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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 6, Create Your Agile Approach

Johanna Rothman

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? Because your context is unique to you, your team, project, product, and culture. Remember, an agile approach starts with a team.

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Agile Milestone Criteria for Projects and Programs

Johanna Rothman

You've got interdependencies across the organization for a given project or program to release a product. You can see demos. You need enough insight or prediction to start the marketing campaign or to create training videos or product documentation. Release criteria tells you when a product is done.

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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. In this part, I’ll discuss an option for a product-oriented organization. Consider a Product-Oriented Organization. That includes product ownership. How Many Managers Do You Need?

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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. ” When we have insufficient trust, morale and the products deteriorate. Instead, we can extend trust and keep innovating for morale and the products. ” Or, when a manager imposes a “standard” agile approach.

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Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 6, Managers Want Commitments

Johanna Rothman

You know you need more feedback and resilience in your project/program, so you’ve created a product value team to reassess the roadmap on a regular basis. They need to plan on revenue from products and services. If you work at a place new to agile approaches, work on streamlining the releases so you always release once a month.

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What is the Professional Services Industry All About?

Progressus

And —rather than selling physical products, they deal in less tangible resources like time, insights, and expertise – billed either by hour or by project. For the professional services industry, KaaS unlocks a new revenue stream and allows them to “productize” and package expertise in a SaaS-like subscription model.

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What Lifecycle or Agile Approach Fits Your Context? Part 7, Lifecycle Summary

Johanna Rothman

Maybe you want to use this project as a way to integrate a team into a new product or a new domain. Or, you might only need informal demos to show people where you are. Solving Deterministic Problems Does Not Require an Agile Approach. Anything else about the current product that affects your solution.

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