Demo Efficiency Management Productivity 
Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 31, 2024
In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. The goal to release the product. When the team can focus on the product, as a cross-functional team, they can create some agility.
Johanna Rothman
FEBRUARY 6, 2023
Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. Their products and services did not ship outside the building—their products and services enabled the organization to make money. Demo that value on a regular cadence. How do we create partnerships?
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Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 10, 2024
When I work with these teams or their managers, I realize they're not demoing or retrospecting on a regular basis. Worse, these people and teams don't feel any satisfaction with their products. The managers worry that the teams can't finish “anything on time.” That creates distrust and an anti-agile culture.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 18, 2024
That's why Part 1 of this series discusses your value and what managers want and need. That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. I assume you have some sort of functional product development expertise. If not, why are you in technical product development?
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 30, 2020
Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. The better the team learns together, the better the product is.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 6, 2024
In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. Where the organization rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency.) That's a form of managing WIP.
Johanna Rothman
MARCH 24, 2022
No one wants to demo this work, because everyone thinks the demo will wander all over the place. Worse, no one wants to demo, because they can't see the value for any user. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Focus on the flow of work through the team, flow efficiency thinking.
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