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Obeya - visual method from lean management



Obeya is a workspace where teams meet to collaborate and coordinate.


How does an Obeya work?

Obeyas provide an advanced visual representation of the relevant, planned and ongoing work of a group of people in an organization. They support their frequent meetings and their efforts to continuously improve group performance while bringing their shared strategy to execution and professionalizing collaboration between teams.

Visual management is an important lean and agile practice that serves to keep everyone involved and informed in the process and allows large groups of people to quickly see what is happening. The workflow and the workpiece (Gemba) are the most important sources of information. Visual methods are an ideal way to communicate messages so that employees continuously understand what is going on around them. Learn more about how you can build an Obeya.

Why use Obeya?

  • Powerful approach to strategic alignment  
    Obeyas combine strategy with execution, with a visible focus on the customer experience.
  • Strong backbone for employee engagement. 
    In Obeya, people come together and continuously contribute to effective improvements.
  • Powerful driver of business performance  
    Obeyas enable insightful measurement of productivity and business value that can be positively impacted by all
  • Integrating approach.
    Works all by itself and also increases the impact of using Scrum or Kanban.

In cooperation with the accredited training organization Viable Projects GmbH

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