who gets consulted, and who stays informed — for every task on a project. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make...

How to Run a SWOT Analysis That Actually Leads to Strategy

How to Run a SWOT Analysis That Actually Leads ...

A SWOT analysis is just setup. The real power comes when you pair factors into strategy — strength plus opportunity becomes an attack, weakness plus threat tells you what to...

How to Run a SWOT Analysis That Actually Leads ...

A SWOT analysis is just setup. The real power comes when you pair factors into strategy — strength plus opportunity becomes an attack, weakness plus threat tells you what to...

How to Build a Modular Process Flow Map on a Whiteboard

How to Build a Modular Process Flow Map on a Wh...

A whiteboard brainstorm captures everything — until you need to reorganize it. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let teams build a full process flow, then move any piece without losing the relationships...

How to Build a Modular Process Flow Map on a Wh...

A whiteboard brainstorm captures everything — until you need to reorganize it. Switch-Its magnetic blocks let teams build a full process flow, then move any piece without losing the relationships...

How to Run a Risk Prioritization Session with a Physical Risk Matrix

How to Run a Risk Prioritization Session with a...

Every project has risks. The hard part is knowing which ones actually matter. A physical risk matrix plots each one by probability and impact — and the priority list builds...

How to Run a Risk Prioritization Session with a...

Every project has risks. The hard part is knowing which ones actually matter. A physical risk matrix plots each one by probability and impact — and the priority list builds...

How to Think About Your Budget as a System with Stocks and Flows

How to Think About Your Budget as a System with...

A budget behaves like a system — funds flow in, costs flow out, and reserves sit in the middle until a trigger fires. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that system visible...

How to Think About Your Budget as a System with...

A budget behaves like a system — funds flow in, costs flow out, and reserves sit in the middle until a trigger fires. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that system visible...

How to Run an OKR Framework Session on a Whiteboard

How to Run an OKR Framework Session on a Whiteb...

The OKR framework only works when the whole hierarchy is visible at once — objective, key results, measures, and initiatives all connected. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that structure live on...

How to Run an OKR Framework Session on a Whiteb...

The OKR framework only works when the whole hierarchy is visible at once — objective, key results, measures, and initiatives all connected. Switch-Its magnetic blocks make that structure live on...

MoSCoW Prioritization: Picking What Ships in 1.0

MoSCoW Prioritization: Picking What Ships in 1.0

Two weeks to launch and a backlog that won't all fit in 1.0. The MoSCoW method splits the list into Must, Should, Could, and Won't, so the team knows exactly...

MoSCoW Prioritization: Picking What Ships in 1.0

Two weeks to launch and a backlog that won't all fit in 1.0. The MoSCoW method splits the list into Must, Should, Could, and Won't, so the team knows exactly...

The Iceberg Model: Seeing Past the Event to the Root Cause

The Iceberg Model: Seeing Past the Event to the...

Every missed sprint looks identical on the surface, while underneath the same patterns repeat. The iceberg model is a way to see past the event to the structures and mindsets...

The Iceberg Model: Seeing Past the Event to the...

Every missed sprint looks identical on the surface, while underneath the same patterns repeat. The iceberg model is a way to see past the event to the structures and mindsets...

The Sprint Fridge: A Kanban Board That Lives in Your Kitchen

The Sprint Fridge: A Kanban Board That Lives in...

A sprint board only works if the team actually sees it. Move it from a tab buried in a browser to the fridge door, and the entire week's plan is...

The Sprint Fridge: A Kanban Board That Lives in...

A sprint board only works if the team actually sees it. Move it from a tab buried in a browser to the fridge door, and the entire week's plan is...

The Eisenhower Matrix: Sorting Tasks by Urgent and Important

The Eisenhower Matrix: Sorting Tasks by Urgent ...

Ten tasks, two days, and no clear order to tackle them in. The Eisenhower Matrix cuts a crowded to-do list down to two questions: is it urgent, and is it...

The Eisenhower Matrix: Sorting Tasks by Urgent ...

Ten tasks, two days, and no clear order to tackle them in. The Eisenhower Matrix cuts a crowded to-do list down to two questions: is it urgent, and is it...

The 5 Whys: Finding Root Cause, Not Symptoms

The 5 Whys: Finding Root Cause, Not Symptoms

When a project goes wrong, everyone arrives with a theory, and most of those theories point at symptoms rather than causes. The 5 Whys is a simple discipline for cutting...

The 5 Whys: Finding Root Cause, Not Symptoms

When a project goes wrong, everyone arrives with a theory, and most of those theories point at symptoms rather than causes. The 5 Whys is a simple discipline for cutting...

How to Build a Kanban Board for Personal Task Management

How to Build a Kanban Board for Personal Task M...

Turn a wall into a visual to-do, doing, and done board with magnetic blocks. Move tasks across columns to see progress and stay organized at work or home.

How to Build a Kanban Board for Personal Task M...

Turn a wall into a visual to-do, doing, and done board with magnetic blocks. Move tasks across columns to see progress and stay organized at work or home.

I built a Kanban website. I still use the physical board.

I built a Kanban website. I still use the physi...

I'm an educational consultant, not a project manager. I came to Kanban boards through curriculum planning and found them useful enough that I eventually built kanbandits.com. Then I kept reaching...

I built a Kanban website. I still use the physi...

I'm an educational consultant, not a project manager. I came to Kanban boards through curriculum planning and found them useful enough that I eventually built kanbandits.com. Then I kept reaching...

Put the Plan on the Wall: Project Management in the Real

Put the Plan on the Wall: Project Management in...

Most project management problems are not software problems. They're people problems. Specifically, they're problems of shared understanding — who knows what the plan actually is, who had a say in...

Put the Plan on the Wall: Project Management in...

Most project management problems are not software problems. They're people problems. Specifically, they're problems of shared understanding — who knows what the plan actually is, who had a say in...