DEFOG

Partner with us to clear the air and build consistent, predictable delivery within your teams.

We know there is no such thing as a "one size fits all" solution. Each team has unique strengths and challenges. Kakumei does not just apply agile and kanban methodologies: using the DEFOG process, we work with teams to create the best processes for you. Agile and kanban are tools, but DEFOG is a solution. With DEFOG, we balance the tools we use, the relationships we have, and the industry we work in to encourage sustainable growth and continuous improvement.

During DEFOG, we:

Define success together as a team

  • Specify outcomes and goals

  • Clarify roles & responsibilities

  • Identify obstacles and risks

Educate your team

  • Train best habits relative to your team’s strengths

  • Create resilience within your team

Facilitate improvement

  • Connect business goals and culture to individuals’ work

  • Create metrics relevant to business goals that empower individuals 

  • Practice together to build confidence 

Own your outcomes

  • Encourage individual and team accountability 

  • Strengthen connections between leader, team, and business

Grow your team, business, and beyond

  • Celebrate growth and success 

  • Outline opportunities for growth of individuals and business

  • Establish plan for continued future growth

DEFOG Results

Chelsea created the DEFOG process to teach other project managers how to more effectively assist their teams. DEFOG was created as a way to change the perspective on how to project manage. DEFOG is a more holistic approach to a process: focusing not only on the project itself, but the people involved (teams and leadership). DEFOG is a way to set the record straight: talk about what you want, need, and feel to balance the needs of the project and business with those of the people working to support the project and business.

The number one problem she sees in the businesses she works with is unclear roles and responsibilities. Clarified expectations between parties and how to communicate. DEFOG clearly defines success.

Using DEFOG, Kakumei Consulting has:

  • Created a unique program reporting structure to ensure electrical engineering yearly goals are met, streamlined communication, and managed consistent, predictable delivery

  • Built programs at a DevOps organization to focus on relevant, important work, prioritized that work, and aligned teams toward a common goal

  • Managed the creation of a cloud computing RfP for the Texas state government

  • Facilitated multiple organizational shifts into programs and processes to streamline and prioritize work for the product, operations, and DevOps departments within a ticketing company