Remove Agile Remove Demo Remove Finance Remove Management
article thumbnail

Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation

Johanna Rothman

They've started to use agile approaches. I am not a finance person. If you need to capitalize, talk to your finance people. If you need to capitalize, talk to your finance people. Capitalization for Agile Work. Let me walk you through an example of a 5-person agile team. Why Capitalize? Yeah, right.

article thumbnail

How and When to Use Timeboxes, Iterations, and Sprints to be Most Effective

Johanna Rothman

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” That's because a finance person drew the lifecycle.). Not the thinking and learning that go into the deliverables where you end up with something demo-able, if not usable.” ” (I wrote this in Manage It! )

Agile 116
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

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. The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc.

article thumbnail

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

Johanna Rothman

He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. I suspected I would learn about engagement with my next questions about management patterns. Let's start with how management organizes teams. These management patterns create disengagement. New Management Choices.

Agile 85