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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 5: Summary

Johanna Rothman

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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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. Note that Marketing, Finance, HR, are all part of this product line. Product lines use flow efficiency thinking. I didn’t know anything about agile approaches then. What do you do?

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. To stay competitive on the market, automotive companies have to deliver their products faster. Utilize available resources with maximum efficiency. Adopt Agile frameworks for product development.

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With Agile Approaches, No Need to “Meet” or “Enforce” Deadlines

Johanna Rothman

He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. The company had deadlines because it wanted to meet market demands. Even when we use a non-agile approach , schedule variance doesn't make sense. Over months, they stopped demoing anything. Why do you have deadlines?

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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. That's a prime example of resource efficiency , which does not work. 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. ” Aha!

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