Johanna Rothman

MARCH 15, 2024

Video: When I let social media know, I only included this blog post, not the video. Martin Fowler, well-known in the agile community, once told me he purposefully created keynotes that were combinations of three fifteen to twenty-minute talks. This week, my 60 seconds of WIP is from the speaking book.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 7, 2023

If you're trying to use an agile approach, what do you care about in terms of finishing: That the team finish the work, regardless of the personal or team cost? Agile teams always know who did what. See Performance Reviews Are Not Useful; Feedback Is for my original blog post and the myth about performance reviews.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2020

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. Read Defining “Scaling” Agile, Part 6: Creating the Agile Organization for a more complete definition of the model or Change is Inevitable on my other blog.). Natural means we see each others' faces.).

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Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

This time, we’ve prepared updates that will prove useful for those who work in an Agile environment, use Jira + Epicflow integration as well as those dealing with manufacturing, machine building, and other complex phased projects. back-end and front-end developers, QA engineers, etc.).

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

I decided that was worth a blog post. For writers, this might be a finished blog post or article. I publish a wide variety of blog posts and books about agility in all forms. In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I offered ways to rethink any given team's approach to agility. We might use them as a team.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. So why is it so hard to create networked, agile teams in large, global product companies? The global/local tension.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 30, 2020

He’s pretty sure a colleague, John, is plagiarizing his blog posts. This guy, from a famous agile consultancy, not only used my article. ” Remember, this was the premier agile consultancy at the time. Every so often, I discover people have scraped content from my blog. Not in writing, but in conversation.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I start with something small—a blog post or an idea for a talk. We both use agility based on value: Small MVPs offer everyone early feedback, possibly as an experiment. How I Experiment I experiment both with writing and speaking. Then, I take that short form idea and develop that enough to run an experiment.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Statistics: According to a study by HubSpot, businesses with a regularly updated blog witness a 97% increase in inbound links. Adaptability to Market Trends Fact: Marketing enables businesses to stay agile in a dynamic market. Global Reach and Expansion Fact: Marketing facilitates global reach and expansion opportunities.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 28, 2023

See Create Successful Schedules: Three Tips to Rolling Wave Planning and the series that starts with Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 1, Think in Feature Sets. There's plenty more about rolling wave planning on this blog.) Here's the quick idea about rolling wave planning: A leader creates a four-week plan.

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1 to 1

JULY 2, 2013

1to1 Media''s Tom Hoffman speaks with Steve Kraus, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Pegasystems about the key themes that emerged from the PegaWORLD 2013 event, including the need for companies to become more agile and flexible in their approach to delivering on what customers are looking for. 1to1Media.com/weblog.

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The Source

AUGUST 26, 2020

Since the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis, we have consistently made the case that scale will be one of the key factors in determining whether a firm is likely to survive.

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2024

Unleashing Strategic Thinking & Embracing Strategic Agility For most companies, getting the three strategic fundamental right requires a shift from linear, reactive thinking to holistic, proactive strategic thinking. Are you fostering a culture of experimentation and learning to thrive amidst uncertainty? Is your strategy strong enough?

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 23, 2022

Even if you're not part of an agile team, highly collaborative teams have trouble identifying who contributed what. This newsletter touches on topics in From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver and Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization ?.). Managing Product Development Blog.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Embrace Team Agility and Adaptability We know from leadership simulation assessment data that by promoting a mindset of “we’re in this together,” leaders can instill resilience and camaraderie within the team. Is your team agile enough? Otherwise, you may be blindsided by the fallout.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Peer-to-peer Fundraising Email Marketing Website Management Website Design Payment Processing Sphere Know How Blog Sphere Knowledgebase Sphere Forum Case Central Sphere Connect Sphere Connect Partners Blackbaud Connect Partner Network Overview Partner Login. Get the Flash Player to see this player. -->.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

They can introduce agile methodologies, flatten hierarchies, and foster cross-functional collaboration to break down silos. They can also model and reward a culture of experimentation and learning to increase change resilience and agility. Is the way work gets done helping or hindering your desired changes?

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LSA Global

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

But a lucky few react with a degree of strategic clarity and mental agility that allows them to adapt with relative ease. According to recent McKinsey research, successful agile transformations deliver almost 30% improvements in efficiency, customer satisfaction, employee engagement, and operational performance.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 24, 2021

In Part 1 and 2 of this series, I wrote about how an agile approach might offer strategic benefits. And because an agile approach changes your culture, I said the agile approach was part of your strategy. So let's ask this question: Can any tool—agile or otherwise—offer you a strategic advantage? (I

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2017

This infuriates me and is the topic of more blog posts to come, but here are some of the warning signs. Firms to be wary of include PRO Unlimited, MBO Partners, ZeroChaos, TalentWave, Agile 1, and Rose International. Red Flags Leading to the Costly W-2 Path Your client says, “Great, let’s get you set up!

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

This is confirmed by the recent PMI Pulse of the Profession report — they’ve found that companies that give particular importance to soft skills (or how they call them “power skills”) achieve better project outcomes and have higher levels of project management maturity and organizational agility [3].

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Gil Broza and I are thrilled to announce the updated version of our flagship workshop, the Influential Agile Leader. If you have these kinds of challenges: Your business can’t “stop” to recreate itself as an agile organization. That will help everyone avoid bounce-back to non-agile approaches. Then do join us.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

She blogs on jrothman.com and createadaptablelife.com and writes columns around the web. As for certifications, as I write this in 2019, the agile community has too many framework battles. If she did or if she blogged or wrote articles somewhere, she would mention that last. She's the author of 17 books and counting.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 25, 2018

I’m working on my roadmapping talk for Agile 2018. Okay, I just wrote the smallest blog post that might give me some feedback. I finally had the transforming idea about how to position the talk: Roadmapping and product planning are about feedback loops. The shorter the feedback loop, the faster and more often we can learn.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. AdvancedTech. Industry 4.0. Goodwin University.

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LSA Global

OCTOBER 2, 2023

– Are we organizationally agile enough to shift resources as opportunities and threats emerge? – Do we have enough organizational agility and financial strength to make moves quickly enough? – Do enough key stakeholders have a growth mindset ? – Is the vision for change compelling enough to rally the troops?

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. And we believe that the HR practitioner has an important role in leading this work.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 2, 2019

Here's how I think of the various agile product roles: product managers, product owners, and business analysts. I do not like “Chief Product Owner” because I don't like “Chief” anything in an agile approach. Guess that's another blog post. Product Managers Manage the Product's Strategy.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 18, 2018

I mentioned agile approaches. She asked me a bunch about my personal blog, createadaptablelife.com , and I answered. , rolling-wave planning, a little about strategy for a solo-preneur (what do you want to be known for?), and how you can adjust as you proceed. We had a blast.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

Adopt Agile frameworks for product development. As car manufacturers have to quickly respond to customers’ growing demands and the automotive industry’s trends, Agile approaches can be successfully used in automotive manufacturing. Read more: Agile Product Development: Agile Methodology Explained.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Personality Traits, Motivation, Learning Agility, and Potential Done right, the proper assessment of leadership competencies and related micro-behaviors tells you about current capabilities. To assess potential, you must use assess specific personality traits, motivation , and learning agility.

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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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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

By nurturing a safe space for dialogue, teams can unearth diverse perspectives, make better decisions , resolve conflicts, and forge consensus with greater agility. Adaptive Leadership High levels of empathy, agility, and a keen sense of situational awareness differentiate high performing leadership teams.

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1 to 1

JULY 3, 2016

To make businesses more agile, companies should first focus on their small data and look at it as an opportunity to find insights in new places. There’s more… To read the rest of this blog posting click here or visit www.1to1Media.com/weblog. The problem is that Big Data's sheer size overwhelms most marketers.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 6, 2021

Lack of Agility Not even the most well researched and well-designed strategies can predict all the events that could hinder strategy execution. But there seems to be little recognition for other factors such as agility and teamwork. How can we expect employees to commit to a strategic direction if they cannot fully articulate it?

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LSA Global

JANUARY 1, 2024

Organizational cultures must be agile and ready to recalibrate strategies based on evolving circumstances. Invest in Creating a Resilient Culture Your strategy must go through your people and your workplace culture to be successfully implemented. The significance of culture in strategy execution cannot be overestimated.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

At the same time, it can be tempting to apply Agile with its flexibility, frequent value delivery, quick time to market, and intense interaction with clients. However, focusing solely on Agile has its pitfalls, e.g., a lack of long-term planning is one of the biggest ones.

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