Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. This kind of measurement is antithetical to agile principles. We can see it in an agile approach, because the more time we spend estimating up front, the longer it takes us to deliver that first increment of value.

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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? Because your context is unique to you, your team, project, product, and culture. Remember, an agile approach starts with a team.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development. There is one silver bullet for product development—the speed of team learning time.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 28, 2019

Many of my clients want to create long-term plans, based on data with short validity, even for products in a high state of change. I suspect the first question is how much change do you need in your product, not how good your information is, or how much planning you need. Where Is Your Product in Its Lifecycle?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2019

You've got interdependencies across the organization for a given project or program to release a product. You need enough insight or prediction to start the marketing campaign or to create training videos or product documentation. You need some kind of milestone criteria so you know you can complete the entire product.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. This part is about how people want a recipe, The Answer, for how to get better at “Agile.” ” Before we can address what an answer might be, your need to know your why for an agile approach. Can “Agile” deliver on that?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2020

In a conversation about product quality, the product owner said, “If the testers found the problems faster, we would be done faster.” That's because product development is a system of work. If you pressure one piece of the system and don't accommodate that pressure elsewhere, you create bad products.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 9, 2022

I was clever in the title for my Is Your Product Owner an Overloaded Operator? Many product owners are technical. However, not all of them understand the idea of an overloaded operator in software development terms. I use “agile” and “agile approach” in my writing. Not confused.

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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

In the context of project management, a roadmap can span across multiple timelines for continuous product development. Why do you need a product roadmap? A roadmap is crucial for visualizing a product’s strategy that is aligned with your business goals, while incorporating customer insights for future developments. Product Goal.

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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

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. Clarify the Product and Team Objectives. I'm not alone.

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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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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

JUNE 17, 2022

In Part 1 , I said that product roadmaps are not like car roadmaps. But managers also need to see options so they can discuss the product strategy and refine the corporate strategy (two different conversations). If we don't need feedback, we don't need an agile approach. Not every product has the same need for innovation.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 16, 2019

Their organizations treat the software people (IT or Engineering) as a shared service. That means the software people “service” the rest of the organization. While the organization might use products and product lines, the software people work in projects. The software people need feedback.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) If you read the article above or any of the other articles you can find online, you might notice Economies of Scale focus on production—specifically manufacturing production. Product development requires teams who can learn together.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2021

When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams, we discussed the fact that we no longer needed physical face-to-face interactions. High-fidelity virtual interactions didn't exist when the guys got together at Snowbird to write the Agile Manifesto for Software Development.). And our noses for odors.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The first is that Brooks strongly suggested the idea of a “surgical team” That hierarchical team was a feature- or product-based team. Ten people, seven of them professionals, are at work on the problem, but the system is the product of one mind–or at most two, acting uno animo.”

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. The better the team learns together, the better the product is. See the Flow Efficiency series.)

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” Every sprint delivers working product.” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). They do have product goals. And you don't have to use an agile approach to use an iteration.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

For instance, a leader in manufacturing should always have his or her finger on the pulse of what customers are saying about their products (both positive and negative), how the supply chain is operating in the midst of economic and societal pressures, what the competition is doing, and how innovative technologies might disrupt the marketplace.

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Makarios Consulting

APRIL 20, 2022

For instance, a leader in manufacturing should always have his or her finger on the pulse of what customers are saying about their products (both positive and negative), how the supply chain is operating in the midst of economic and societal pressures, what the competition is doing, and how innovative technologies might disrupt the marketplace.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Perhaps my journey to agile will help you figure out how to begin your own.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How do we move from a project-based organization towards a product organization? I’ve noticed these challenges in companies who want to move to a more product-oriented approach: The reward system rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. I think it’s similar to the Big Ball of Mud antipattern in software.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For years, we've used several metaphors to describe software product development: People-based metaphors, such as: Man-weeks for all the humans working on a project or a product. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility. In product development, is it anyone's job to make a baby at work?

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Maybe even draw a picture of when the story/product completes. (I All the ways John's code connected—or didn't—to the rest of the product. In addition, they work to simplify their code and the entire product.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

Even if you use an agile approach, you still can't create an impossible project. Only two small cross-functional teams available to work on the product. When I started to work with this organization, the product people thought they needed “all of it.” What about the constraints and floats? All the people you need.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

Your product mostly works. This is any lifecycle, not just an agile approach.). I used the image from Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation as a way to think about the feedback loop realities in a serial approach.). If you want more information, please see From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams.).

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I love where the product is going. ” Al feels productive and engaged. Before his team started to work from home, he'd: Waited for management signoffs before he could release to production. Created Gantt charts even though the team worked in an agile way. I'm so much happier. How can I do more of this?”

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones. Will the developed product satisfy customers and be relevant in the market? In addition, changing requirements are commonplace for research and development projects.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 21, 2018

Mark Kilby and I are almost done with the chapter on geographically dispersed teams with no (or very few) hours of overlap in our book about distributed agile teams. We are looking for any example of a team—agile or not—who successfully used/is using Follow the Sun. Follow the Sun is for product development.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Fundraising Products The Raisers Edge: Fundraising & Donor Management Online Fundraising Accept Donations Online CRM Charity Software Modules Direct Mail Fundraising Custom Reporting Constituent Relationship. Management System (Nonprofit CRM) CRM Charity Software (UK). Non Profit Business Software. Online Resources.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

Even when we had boxed software, that was less risky than trying to manage an impossible project. Agile approaches help us manage a ranked feature set in a specific time period (even if we don't use iterations). In my experience, unless you have infrequent deliveries, you don't have two constraints. You have one constraint.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 30, 2018

Let me tell you, our large enterprise clients’ processes are highly dependent upon software. We know that the pace of change around software is lightning-fast. Where our clients struggle and where we see challenges is not in the area of new product development. Download this podcast. Angelia Herrin, host.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I've been working with several managers at organizations large and small, who want to capitalize their software “earlier.” Note re capitalization: if you expense your product development, you pay all of the expenses (out of the operating budget) as you incur the expense. See Expensing vs Capitalizing for more details.

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