Agile Consulting Efficiency Finance 
Business Consulting Agency
APRIL 9, 2024
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Johanna Rothman
JUNE 24, 2021
He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. Even when we use a non-agile approach , schedule variance doesn't make sense. The managers thought Finance needed schedule variance. Several of my clients struggle with their deadlines. Why do you have deadlines?
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Johanna Rothman
DECEMBER 6, 2023
Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Now, it's time for Economies of Scale and how that ties into resource efficiency thinking. See the Wikipedia article.
Progressus
NOVEMBER 28, 2023
Many project-driven organizations are finding that they can operate much more efficiently with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. Most companies have a finance and operational system in place, but siloed systems can’t go beyond everyday business processes or help with future business growth. Ensure business agility.
Johanna Rothman
SEPTEMBER 28, 2018
If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. Neither do Finance or HR, or other “Admin” functions. Except, in an agile approach, product management (often via product owners) is an integral part of a high-performing agile team. See Your Current Organization.
Johanna Rothman
OCTOBER 3, 2018
Part 1 was about how when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. All those measures are about a manager’s span of control, a sign of resource efficiency. Product organizations optimize for throughput, for flow efficiency. See my writing on OKRs and MBOs. ).
Progressus
NOVEMBER 10, 2023
The Power of Unity Firms need real-time insights into the entire business – finance, project accounting, sales, everything – otherwise multiple versions of the truth will start showing up in budgets, estimates, and forecasts. Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects.
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