Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

However, I don't do long consulting contracts—by design. But most of my business focuses on coaching, workshops, or consulting. Does that sound like an agile team to you? However, managers don't create features as agile teams do. Agile teams don't assume they make a final product the first time out.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More of my clients say they want business agility. Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Instead, let's consider how to see management's adaptable and resilient actions. Actions matter when it comes to business agility. Mindset is how we think about our work. That's a good thing.)

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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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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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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2024

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2021

So when does it make sense to customize your agile approach to gain a strategic advantage? They can offer a subscription-based revenue model if they figure out how to release something useful almost every week. They want an agile approach, so they started with Scrum. Then, they Built their agile approach based on their needs.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 2, 2022

On the ANE panel last night, an agile coach asked, “What's my path forward as an agile coach? Focus on business results, not agility per se. ” Whenever I've been in that position, my mind immediately went to, “how many months of mortgage payment (or insert a large monetary outlay here) do I have available?”

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 23, 2021

I had a terrific time with Chris Williams on his Badass Agile podcast. How managers need to collaborate to achieve agility. How managers micromanage at all levels. How managers micromanage at all levels. How to make time to think. We discussed the Modern Management Made Easy books. Congruence. Rule of three.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2023

After I spoke with Chad and Jeff on the previous podcast, Deep Dive into Successful Independent Consulting with the Agile Wire , we spoke all about the idea of building products, starting with consulting-based products. The post Product Discussion with the Agile Wire appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 18, 2021

I had the pleasure of being on the Agile Uprising Podcast: Modern Management Made Easy with Johanna Rothman. How servant leaders support people taking responsibility. How trust, empathy, and creating a safe environment are what allows us to use agile approaches. ” The costs and fallacy of yearly planning.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The managers (often with the assistance of a consultancy) decided Scrum was the answer. They started with how—and the answer was Scrum. Those outcomes can help teams decide which agile approach(es) to start with and adapt. Let's start with who wants the teams to use an agile approach. What's wrong?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2021

How should agile coaches work? I've heard several questions and problems around what agile coaches should and should not do. Should agile coaches focus on: How well the teams use their pre-determined agile framework. For example, how good is their Scrum?). Great coaches are also consultants.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 14, 2021

I had a great time with Jeff and Squirrel on their podcast, Troubleshooting Agile. If we want to be great managers, we need to learn how to be a manager. The post Great Fun on the Troubleshooting Agile Podcast, Part 1 appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. We had a wide-ranging and fun discussion.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 8, 2021

See Behaviors Create an Agile Culture with Johanna Rothman. How to offer credit broadly (appreciations for other people's work). One-on-ones and how to use them to good effect. One-on-ones and how to use them to good effect. We had a delightful discussion on Behaviors Create an Agile Culture with Johanna Rothman.

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LSA Global

JUNE 16, 2022

Agile Organizations In general, agility is the ability to move quickly and easily. In a business setting, we define organizational agility as the ability of an entire organization (especially its leadership team) to adapt quickly to market changes. We need more agile mindsets at work. What are its trademarks?

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. If you're ready to discover how to talk about what you do in a way that is compelling to your ideal clients, then read on. I'm also NOT going to show you how to convince a client about something you want them to want. This article is for you. Which is a sales killer.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 9, 2021

I had a terrific conversation with the two Jeffs at the Agile Wire. How fast can managers learn? How managers can facilitate the work of others. ” If you or your managers can focus on how to create satisfaction, people might become happy/happier at work—as an outcome. and much more.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. No one sees the big picture. I had to learn to collaborate.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

Are you looking for work, either as a consultant or a candidate? As part of their filtering process, potential clients/hiring managers want to see how you work. And candidates and consultants invest time that has no perceived payoff for them. I agree—hiring managers do need to assess a candidate's or consultant's skills. (I

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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

APRIL 14, 2020

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. Seek outcomes over outputs : It doesn't matter how many hours people work (or where they work).

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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?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 4, 2019

I just finished a series for my Pragmatic Manager newsletter about Agile Transformation Secrets: Part 1: Manage for Change. I wrote this series because I find that many people get a little confused about an agile transformation. They think an agile approach will work because they can predict and commit better. Please join us.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2020

Isn't every iterative and incremental approach an agile approach? We often hear agile approaches are a mindset. An agile approach requires a change in culture at the team level, at the portfolio level, and in management. Agile approaches change what we discuss, how we work together, and what we reward.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I've met a number of agile coaches recently. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. These questions have nothing to do with a “better agile” or “better Scrum.”

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 9, 2019

Now that agile teams stay together, we can change the kickoff to more project-specific work. I wrote an article several years ago, Keys to Chartering an Agile Project. In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I suggested a reframe for the charter. The question I asked was this: How little can we do to satisfy our needs?

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

Here's how Clare's team worked: Every person started their own story. See Who's Playing Agile Schedule Games? ). No More Agile Death Marches. Agile approaches are all about collaboration. When you decide how to collaborate, you can reduce the WIP. That increased their WIP. Much of their mobbing was refactoring.

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Ben de Haldevang

FEBRUARY 23, 2023

As part of the new podcast series from the Agile Gorilla Collective, David Boyd, Abhay Pande, Paul Siegenthaler (you can find their bios here [link] – they are an impressive bunch of people!) and I talk through the separation of the EY consulting business as much discussed and written about over the past few months.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ? How can you prevent an overstuffed backlog, roadmap, or all those great ideas from interrupting your team from finishing its work? I offered “now” advice in that newsletter.

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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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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2019

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level. I didn't know how to map our cycle time. I explained how in Agile and Lean Program Management.).

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 15, 2019

After Mark Kilby and I collaborated on From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we decided to start creating online classes. We have just opened registration for our first geographically distributed agile teams class. See Prepare for Successful Distributed Agile Teams. It's a self-study class. Any questions?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 12, 2021

You want business agility. The teams have worked hard to change how they work. The people and teams continue to experiment with agile behaviors. Every team's agile journey is unique. So is each manager's agile journey. If some people aren't sure, they might not be as far along in their agile journey.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. However, the governance people judge the projects and programs by how well their original estimates (for date and cost) line up with the actuals. This kind of measurement is antithetical to agile principles. That productivity thing.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

“Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! His team used this collaboration board (from Create Your Successful Agile Project ), where they tracked asking for and offering help. Agile approaches work, especially if you focus on reducing cycle time. I never had to experience CASE tools in the 90s.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 1, 2017

Ron Jeffries, Matt Barcomb, and several other people wrote an interesting thread about prescriptive and non-prescriptive approaches to team-based agile. Learning how to write short and coherently is a different post.). That’s why we have the agile values and principles. Some people start with Scrum in its entirety.

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