Can a stack of sticky notes, a pen, and a blank wall revolutionize your firm’s legal work? Kanban, a visual system for legal project management, may do just that.

Add a smidgen of Agile, dust with a hint of Waterfall, and add a large dollop of Scrum, and you’ve got a modern project. In years past, you would have had to choose a single methodology to get a project done, but increasingly in today’s world, you can select additional project methodologies that will help you get the job done better.

Projects fail for many reasons. Over the last decade many firms have created an internal project management office (PMO) to try to stem such failure. PMOs try to standardize how projects are managed and make them more predictable and successful. In the past few years a new and higher level of project management has emerged — the Enterprise Project Management Office (EPMO).

Traditional project management methods often require heavy upfront planning and can be difficult to apply legal matters. Agile Project Management (Agile) methods may be better suited to the fast-paced change seen in legal projects, and is a great way for law firms to deliver value to their clients more quickly and with less risk.