Case Study: Siemens Healthineers achieves 33% higher throughput and 70% reduction in administrative time with CollabNet VersionOne

Siemens Shifts 40 Teams to Kanban and Increases Productivity

Siemens Health Services moved from a time-boxed Scrum/XP model to an enterprise-wide continuous flow (Kanban) approach, rolling the change out to 40–50 teams across three continents. The goal was to improve predictability and process performance—especially meeting committed release dates—while deploying a consistent, non-disruptive workflow and capturing the right metrics to drive decisions.

They reused VersionOne, whose flexible platform, real-time scalable Kanban boards, and DataMart/API delivered the visibility and metrics needed to manage WIP, dependencies and capacity across teams. The switch produced a 33% increase in throughput, ~70% reduction in administrative maintenance time, improved team engagement and predictable cycle times, and the first Kanban release shipped on time and 10% under budget.

Siemens Healthineers

Bennet Vallet

Agile Strategist