Natalia Manha has over 15 years of experience in lean management and agile practices such as Kanban. She discusses how she helped a financial technology company scale from 20 to 140 teams using Kanban principles for lean portfolio management. Some of the key practices she highlights include using OKRs for strategy alignment, the lean canvas and A3 problem-solving templates, a Kanban tool to manage work in progress and dependencies, and Power BI for reporting. Her presentation covers how these practices helped the company adapt to change through incremental value delivery and continuous improvement.

1. LEAN
PORTFOLIO
GOVERNANCE
WITH
KANBAN
In a Financial Technology Company
NATALIA MANHA

2. PagSeguro since 2018
Kanban Management Professional
More then 5.000 people trained in Kanban
principles and practices since 2016
Master on Production Engineer in 2015
Lean Management in IT from 2007 to 2015 at IBM
NATALIA MANHA
LEAN PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT

3. - From 20 to 140 teams and the IPO
- The Agile Journey
- Why Kanban?
- Fit for purpose
- OKRs
- Canvas and A3
- Fligh levels
- From Power Point to a Kanban tool
- Managing dependencies
- From Excel to Power BI
- Our team
- Next challenges
AGENDA
TOPICS TO BE COVERED

6. THE AGILE JOURNEY
WE ALSO BELIEVE THIS IS ONLY POSSIBLE
WHEN DONE BY MOTIVATED AND
EMPOWERED PEOPLE
FOR US, IT'S THE ABILITY TO ADAPT TO
CHANGE, WITH INCREMENTAL VALUE
DELIVERY IN SHORT CYCLES AND TIRELESS
CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT.

7. Focus in control;
Execution according to a plan;
Long cycle times;
Success defined as delivery in the
scope/time/costs
FROM THERE
Focus in feedback;
Learning;
Small cycle times;
Success as the number of problems
solved to our client.
TO HERE

8. WHY
KANBAN?
PRINCIPLES &
PRACTICES

9. WHY
KANBAN?
PRINCIPLES &
PRACTICES

10. GOALS
2 groups: know what's happening in the
organization and see the risks and
dependencies.
FIT FOR PURPOSE: INSIDE PORTFOLIO
PERSONAS
Directors, Managers, Program
Managers, Product Owners, Agile
Masters...

11. Presentations are versatile
communication tools.
OKRS
STRATEGY ALIGNMENT

12. LEAN CANVAS AND A3

14. FLIGHT LEVELS

15. THE KANBAN TOOL

16. MANAGING DEPENDENCIES

17. POWER BI

18. FEEDBACK

19. OUR TEAM

20. CHALLENGES

21. THANK YOU!
NATALIA MANHA
NSMANHA@GMAIL.COM