ABSTRACT
The second concept of Agile is Hoshin Kanri. The process is linked to teachings provided in Japan throughout the 1950s by American Professors Edwards Deming and Peter Drucker. The process looks a lot like a waterfall of plans cascading through the organization while sustaining alignment to the top line plan. Hoshin Kanri also requires team members to show respect to their leaders when they start forming their plans aligned to the finalized top-level plan. Once the top-level plan is finalized, executive leaders then support divisional teams to develop their aligned plans to help achieve the top-line business plan. Critical aspects of these divisional plans include strategically aligned projects and measures. Employees will define the projects that they are keen to help with and measures they believe they can focus upon to help achieve their departmental plans. Lead measures are essential in achieving strategic performance and play a large part in the success or failure of strategy execution.
