Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2020

The processes don't have sufficient agility to deliver the necessary results. Yet, people who want to use agile approaches don't want to apply agile thinking to their processes. Some clients want to create their custom agile process— and then standardize it across the organization. My Processes and My Agility.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Opportunities for More Agility. Because we release every time we finish a feature set, we have these opportunities for agility: Re-rank the remaining feature sets. You keep the product “clean”—for example, maintaining the tests so you can release as often as you finish a feature set. Part 5 Agile Approaches.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software consultants set up customized software solutions tailored to the needs of individual businesses. Software consultants provide the technical ‘know how’ that allows this happen, and ensures that software functions reliably and in a user friendly way. Software is key to the efficiency of organizations in almost every industry.

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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? Start with the Team.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. But I’ve consulted for a long time. Worse, many staff jobs are commodity positions.

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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. The bottom line.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

They've started to use agile approaches. Capitalization for Agile Work. Let me walk you through an example of a 5-person agile team. But, what happens if you don't have an agile project? How can they manage their capitalization if some projects use an agile approach and some use a waterfall approach?

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Individual consultants and engagement managers usually develop their own ways of organizing information. For example, there may be four major workstreams at the top level like assessment, financial modeling, technology options, and business strategy. Have clear consultant assignments and owners for workstreams and major activity areas.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility. Assess Your Product Subject Matter Domain Expertise There are at least two kinds of domain expertise: the product itself, and agile/lean expertise.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

As a result, companies are turning to consulting firms for assistance on how to rethink and restructure their organisation and workforce. When we speak of consulting, we are speaking of an industry that has grown significantly over the years and impacted how companies in many industries operate and deliver services to customers.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 27, 2023

If you are a recent graduate, the consulting industry offers a great way to get a head start in your career, and to hit the ground running from the outset. Consulting firms are very transparent about the skills you need to have if you want to build a successful career in the industry. Storytelling and sales are similar.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

For example, I'm doing a webinar on November 30 where the value is primarily promotion for my new book. I said this in the Successful Indepentent Consulting book : People die of exposure—both hot and cold. Yet, I suspect some new consultants will take them up on their offer. I don't expect exposure.

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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 4 was about how “Agile” is meaningless and “agile” is an adjective that needs to be applied to something. That would be resilient.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

I think of spreadsheets as an unintentional, but prime example of this. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! This image has an anonymized example of what occurred with a developer. Agile approaches work, especially if you focus on reducing cycle time. It doesn't work that way!!)

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

As an example, for Door 3 students could put me in the hotspot by having me present a short piece of research and then quiz me based on concepts in Chapters 1 and 2 of the course book.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 1, 2018

It’s From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver. ” That one chapter might be all you need to create a successful distributed agile team. For example, we win the prize for longest subheading and aside/sidebar headings. We just published a new version of the book. Just not now.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2022

Resilience’, ‘agility’ and ‘holistic thinking’ are all features of effective business management that have gained widespread consensus approval, but the meaning behind these catchphrases often becomes blurred by the hype. Nevertheless, a case study of the IT consulting segment can readily showcase the real-life application of soft skills.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If you took an agile workshop sometime in the past 15 years, you probably played the “ ball game.” Especially since they've probably suffered through way too many “agile” workshops with more and more games. That's an example of how insidious resource efficiency thinking is. Why do I have to play a game?”

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 15, 2018

My most recent article on projectmanagement.com is 3 Questions to Ask Before Estimating an Agile Program. In both Create Your Successful Agile Project and Agile and Lean Program Management , I talk about the reality of estimates in most settings. Here’s an example of why you might want to ask these questions.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

“Data scientists, fast computers, and advanced software are replacing traditional decision-making processes and disrupting tried-and trusted traditional consulting methodologies, with Big Data being one of the main forces of disruption” ( Tras, 2015 ). So, how does big data create value for consulting firms?

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

That’s why leading instructional design consultants leverage the technology, as it allows them to offer the best possible results to client organizations. Additionally, seeing how the two work effectively together – and that AI isn’t a functional replacement for instructional design consulting firms – is a critical part of the equation.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

INFOSYS CONSULTING. Birthed in 2004 as a spin-off of Indian tech outsourcing behemoth Infosys Technologies, Infosys Consulting is quickly climbing the charts as an industry leader in IT Operations and Strategy consulting. INFOSYS CONSULTING KEY STATS. INFOSYS CONSULTING HISTORY. Infosys Revenue: $6B (2010).

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2018

As their organizations move to agile approaches, these managers have problems: their organization (managers above them) wants to measure them by the old rules which demand control. ” Too often, managers feel this tension because the agile approaches challenge the organizational culture. .”

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

See Schedule Game #11: The Schedule Tool is Always Right as an example.). I wrote a series about that, starting with Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1.). They think the tool will do “everything” for them. I have nothing against tools. However, starting with a tool?

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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

For example, by increasing the age at which people are required to take minimum distributions from retirement, how might this affect other choices? For example, what impact might it have on how people think about claiming Social Security? We talked about the recently passed Secure Act 2.0 For those unfamiliar with Secure Act 2.0,

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. They are not sitting up at night wondering how to find a coach that will unlock their authenticity or a consultant who has a 5-step methodology for aligning people, processes and profits. How to Build a Consulting/Coaching Website" (Tutorial Video). Yes, emotions.

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

For example, people can read books. As an example, I have often told students that they will likely see Scrum/Agile project management methods when they go into the working world. They can watch videos on TikTok or YouTube. They can take classes remotely or even do self-study using online platforms.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 11, 2022

The more often we iterate strategically, the more we exhibit business agility. Here's an example. If you want business agility, deliver often. If you want more business agility, reduce all your feedback loops, including the strategy feedback loops. Assume you have an entire feature set of 20 stories.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Just take a look at the pandemic, for example. Enhanced Organizational Agility If there’s one thing that the pandemic showed us, it’s that adapting to changing market dynamics is essential. For example, many workforces shifted to remote work and realized that working from home is extremely doable for many roles, thanks to technology.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work. The image to the left, from Successful Independent Consulting , shows the interaction between my writing and speaking.

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QEmploy

MAY 9, 2019

This article will look into the consulting industries current pitfalls and future in terms of transparency and digitalization. Interviews have been conducted with clients and consultants in order to give a realistic and broad outlook. Secondly, our established and experienced freelance consultant, who prefers to be kept anonymous.

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Jerry Fletcher

APRIL 17, 2021

Innovation, agility and the ability to think laterally can overcome the economy, the pandemic and the general funk in the populace at the moment. Chipotle is a good example. His consulting practice, founded in 1990, works with individuals and organizations to make them memorable, trusted and more profitable. Disruption.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Change management consulting experts know that orchestrating successful organizational change often resembles navigating turbulent waters; it requires adept navigation and strategic foresight. For example, distance can be a friction which impacts behavior. Other examples of friction are time and effort.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the teams used agile approaches, they requested more and more frequent deployments. A lot of the friction we see is anti-agility. For example, do you plan to have a shutdown for the Christmas period?”

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Comatch

NOVEMBER 18, 2021

More than ever, organizations are using independent experts and freelance management consultants to address critical challenges. In a recent webinar, I addressed some of the typical issues that arise when working with a freelance management consultant. Independent Consultants: Risks and Reality Checks.

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