Johanna Rothman

JULY 22, 2021

Worse, many of these managers also want business agility. Business agility requires change. As a guideline, I like to review the strategy every 6-12 months. Monthly or bi-monthly to get the most business agility, assuming your teams can deliver at least once a week. How often should your strategy change? Why that often?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 27, 2019

I use the guideline: If I can't write large enough on the front of the card to see, my story is too large. Note: In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I recommend any other approach than an agile approach if you don't have enough hours of overlap. for ways to use lifecycles other than waterfall or agile.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 11, 2022

Those are exactly the problems Daniel, Prateek, and I discussed in Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video). I have guidelines for me. My Guidelines for the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging. Here are my guidelines: How often do you feel you should review this old data? That time wasn't valuable to me.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2021

We talk a lot about self-organizing teams when we talk about agility. Because especially agile teams might want to experiment with these practices on a regular basis. Establish guidelines and constraints for the work—if necessary. appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 28, 2021

In the absence of certainty in the form of detailed guidelines, policies, expectations, and approaches on what and where working together will look like going forward, employees are feeling anxious. It has forced innovation, forced agility, and enabled accomplishments that previously had been unimaginable. This is anxiety producing.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 15, 2020

The more we want an agile organization that might be able to bounce forward , the more we need to create an environment of thinking and trust. We do need guidelines and constraints for our work. And, the more business agility we want, the fewer constraints we need. appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2019

This is where taking an agile approach to the projects can really help your project portfolio decisions. I have a guideline for my clients: Not more than 25% in (KTLO) Keep The Lights On. Until they pay off their accumulated decision-debt, they can't move forward with an agile approach. Projects that grow the current business.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 13, 2021

Overall faster decision-making, which allows for business agility. Instead, can you offer guidelines and constraints so other people can make decisions? The post Leadership Tip 14: Reduce Other People’s Dependence on Your Decisions appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Then halve again next week?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

You might even have a guideline that any code over two days old gets a code review, because the person working on that code might not realize they're confused. The post See and Resolve Team Dependencies, Part 1: Inside the Team appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. You might dedicate time each day to code review.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Create a yearly budget as a guideline for our specific goals, but manage that budget every week and month to manage our risks. I gained two benefits: releasing a complete book, and taking the time off from the consulting book to decide what I wanted to say. I'm now able to finish the consulting book.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 7, 2020

In my agile workshops, I ask people to work as part of a team for an hour every day. I want them to feel the difference inside the guidelines.) The post Rework Online Training Part 2: Outcomes Drive Overall Design appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. I want them to feel what it's like to build that habit.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2020

My guideline is 3 acceptance criteria, as Given-When-Then. I still think that teams—assuming they use an incremental lifecycle or an agile approach—can control their cycle time more than they might think. The post Multiple Short Feedback Loops Support Innovation appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 29, 2022

But I use several guidelines for my work: Always, always, always finish work so it's clean. The post How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1) appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. The sizes of my WIP are all over the map. A book is much larger than a presentation.

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Development Productivity Management Guidelines 89

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 22, 2023

Therefore, please use the attached guidelines for reporting status weekly. The post When Writing Has Two Focuses: Invite Ideal Readers to Change and Assure Secondary Readers appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. As a company, we need more demos and more data.

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Report Culture Sales Training 88

Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 12, 2019

Some change management consultants prepare organisations to transform the way they do things in order to become more efficient and effective versions of themselves – for example, Agile Coaches and Lean Consultants. Google Ventures or Intel Capital ). Some of your best ideas get plagiarised by your direct supervisor. References.

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Tom Spencer

OCTOBER 5, 2019

Some change management consultants prepare organisations to transform the way they do things in order to become more efficient and effective versions of themselves – for example, Agile Coaches and Lean Consultants. Google Ventures or Intel Capital ). Some of your best ideas get plagiarised by your direct supervisor. References.

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Management Guidelines Change Management Study 60

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

See Create Your Successful Agile Project for how to use cycle time to reduce the time you spend on estimation.). My guidelines: Don't plan for more work than you can do before you have to change. The post Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Summary appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

That's a guideline, not a rule. The post Create a Conference Proposal the Conference Wants and Accepts, Part 2: Start with Outcomes appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Write this down: Review the people you want to participate/attend your presentation. What do they need to take away from your session?

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only. Thanks to the case studies and practical tips, the edition will be useful for both beginners and experienced project managers.

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