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Leadership tip #9: See & Stop Micromanagement—Learn to Trust Instead

Johanna Rothman

I see too much micromanagement, even in supposedly agile organizations. As an example, when managers don't bother to learn agile measures and what they mean and instead want a Gantt chart, “because how long could it take?” ” Or, when a manager imposes a “standard” agile approach.

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Epicflow Implementation Guide: Essential Steps and Best Practices

Epicflow

After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. User training and adoption.

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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. 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. I was a Director.