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Agile Milestone Criteria for Projects and Programs

Johanna Rothman

You can see demos. You need enough insight or prediction to start the marketing campaign or to create training videos or product documentation. I wrote about how to define release criteria for the software (or hardware) part of the product in Manage It!, You might not have a product without documentation tutorials or marketing.

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When Writing Has Two Focuses: Invite Ideal Readers to Change and Assure Secondary Readers

Johanna Rothman

Since I also write for project, program, and portfolio managers, you might not choose to read this post. Writers often need a different approach to manage everyone's expectations. How to Write for Secondary Readers Polly, a program manager, works with her program team to solve a cross-program problem: status reporting.

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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.

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Three Ways to Manage “Extra” Work in an Iteration

Johanna Rothman

Many of my clients use an iteration-based agile approach. They have to manage extra work—work they had not estimated—in the form of an emergency or production support. The business people (I'll use the PO as the representative) want to take advantage of some change in the market. Why are you using an agile approach?

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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.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

What issues will they bring to automotive project management, and what are the ways to address them? 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.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

Professional Services Overview Professional services firms – such as IT professional services firms, marketing/PR firms, or legal or financial advisers – are at an inflection point. RingCentral data suggests that the professional services market — overall — is growing at a CAGR of 9.1% — and stands to hit the $8B mark by the end of this year.