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Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation

Johanna Rothman

They've started to use agile approaches. There's a great introduction article, Capitalization of software development costs.). Capitalization for Agile Work. Let me walk you through an example of a 5-person agile team. I would add demoing in as value creation, but I'm not sure how accountants categorize feedback loops.

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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. There might be a “centralized” function for these groups, but all the people developing and supporting this product are in the product line. Except, the new development was delayed.

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5 Ways to Help Employees Keep Up with Digital Transformation

Harvard Business

Unilever has acquired Dollar Shave Club , a young startup, for $1 billion in a move to introduce a new model of subscription sales. One of Rochet’s first tasks was to create a leadership development program that equipped executives with the knowledge, mindset, and ways of working the company would need to grow in the digital age.

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How to Steer the Conversation When Someone Asks for a Specific Backlog Item Prediction, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

” That's a backlog/marketing/sales problem. Now, we get to the meat, where the manager needs to know to feel good about the development. I needed to demo more often. This is the same problem as in Want to Be More Effective (and Agile)? ” That's a project portfolio funding problem. “I just want to know.

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