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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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers? Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers?

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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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Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

In 2001, a new approach to technology development was created by a daring group of developers. Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. Customers enjoy the benefit of new features sooner.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

This guide aims to overcome the uncertainty of the Epicflow implementation process and to help our clients deploy the software smoothly and achieve positive results as quickly as possible. Assess the software’s ability to meet your organization’s needs, improve resource management processes, and achieve desired outcomes.

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Management Consulted

NOVEMBER 27, 2016

Agilent Technologies, separating from Hewlett Packard, turned to Deloitte to help facilitate the transaction and Deloitte in turn asked Steve Pratt to act as project lead. At the same time, a close friend of Pratt’s, Raj Joshi, was working hard, trying to develop new offshoring strategies that would keep Deloitte ahead of the field.

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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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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

McKinsey & Company discovered that data-driven firms are 23 times more likely to acquire customers , six times more likely to retain them, and 19 times more likely to be profitable than their counterparts without a data-driven culture. However, it's crucial to have a consistent and efficient method for tracking progress.

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BCG

AUGUST 17, 2016

Agile development has gone mainstream, but the software development methodology that helped hundreds of Silicon Valley startups explode onto the scene has delivered decidedly mixed results for more traditional organizations. Article Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 31, 2023

Create Your Successful Agile Project has one ideal reader: a team-based leader, regardless of title, who wants to create an agile culture so the team can be more effective in how they create products. In contrast, the ideal reader for Agile and Lean Program Management is a cross-functional/cross-organizational leader. (See

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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.

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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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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2021

and Create Your Successful Agile Project. The closer to the left your products are, the more your managers might be open to changing their behaviors and the culture. TL; DR: “Stop making it harder” is a culture problem. But the demand for software developers was high and I was good.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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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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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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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. See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yes, the premise of my Agile and Lean Program Management book.) I have never seen those three conditions in any non-agile project, but that could be my experience and not universal. That's why many people were interested in the ratio of developers to testers back then. The tester is involved from the start of the project.

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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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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 ). The words “big data” have become a “buzzword” in the business industry.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 27, 2016

offices where employees were entrepreneurial, engaged, excited to come to work, and as a result were quickly developing new ideas for customer-facing products. developed practices of rapid development cycles , user-centered design , and collaboration in an open office layout. Managing Across Cultures. Pamela Hinds.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Talent Development Building on our last point, optimizing skills is an urgent priority as we move into 2024 — experts must learn to augment existing knowledge with AI and automation, use data to build valuable solutions, and at the same time, ensure that digital doesn’t diminish the human relationships still at the heart of the service-based org.

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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. See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure.

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Management Agile Metrics Video 52

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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Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. While these changes might seem like a lot to take on at once, they represent a path toward agility, adaptability, and long-term resilience. The post 3 Major Forces Disrupting and Transforming the Professional Services Landscape appeared first on Progressus Software.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Second, team members with developed emotional intelligence collaborate more efficiently. With the increasing popularity of Agile approaches, self-organizing teams have become more common, especially when it comes to IT projects. Resource Management Software: Essential Functions. Self-organizing teams. .

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

It also puts a fundamental question back on the agendas of CEOs in other industries: Will software eat the world, as Marc Andreessen famously quipped? The question really is: Can digital natives develop software-enabled solutions that siphon off significant value from industrial hardware? The answer is “yes.”

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Tom Spencer

MAY 28, 2015

They had a similar platform for managing agile software development programs, which is now used in many large companies around the world. Tom: So it sounds like there may be a cultural issue that Australia needs to overcome. They are based in Sydney and had a fantastic platform for making your own wiki.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 8, 2017

And what we found in our interviews was an interesting reinforcement of our prior work on employer branding and agile talent. Variety: Development, seeking new opportunities to learn and grow professionally. We answered this question by interviewing freelancers in a wide range of industries — from tech to advertising.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities. The strategy worked until growth slowed in both developed and developing markets.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. 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.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 2, 2016

The birds coordinate themselves with remarkable agility to find food and avoid attacks. Over centuries, the military has developed an approach to managing “ the fog of war.” This means different things for product development, marketing, and customer service. Schools of fish do the same.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

There are at least two systems of work we need to change: The management system and the culture of management. How the teams work and their team culture. I think it’s similar to the Big Ball of Mud antipattern in software. I do think of these functions as supporting the product development activities.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Volkswagen’s software that allowed diesel engines in its vehicles to cheat on emissions tests is another case of a top-down fixed strategy that suffered in implementation. market, its executives formulated a strategy of developing so-called clean-diesel vehicles that leveraged the company’s core competence.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

To pilot this new approach, Monash Health established the new Agile Psychological Medicine Clinics (aPM Clinics). After the neurological admission in 2016, Ash was referred to the Agile Psychological Medicine Clinic. This would require building a feedback loop in the treatment process to ensure the system could adapt and change.

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Harvard Business

MAY 1, 2017

Our approach is rooted in extreme programming and agile processes , and the foundation of our work environment is a pair programming culture. In other words, two software developers always work together. So let’s say Developer A is typing, and Developer B gets an idea. It’s a rule.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

Many legacy companies would like to transform themselves into agile, talent-first organizations. Developing what we call an “M&A strategy for talent” is one way to overcome this. . Today, there’s a greater need for software engineers because cars are computers more than anything else.”

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