Applying Agile to Legal Practices
Lesson 1: How to Tell If Kanban Could Work for You
https://youtu.be/uW9f9-OkkJY
Is Kanban Right for Your Firm?
In this quick, 6-minute overview you’ll discover how a simple three-column Kanban board can bring crystal-clear visibility to even the busiest practice—and whether your firm is showing the classic “ready for Kanban” signals.
Key Points at a Glance
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Transparency on Demand – See every matter’s status at a glance, from “To Do” to “Done.”
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Five Red-Flag Symptoms
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Growth that still depends heavily on partners
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Endless “What’s next?” interruptions from staff
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Team always busy, yet progress feels invisible
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Non-billable work eating >10 % of the day
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Flat-fee matters where efficiency drives profit
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Proven Benefits – Smaller non-billable load, better client comms, and stress-free task prioritization.
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Next Step – If those red flags sound familiar, Kanban may be the productivity win your firm needs.
Course Curriculum
Your 9 Agile Lessons
Lesson 1: How to Tell If Kanban Could Work For You
In this lesson, you’ll learn how to identify if you should implement the Kanban methodology and how to get started.
Lesson 2: Applying Agile to Legal Practices with John Grant
An in-depth look at integrating Agile methodologies in a legal setting, guided by industry expert John E. Grant.
Lesson 3: Getting Started
Where and how should you start implementing Kanban? Let’s go over how to use what you already do and translate it into Kanban.
Lesson 4: Building a Board
Let’s walk you through how to build a Kanban board using Legalboards for our example firm.
Lesson 5: Boards As An Overview Of Workflows
Now that we know the framework and how to build a board, let’s step back and examine how to view the work we’ve completed so far.
Lesson 6: WIP Limits
In this lesson, we’ll dive into one of the concepts that John covered in lesson 2, WIP limits. You’ll learn how to apply them for effective management.
Lesson 7: Board Viewing Tips
Tips about how to best view your board so you can ensure you understand everything at a glance.
Lesson 8: Client Centric Operations
One of the most important benefits of using Kanban is the enhanced client experience. Let’s examine how to optimize your operations for clients.
Lesson 9: Conclusion
In this lesson, we’ll wrap up this course and the Agile concepts covered.