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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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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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. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.”

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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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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

These systems can suggest relevant products that customers are likely to enjoy. For example, businesses like Netflix, Youtube, Amazon, and Airbnb use AI-powered recommendation systems to suggest movies, videos, products, and rental properties based on a user’s browsing history, past purchases, and revealed preferences based on past behavior.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 28, 2019

You have an agile roadmap to see where you're headed. Your team hates having to translate the agile planning into more traditional planning. If you're in this pickle, your manager might think your agile team doesn't replan very often. That manager might assume your team uses an agile approach only as a way to deliver.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

Agile strategy can transform your organization. When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies. Agile Strategy.

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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

MARCH 12, 2021

You want business agility. 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. The teams have worked hard to change how they work. Educate them.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 23, 2020

important;}”] Agile strategy can transform your organization. When Andy Frawley took on the roles of Chief Executive Officer and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors in July 2018, V12 faced several challenges, including business inefficiencies stemming from a recent merger and inapt product and go-to-market strategies.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

Joanie received this data: Notice that the teams all have different start dates, durations, and predicted end dates. Let's walk through the data for Team 1. Their data is inconsistent with the other teams' data. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.) Team 1 started this project on Jan 1, 2020.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 9, 2024

Market Validation and Product Development Consulting services play a crucial role in validating market demand and refining product/service offerings for startups. Consultants conduct market validation exercises, customer surveys, prototype testing, and feedback analysis to validate product-market fit and identify areas for improvement.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 3, 2018

I delivered a webinar called Agile Metrics for Team and Product Progress last week, thanks to the nice folks at Innovation Roots. One person gave me a new saying about metrics (at the end, during the Q&A): Are you data-driven or data-informed? If you want the ability to replan you use data to inform your next steps.

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 15, 2024

This data-driven approach enables companies to develop targeted marketing campaigns, product offerings, and messaging that resonate with their target audience, driving engagement and conversions. This data-driven approach allows companies to make informed decisions, allocate resources efficiently, and maximize marketing effectiveness.

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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

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. I evaluate the plan—my products, services, and clients—on a regular basis. You can use real data. If you measure cycle time, you can look for historical data about when teams start something new. I didn't tell you why. I always evaluate monthly.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 11, 2022

I had a ton of old data: Paper in reverse chronological order on surfaces (most recent on top). I realized something important: I had plenty of old and aging data. The older the data the less value the data had. Those are exactly the problems Daniel, Prateek, and I discussed in Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video).

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 11, 2024

They assist businesses in defining their unique value proposition, optimizing product positioning, and identifying target markets for strategic growth. They leverage market insights, industry expertise, and data-driven analysis to create actionable strategies that drive revenue growth and market share.

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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. ” Or mine, “Explore and support effective ways of managing product development.”

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 5, 2024

Digital Infrastructure Optimization Consultants assist companies in optimizing their digital infrastructure, including IT systems, networks, cloud services, cybersecurity protocols, and data management strategies. Data Analytics and Insights Harnessing the power of data is critical for informed decision-making and competitive advantage.

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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. We now have a team environment that can use agile principles, but we're not quite done.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2018

As their organizations move to agile approaches, these managers have problems: their organization (managers above them) wants to measure them by the old rules which demand control. ” Too often, managers feel this tension because the agile approaches challenge the organizational culture. Ask for the results the manager wants.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2018

I’ve been thinking more about possible measurements in an agile transformation journey. The first Possible Measurements post focuses on product throughput measurements. This post will focus on measurements you might see when the culture changes with an agile transformation. Again, do start with your why. Do join us.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. Here are some of the examples. AdvancedTech. Industry 4.0.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the organization changes (both products and tooling), people might not make those mistakes again. About a decade ago, an organization suffered three consecutive bad deployments to production.

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Business Consulting Agency

MARCH 19, 2024

Security and Data Protection Ensuring the security of online transactions, customer data, and sensitive information is paramount for retail brands. Compliance with industry regulations and data protection standards is also a priority. This optimization enhances customer satisfaction and reduces bounce rates.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 26, 2024

To mitigate the fallout while making sure that unreasonable targets don’t negatively impact the health or productivity of you or your team: Understand the Impact on Your Team It can be easy to overreact. start by gathering some data points. Is your team agile enough? Otherwise, you may be blindsided by the fallout.

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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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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

In today’s data-centric digital landscape, intelligence is central to any business strategy, especially as we look towards 2024. According to PWC , talent, technology and data will set winning professional services firms apart from the competition. Bad data, in turn, leads to inaccurate timelines, estimates, budgets.

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Comatch

JANUARY 30, 2023

In doing so, you will also better understand the challenges companies may be facing when implementing new technologies, such as a disruption to existing business operations, having to invest in training and infrastructure, as well as potential data breaches and security risks. Agility is therefore a core skill that you should work on.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

By Ayman Sayed, President and Chief Product Officer, CA Technologies. But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management? We’re all striving to deliver better products faster to meet customer needs in the marketplace and stay ahead of the competition.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 11, 2022

Many agile teams and product leaders assume they can make many product decisions on their own. ” However, as the teams work together and explore the product, they assume they can decide on the designs and architecture. Product leaders assume they can plan and replan the product backlog, based on the team's learning.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 28, 2020

I assume you use products of some sort to manage all that data. If you do not yet use products to manage all the HR data, now is an excellent time to transition to products that people can access on their own. Mark and I wrote about agile and remote buddies in From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 2, 2021

This is one day of satisfaction data. ” When Susan, the agile project manager, started the next day, she took a picture of the paper. Susan posts the daily images from the team's satisfaction in their team data location. The team reviews their team satisfaction data every retrospective. However, they now have data.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

But there are several problems with all this planning: These plans require prediction at all levels, from strategy to product to what the team delivers. The managers don't think they need to use data to replan frequently, to address what's happening. That's how we get to years of backlogs for products and the project portfolio.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 16, 2019

The Product Doesn't Include Your Feelings. The customers loved the product. The large program wanted to repeat their product success without some of the creation pain.). When your team spikes to explore, and your spike tells you data you don't like, how do you feel? The customer sees the final product.

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