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How to Create Partnerships Instead of Using Stakeholders

Johanna Rothman

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. ” For years, I explained that the more often the team or program could demo, the more the project or program could engage its stakeholders. Demo that value on a regular cadence. Now, John Cutler has changed my mind.

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What’s Wrong With Detailed Gantt Charts and How to Make Fewer Details Work for You

Johanna Rothman

That's why I wrote Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. ) In addition, I ask teams to show visual progress , such as in a demo. I want architecture feedback loops as early as possible in the project, which is why I want visual progress with demos. Yes, even with padding.

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How WIP Insights Allow Us to Revisit Brooks’ Law About Adding People to a Team

Johanna Rothman

Yes, the premise of my Agile and Lean Program Management book.) I have never seen those three conditions in any non-agile project, but that could be my experience and not universal. This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so.

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