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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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. But teams can change how they work—in any approach. But here's how they can work to create more agility.

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Organizational Talent Consulting

JUNE 5, 2023

Census data confirms cultural diversity is growing faster than predicted, especially among Gen Z. A competitive talent landscape, technological advances, and global population shifts are rapidly increasing cultural diversity in the workplace. Cross-cultural differences require leaders with cultural agility.

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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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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

Effective governance can serve as the bedrock of organizational culture, which shapes perceptions, attitudes, and interactions throughout the organisational hierarchy, between departments, and within project teams. This article aims to shed light on the power of governance and how to create a transformative governance structure.

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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 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. Culture expresses what managers value.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 27, 2020

Project lifecycles and cultures manage all those risks. And, you can decide if you want to try to change the culture. Solving Deterministic Problems Does Not Require an Agile Approach. How to fit the solution into the current architecture or design. You don't have to change your culture to use any lifecycle.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2021

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. They don't realize how much more effective flow efficiency is.). Agile approaches break the idea of a “shared service” model of people. ” Don't use an agile approach. In any culture or lifecycle.

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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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Simon Associates

OCTOBER 12, 2022

I'm very pleased to announce that I will be speaking at the Enterprise Agility World Conference 2022: Where Science Meets Organizational Change. As a culture change expert , my topic is just what I love to talk about — how to build an organizational culture for fast-changing times.

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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

JANUARY 2, 2024

Very few teams understand how to do small stories, so it's fine if they pair, swarm, or mob to finish the work. See the roadmap series starting with Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 3, Flow-Based Roadmapping to see how to integration options into your various roadmaps. One-day stories.

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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

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. What do you need? Start with the Team.

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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

AUGUST 12, 2019

I spoke at Agile 2019 last week. Here are my thoughts and where I think the “agile” industry is headed. Problems I See with “Agile” Here's a summary of problems I saw last week: Too many people think “agile” will solve all their problems. Culture requires management involvement.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

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. Who Wants the Teams to Use an Agile Approach? I explained how various lifecycles worked and when it made sense to consider which approach. That's not what I see now.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Anytime I've seen a successful innovation culture, I've seen these principles. 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.

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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

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Back in Part 1 , I wrote about how stage-gate approaches were as agile as we could use at the time. We had one delivery, so our agility was about canceling the project if we couldn't finish it. I had to explain to my managers how the project would work. My managers were smart but didn't understand how to spiral time.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? Christopher Meyer published Fast Cycle Time: How to Align Purpose, Strategy, and Structure for Speed in 1993. I wrote about Agility in Name Only.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. The team decides how to solve problems.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Enter the concept of how to leverage change friction to change behaviors at work — a notion rooted in behavioral economics and organizational psychology. We know from change management simulation data that change resistance manifests in various forms, ranging from entrenched habits and routines to cultural inertia and structural barriers.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I've met a number of agile coaches recently. However, many of these coaches work in organizations just starting a cultural transformation. 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.

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LSA Global

JULY 14, 2020

Agile Change Management – What Is It? Agile change management is an approach to managing the people side of change that works in concert with the agile project management methodology. Done right, the agile approach to project management enables teams to adapt to change quickly and deliver work faster.

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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 3 was about how people want a recipe. This post is about what you can do to create an agile culture, regardless of where you are in the organization.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 15, 2018

Part of what makes an agile transformation difficult is the cultural change required. That’s what makes an agile transformation a journey. A client said to me, “I want the agile. The agile is good stuff: faster delivery of smaller stuff that we can get revenue for. How fast can I get it?”

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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

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. A cultural challenge, for sure.

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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

MARCH 21, 2019

Most of my clients struggle with their agile transformation. The teams love agile approaches because they can work on their release frequency and technical excellence. The senior managers love the agile promise because they can see how agile approaches help the teams release a more constant flow of value.

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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

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.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Partner, Not Stakeholder The more business agility you want, the more partnerships across the organization you need. See Modern Management: Three Tips To Create A Congruent Culture.) The post How to Create Partnerships Instead of Using Stakeholders appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Let's first discuss what my colleague does and how we might name that role. Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager? ” (You might like Why an Agile Project Manager is Not a Scrum Master.). She's an agile project manager. When she manages programs, she's an agile program manager. Scrum is not her job.

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