My name is Maritza van den Heuvel. I’m an experienced Scrum Master and Product Owner. I first came into contact with Scrum and Agile as QA Lead working for a learning technologies company. We evolved from doing software development using the waterfall approach to agile (scrum) over a period of four years and learnt many lessons about what it means to be agile along the way. We also dabbled with Lean techniques for a while. I have since moved on to another software development company that uses both Agile (Scrum) and Lean (Kanban) approaches to manage a number of different teams.
Through it all, I have come to embrace the power of visualization and systems thinking to drive continuous improvement through learning, irrespective of domain or context. That includes my family.
As a busy mom with the ongoing challenge of keeping family life organized with my husband – from arranging kids’ activities and school stuff, to planning out our financial goals and priorities – I have found these approaches to managing work equally applicable to managing life through Personal Kanban.
On this blog you will read about my ongoing Personal Kanban experiments at work and at home. I’m brutally honest about both success and failure, and I love to learn from you as much as I hope you will take something away from this blog. So do take a few minutes to share your thoughts before you go!
May the Flow be with you.
Hi Maritza,
What a great idea! I’ve been looking for ways to incorporate Agile into my life and seeing what your doing has given me reassurance that it can be done! Awesome stuff! I look forward to your upcoming posts!
Hi, Ron. I’m glad if our experiments are helping you. I usually post two or three times a month, so there will definitely be more.
Keep pushing great content!
Thanks, Peter! Coming from you, the support means a lot. This year it’s been tough to get into a regular posting schedule, but that’s set to change soon. Have some posts ready to go, just waiting for the “Publish” button.