Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On the ANE panel last night, an agile coach asked, “What's my path forward as an agile coach? Focus on business results, not agility per se. ” Whenever I've been in that position, my mind immediately went to, “how many months of mortgage payment (or insert a large monetary outlay here) do I have available?”

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2021

As I've been speaking about the Modern Management Made Easy books, people ask these questions: We're pretty good with our agile approach. How do we reward someone based on individual work when we want teams to work together? These people tell me their career ladder doesn't work to enhance agility. Became a consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. Their developers work on a product for months and years at a time. ” Shared service-thinking denies the reality of effective product development: A cross-functional team learns together as they develop the product. .”

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. If you're ready to discover how to talk about what you do in a way that is compelling to your ideal clients, then read on. I'm also NOT going to show you how to convince a client about something you want them to want. This article is for you. Which is a sales killer.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

From figuring out how to cut costs and trying to stand out from your competitors, all while also trying to keep your staff paid and happy, there’s a lot to think about. Employing a team of strong workers can help you get through these unknown times, which is why investing in employee development is crucial.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Back in Part 1 , I wrote about how stage-gate approaches were as agile as we could use at the time. We had one delivery, so our agility was about canceling the project if we couldn't finish it. Barry Boehm developed the spiral model. We develop test plans early. Opportunities for Agility. The Spiral Model.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2023

After I spoke with Chad and Jeff on the previous podcast, Deep Dive into Successful Independent Consulting with the Agile Wire , we spoke all about the idea of building products, starting with consulting-based products. The post Product Discussion with the Agile Wire appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. No one sees the big picture. I had to learn to collaborate.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Isn't every iterative and incremental approach an agile approach? We often hear agile approaches are a mindset. An agile approach requires a change in culture at the team level, at the portfolio level, and in management. Agile approaches change what we discuss, how we work together, and what we reward.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2023

That's because they knew the customers would find problems the development teams had not found. But the development teams? They could find the details in their defect tracking system, but they had no idea of the magnitude of the problem, where the problems lay, or how long they took to fix anything. But what should they measure?

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? For example (books have affiliate Amazon links): Takeuchi and Nonaka published The New New Product Development Game in HBR in 1986.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development. There is one silver bullet for product development—the speed of team learning time.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.”

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2019

I spoke at Agile 2019 last week. Here are my thoughts and where I think the “agile” industry is headed. Problems I See with “Agile” Here's a summary of problems I saw last week: Too many people think “agile” will solve all their problems. Do You Need an Agile Approach?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.) Also, see the Pairing, Swarming, Mobbing post so you can see how people might work together, keeping the team's WIP low. My suggestion for team-based WIP is the floor of the number of people on the team/2. But Little's Law is much more useful than trying to estimate forward.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Regardless of your industry, you will likely experience vast differences between cultural expectations among employees, challenges in attracting and retaining culturally diverse talent, and the growing need to develop intercultural professionals and leaders. Cross-cultural differences require leaders with cultural agility.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

Are you looking for work, either as a consultant or a candidate? As part of their filtering process, potential clients/hiring managers want to see how you work. And candidates and consultants invest time that has no perceived payoff for them. I agree—hiring managers do need to assess a candidate's or consultant's skills. (I

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LSA Global

JULY 14, 2020

Agile Change Management – What Is It? Agile change management is an approach to managing the people side of change that works in concert with the agile project management methodology. Done right, the agile approach to project management enables teams to adapt to change quickly and deliver work faster.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Solving Deterministic Problems Does Not Require an Agile Approach. How to fit the solution into the current architecture or design. And, you might need both, which is why many projects use some sort of iterative and incremental (but not agile) lifecycles. However, there are many times when you do want an agile approach.

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Read the article to find out how to cope with the uncertainty in R&D projects and increase the chances of achieving desired outcomes. Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

Here's how Clare's team worked: Every person started their own story. See Who's Playing Agile Schedule Games? ). The developers were pretty accurate for their work time. Because they worked alone, they didn't realize how often and how long they waited for each other to become available. No More Agile Death Marches.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

That collaboration means they will learn together and learn how to right-size organically. Every time I finish something, I mentally note how long it took. Every time I finish something, I mentally note how long it took. And how long it takes me to create a presentation. Work to Learn and Learn to Work Better.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2021

When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we differentiated between these types of teams: Collocated, as all the people are within 8-16 m of each other. You've experienced this while you've worked apart from each other: How often do you talk with other people? See the Allen Curve above.).

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 31, 2023

See the Book Birthday post for Successful Independent Consulting.) Here are some examples, using my books: Successful Independent Consulting has one ideal reader: the solo entrepreneur as a consultant. Not small boutique consulting firms with 5-6 principals, although they would benefit, too.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers? Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2020

In Costs of an Agile Approach for Hardware Products , I suggested that an iteration-based approach for hardware was too expensive. I focused on the actual development costs. Agile software teams are cross-functional and interdependent. Many agile software teams have somewhere between four and seven people. And, with whom?

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Clarity Consultants

MAY 28, 2020

Coming back to work after COVID-19 will require agility. The post How to Come Back to the Workplace appeared first on Clarity Consultants - Training Development. Even if the buildings are the same ones that they left when the stay-at-home orders went into effect, that doesn’t mean the experience won’t change in the end.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2019

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level. I didn't know how to map our cycle time. I explained how in Agile and Lean Program Management.).

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Next, How Value and Cost of Delay—Not Cost Savings—Applies to Centralization Decisions Part 2 , I explained how to think about the value of work instead of predicted costs. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Product development requires teams who can learn together.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 16, 2023

At a recent client, a senior leader, Tim, said, “We realize we can't do everything, but we don't know how to get a handle on what we need to do.” ” We talked about what they measured and how long it took them to make decisions. With 30 people, they could not develop and maintain 10 products.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 16, 2022

Business organisations and management consultants have long had a contractual rather than an employer/employee relationship. Consultants are one example of these contractual workers in the sense that consulting firms are legally bound by a contractual agreement to their respective client. wages) into a variable cost (i.e.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2019

Most of my clients struggle with their agile transformation. The teams love agile approaches because they can work on their release frequency and technical excellence. The senior managers love the agile promise because they can see how agile approaches help the teams release a more constant flow of value.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2019

I started asking if you actually need an agile approach in Part 1 and noted the 4 big problems I see. Part 2 was why we need managers in an agile transformation. Part 3 was about how people want a recipe. This post is about what you can do to create an agile culture, regardless of where you are in the organization.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. I sat down with Andy Frawley, Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of V12 , and Bob Weiler, Managing Founder of Brimstone Consulting, and discussed what leaders need to be thinking about and what actions they should be taking.

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