Johanna Rothman

MARCH 17, 2020

In From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , Mark and I discussed the two competing theories of communication. Read Defining “Scaling” Agile, Part 6: Creating the Agile Organization for a more complete definition of the model or Change is Inevitable on my other blog.). Natural means we see each others' faces.).

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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

MARCH 8, 2022

In Agile and Lean Program Management , I suggested two other views of large products. See Create Feedback Loops (Agile Approaches) for Hardware Products.). And definitely not the component. In this first image, the Integrated System Program, the rest of the product uses the Platform of Common Services as components. The Series.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

Not the customer and definitely not the organization. We both use agility based on value: Small MVPs offer everyone early feedback, possibly as an experiment. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. A new definition of ‘center-led’. Market conditions drive role definition. The global/local tension.

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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?” So, here are the definitions you can point your leaders to, so they understand. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). And you don't have to use an agile approach to use an iteration.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management? For nearly two decades, many companies have utilized the principles within the Agile Manifesto to deliver faster time-to-market than traditional, or linear development models. Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 29, 2020

I definitely use this language at times. If you're working on a culture change such as an agile transformation, see if you can understand what the organization rewards. That might be your first step to creating a more agile culture. Are you willing to try? How can we improve?

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 1, 2024

Especially if you want to use agile approaches. You don't need a lot of auditions or tests, and you're definitely not wasting a candidate's time. That's because people who fit with the organization can learn fast. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter.) The candidate has a mirror image perspective.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

The teams miss the feedback loops so critical for an agile approach. Their agile transformation falls apart. Rethink Your Definition of Customer. Let's think about how to create agile projects with short feedback loops, not projects that look like waterfall. Prevent Agile Projects that Look Like Waterfall.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2020

(See Lessons Learned from Leading Workshops About Geographically Distributed Agile Teams for data from some of my previous workshops.). And, that balance definitely depends on the work and the changes the work requires. We don't need a ton of in-person meetings. We'll need to find the right balance for remote and in-person work.

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Steve Shu Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2010

Although I’m going to leave out an explicit definition of project-based thinking to provoke thought, for me here are some of the benefits I have seen: Since project life can end at any moment, fewer things are taken for granted. Agile performance necessitates optimizing the communication and analysis organizational structures.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 18, 2022

This team is definitely a “hybrid remote” team. For more on this topic of workspaces, please see From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams.). The only two collocated people are in Cambridge.). Why isn't this a satellite team? Because there is no central location, even though the Boston team thinks it is.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2017

That’s because the definitions are not consistent between teams and tools. Think about feature sets (which helps with the idea that this is Big Work), counting features, MVPs (to validate a business hypothesis), and MVEs (to learn something small with an experiment). Let me discuss the idea of feature sets and counting features.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 14, 2020

And, when I looked at this definition of insubordination , I had to agree. However, when I read that definition, I don't see any mutual problem-solving. And, if you're interested in exploring influence, please join me at the Influential Agile Leader. Do I advocate insubordination? I also don't see any mutual purpose or respect.

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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. And it’s never complete.

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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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Ben de Haldevang

JUNE 7, 2023

The only part I struggled with (but got the point after re-reading it) is the one on “plasticity”, possibly because of the choice of words and the third definition by Merriam-Webster which in first reading seemed a little pedantic. But I landed on my feet shortly afterwards when you mention “agility”, “adaptability” and “responsiveness”!

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Successful Independent Consulting

AUGUST 16, 2017

Firms to be wary of include PRO Unlimited, MBO Partners, ZeroChaos, TalentWave, Agile 1, and Rose International. I definitely will write more about this in the coming months, but if you get tripped up in the meantime feel free to contact me for some pointers. Someone from XYZ Company will be reaching out to you.

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LSA Global

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Behavioral Traits Once you have an agreed upon list of core leadership competencies and definitions, your next step is to define the measurable and specific micro-behaviors for each competency. To assess potential, you must use assess specific personality traits, motivation , and learning agility.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. This is not about changing the definition of your target market; it is about asking if there is a way to reach more of your ideal set of customers. What you hear from your customers may suggest areas of your business to modify, abandon, or intensify.

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Makarios Consulting

AUGUST 3, 2022

Third, be flexible and agile to respond to customer needs. This is not about changing the definition of your target market; it is about asking if there is a way to reach more of your ideal set of customers. What you hear from your customers may suggest areas of your business to modify, abandon, or intensify.

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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. I started with feature sets when a client used two different tools across a program, and the definition was not consistent across the tools. I’ve written about frictionless releasing. I can wait.

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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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LSA Global

JUNE 8, 2022

Build, Buy, or Rotate Workplace Talent Here are definitions of each of these terms and when each strategy is most appropriate: Build Workplace Talent To show employees that they have a viable career path , many Chief People Officers prefer to invest in and promote their own workforce before looking elsewhere for talent.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Think about the EOS definition quoted above – your Core Focus is what you are passionate about. This is tremendously powerful for agile and successful decision-making! Gaining clarity about your core focus is a strategic weapon for three reasons. First, it energizes your team. It gets you excited. It is something you are great at.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

You might need a different definition of internal quality for what the product developers (developers, testers, UI, everyone who creates the product) see. I wrote about this in Create Your Successful Agile Project.). I also wrote about more about these ideas in Manage It! ). That need for quality is about what the customer sees.

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Jerry Fletcher

APRIL 17, 2021

Innovation, agility and the ability to think laterally can overcome the economy, the pandemic and the general funk in the populace at the moment. Disruption. Either gets attention in and of itself. Together they become hard to look away from. Do conditions make it harder to be at successful at either? You could have a winner.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 25, 2018

Sprints, by definition, are a timebox. One of the big problems with new-to-agile teams is their inability to finish work inside a sprint. However, software, especially with an agile approach, is about flow efficiency , where people work as a team to finish one story at a time. You’re supposed to say, “Pencils down!”

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 11, 2017

We call this subset of freelancers who do strategic work in companies or nonprofit organizations agile talent. Many of the benefits of agile talent have been widely reported. And, it turns out, agile talent in stages 3 and 4 is often eager to provide coaching and mentorship to junior professionals working with them.

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LSA Global

MARCH 17, 2022

Such bad behavior definitely exists, and many can see the political warning signs at work. Savvy and agile leaders know corporate perceptions and reputations –– fair or unfair, accurate or not–– and how to consciously craft a plan to alter negative perceptions. A cornerstone of effective ethical politics is “impression management.”

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Melissa Agnes

APRIL 11, 2016

I enjoy whatis.com ‘s definition, take a look: “An information silo is a business division or group of employees within an organization that fails to communicate freely or effectively with other groups, including management. What is an information silo, you ask? It’s a more traditional (a.k.a.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 27, 2021

Definitely a win-win. When senior management told my boss what a great job my boss did, she explained my role. That meant that when they needed a program manager, I got the role. All because she offered her assessment of my work to her bosses. Give Credit. Give credit as often as possible.

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QEmploy

MAY 9, 2019

Brokers, clients, and consultants may all have their own definition of these factors. This is where agile methodologies come in. Consultant, Nadia Kondrup, says “agile project management is the way forward for developing”. Nonetheless, countless companies have already implemented the process of agile methodologies.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 30, 2022

However, agile teams have one specific “tool” to create better predictability: right-sizing their stories. You can definitely use those forecasts for team backlogs. ” You can still “right-size” but it might not look precisely like the definition. You might use those forecasts for roadmaps.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 29, 2021

The teams want to use an agile approach so they can incorporate learning. The managers might even think this is roadmap reflects an agile approach. There's nothing about this roadmap that's agile. You can decide if you need an agile approach. See What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? What can you do?

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Some companies can be tempted to apply Agile methodology because of its flexibility; but without proper planning, it won’t become a silver bullet ensuring the successful completion of an R&D project. Applying a phase-gate process can help you address this issue.

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