Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. That's not a project portfolio, but your budget reflects the decisions you think you're going to make over the course of the year. Also, see From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. Use the data you need to have a more agile approach.

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Steve Shu Consulting

SEPTEMBER 9, 2022

A second idea for differentiation is related to personalization (which is something I teach in my applied behavioral economics course). As professors learn where students’ interests lie, what their aspirations are, and where they are having trouble, it may be possible for professors to provide mini content or crash courses on material.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 9, 2018

Ryan Ripley interviewed me on his podcast, Agile for Humans 83 about Create Your Successful Agile Project. I didn’t stint on my opinions or on my experience with agile teams. I don’t find it useful in an agile project unless you use incremental funding. We had a blast. That’s me. I don’t see much.

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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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Steve Shu Consulting

JANUARY 4, 2023

Let’s take just one of five behavioral angles I cover at Cornell in my applied behavioral economics courses, namely choice architecture. There will be some players that will be way more agile than others and able to capitalize on both important behavioral implications and operational tactics. In the case of Secure Act 2.0,

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

Of course not. Of course not. The PVT doesn’t work as an agile feature team with the same kind of backlog and ceremonies. The PVT has a much more difficult time planning when the features are large and interdependent. The teams have trouble, too.). Should POs and teams never see customers?

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LSA Global

APRIL 1, 2024

Our leadership simulation assessment data tells us that high performing leadership teams chart a clear course for their organizations to thrive regardless of the uncertainty and competition that they face. You will know that you have more work to do if leaders or teams worry more about their self-interest or shirk accountability for results.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2020

The content is based on these books: From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. The course contains: Five templates. The course will help you organize and run a remote hiring process. The course will help you organize and run a remote hiring process. If you need to hire people, use this course to learn how.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. Except, in an agile approach, product management (often via product owners) is an integral part of a high-performing agile team. And, great agile teams often have HR support near the team, if not part of the team. See Part 2.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

Functionally, AI is a tool that instructional design consultants can leverage, providing them with a wide array of tools and tech-supported techniques that improve course design and accelerate the development of new materials and courses. AI technology can also offer immediate feedback as a learner engages with a course.

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Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 5, 2023

Although he was eventually defeated, Napoleon held his ground through efficiency and agility. Because of their agility, Napoleon’s army was often able to obtain the best position on the battlefield. French infantry used three kinds of formation: columns for moving quickly, lines for attack, and squares for defense against cavalry.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Make sure that you deeply understand where the pressures to perform are coming from so that you can chose a wise course of action for you and your team. Embracing agility enables teams to stay nimble and responsive in the face of adversity, ultimately driving towards success. Is your team agile enough?

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Steve Shu Consulting

MAY 4, 2018

Make course adjustments or staff adjustments as needed. Note that some consulting firms also set up “war rooms” where there may be many wallboards, whiteboards, and the like for maintaining an Agile-like environment. Elements of that can eventually get converted into more formal deliverables.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

The more self-assured they feel, the more motivated they will be to work hard, which of course, also increases productivity. Enhanced Organizational Agility If there’s one thing that the pandemic showed us, it’s that adapting to changing market dynamics is essential. For some, this can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 20, 2020

Agile strategy transformations organizations and delivers results. Agile strategy gives organizations the framework and mindset necessary to accelerate momentum and drive results while simultaneously developing leaders, aligning teams, changing the way the organization works, and energizing people. Keep on Top of Change.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 20, 2020

important;}”] Agile strategy transformations organizations and delivers results. Agile strategy gives organizations the framework and mindset necessary to accelerate momentum and drive results while simultaneously developing leaders, aligning teams, changing the way the organization works, and energizing people.

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Harmonious Workplaces

DECEMBER 12, 2023

One of the more impactful moments in the course involved the resistance to change by most people at most times. Strategies to Enhance Change Readiness Organizations can enhance their change readiness by: Encouraging Continuous Learning: Providing learning and development opportunities helps teams stay agile.

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LSA Global

MAY 13, 2024

The strategy enables companies to embed technologies across their businesses increase efficiency, improve agility , and unlock value. Yet, without the requisite talent to navigate the path, strategies risk veering off course and becoming another failed change initiative.

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The Source

MAY 10, 2019

While scale is still a key part of the firm’s narrative, the years in which Accenture offered the consulting equivalent of Bauhaus brutalism have given way to an altogether smarter approach, all agile and innovation. But where is Accenture going now?

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Problem Solving and Decision Making Drives toward decisions while appropriately weighing various perspectives, provides rationale and evidence supporting recommendations, considers alternative courses of action and encourages scenario planning, and focuses on issue resolution and identifying solutions.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. And we believe that the HR practitioner has an important role in leading this work.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. I have found agile managers can succeed when they ask questions such as these: How can I make it easier for the people to do the right thing? I didn’t know anything about agile approaches then.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

However, for organisations to fully benefit from big data they will need to review their decision-making processes, and become more agile and responsive to new insights in order to realise the full value of big data ( EY, 2016 ). Big data provides organisations with the potential to achieve competitive advantage.

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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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LSA Global

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Agility and a Learning Mindset The 90-day operational road map provides guidelines, but there will inevitably be unforeseen roadblocks. This is when organizational change agility comes into play. You will need to course correct to stay on track. Does everyone know what to do and when in the next 90-days?

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. This is, of course, a never-ending journey for every company, but it is vital to do when confronted with a possible recession. What you hear from your customers may suggest areas of your business to modify, abandon, or intensify.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 14, 2020

And, if you're interested in exploring influence, please join me at the Influential Agile Leader. Gotta say, I've tried that and had no results. I needed the sarcasm and eye-rolling to get the other person's attention. Can we disagree so both of us see each other's perspectives? Thanks to my reviewers for making me think!

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 25, 2020

Especially in the agile community, I see a lot of the same-old, same-old. And, I too often speak where I am the only woman or one of three women and the 97 other speakers are men. That might be a tiny exaggeration.). I'm already a minority speaker. I have been in the minority my entire career. However, my self-censorship is a zero-sum game.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Of course, project management isn’t a silver bullet that will improve the manufacturing process on its own. At the same time, it can be tempting to apply Agile with its flexibility, frequent value delivery, quick time to market, and intense interaction with clients.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Successful change-agile leaders at all levels in the organization respond to changes in the business environment by seizing opportunities, including throwing out old models and developing new ways of doing business.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. (I I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) This part is about what “Agile” or “agile” means. I understand that people want what they perceive as the value “Agile” will bring them. Why a Manifesto?

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Harmonious Workplaces

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This tendency can have significant consequences in a workplace reliant on knowledge sharing and interpersonal communication for organizational agility, underscoring the heightened importance of fostering psychological safety (Edmondson, 2018). “A Gerpott et al.

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Kates Kesler

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

But, being adaptive isn’t just about quickly deciding to change course. Even though the external context may shift, and strategy cycle times may shorten, the discipline and practice of strategy making sets the frame for organization agility. Jaclyn Kates. Kates Kesler, part of Accenture.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 9, 2018

In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I wrote about the done, done-done, and done-done-done words we sometimes hear. Of course, on their board, they had about 20 items in Waiting for Release. I’ve written about frictionless releasing. Their management wanted to know when the heck this feature set would be done.

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