Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers? Was I willing to support and coach the other people in Steve's group to all become “10x” developers?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. No one sees the big picture. I had to learn to collaborate.

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Read the article to find out how to cope with the uncertainty in R&D projects and increase the chances of achieving desired outcomes. Research and development projects involve the process of discovering new ideas, technologies, and solutions to create new products (or services) or improve existing ones.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

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? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. The team decides how to solve problems.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

You can do this even if each of you is an expert on various areas or different products when you use flow efficiency. Here's how Clare's team worked: Every person started their own story. See Who's Playing Agile Schedule Games? ). The developers were pretty accurate for their work time. No More Agile Death Marches.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2019

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 3 was about how people want a recipe. This post is about what you can do to create an agile culture, regardless of where you are in the organization.

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Asamby Consulting

MARCH 17, 2023

One of the most critical challenges facing small business owners is organizational development. In this blog post, we will explore what organizational development is and how small business owners can leverage it to achieve long-term success. What is Organizational Development?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2019

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level. I didn't have the words for the ideas of Cost of Delay , nor of flow efficiency. No, none of them had.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Flow efficiency at all levels. Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. Manage for effectiveness. Seek outcomes, not outputs.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities. Critical Issues.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. How to make your company more nimble and responsive. This story is not unique. Insight Center. Competing in the Future. Sponsored by Accenture Strategy.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 7, 2023

If you're trying to use an agile approach, what do you care about in terms of finishing: That the team finish the work, regardless of the personal or team cost? When teams collaborate, these managers have no idea how to assess anyone's performance. Agile teams always know who did what. Collaboration decreases learning debt.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 12, 2021

You want business agility. The teams have worked hard to change how they work. The people and teams continue to experiment with agile behaviors. Every team's agile journey is unique. So is each manager's agile journey. If some people aren't sure, they might not be as far along in their agile journey.

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BCG

AUGUST 17, 2016

Agile development has gone mainstream, but the software development methodology that helped hundreds of Silicon Valley startups explode onto the scene has delivered decidedly mixed results for more traditional organizations. Article Wednesday, August 17, 2016.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. How to make your company more nimble and responsive.

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Tom Spencer

MAY 13, 2022

Innovation is of great importance to corporations as new methods can be used to operate more effectively and efficiently, which can ultimately impact profitability. It was an enriching experience, and the skills developed during this process could be useful in a corporate environment.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

Its current development is primarily driven by 4 major trends: connectivity, autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and electrification. As the automotive industry continues its development affected by recent unprecedented disruption, the number of projects its companies take on this year will be increasing.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 23, 2022

However, now the managers have trouble reconciling how to offer fair compensation and benefits to all employees. Jenny has experienced what many of you have, too: Collaborative teams with diverse experiences can develop products customers want to buy. How can anyone know the value of that contribution to the entire product?

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

In a nutshell, AI automates repetitive tasks and makes predictions thereby increasing efficiency, streamlining the workflow, and improving decision-making. 4] Digital skills In response to the active implementation of technologies and data analytics, project managers also require developed digital skills that should be regularly updated.

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Brimstone Consulting

DECEMBER 15, 2020

To take advantage of this opportunity place focus on building agility, aligning the organization, operating as a team of teams, and developing your people. Build Agility. While it is easy to say these pivots were a result of agility, it is important to differentiate between “brilliant improvisation” and a repeatable capability.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

In the world of instructional design, AI is proving a valuable asset by accelerating development timelines, creating more opportunities for personalization, and more. Understanding how AI is revolutionizing instructional design is beneficial to learning and development (L&D) and their client companies alike.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 27, 2019

Here are ways to think about your context for how to create minimum requirements documentation: How much does the team collaborate? If the team hands off work, they're working in resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. for ways to use lifecycles other than waterfall or agile. How available is the product owner?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. Related Video.

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LSA Global

MARCH 6, 2023

The highly customized career development training for employees focused on: Proactively Telling Your “Story” with Your Manager Participants explored practical principles and tips to help proactively tell their “story” with their Manager about their line of sight impact , contributions, and actionable next steps for growth.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 3, 2018

This series is about how you might move to a product-based organization. Part 1 was about how when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. All those measures are about a manager’s span of control, a sign of resource efficiency. From Control to Service.

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Comatch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Work management methods ensure a workplace runs as efficiently as possible. Kanban is a method for managing knowledge work developed by David J. Aside from Scrum, it’s the most important agile approach. I worked with a bank on a project and was asked to coach their employees on how to use Kanban. How to Use Kanban .

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

For years, we've used several metaphors to describe software product development: People-based metaphors, such as: Man-weeks for all the humans working on a project or a product. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility. In product development, is it anyone's job to make a baby at work? See People are NOT FTEs.)

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LSA Global

MARCH 15, 2022

The action learning leadership development program focused on enhancing the skills and confidence of senior leaders who are required to build cross functional commitment, role model the desired culture, and translate functional strategies into effective actions. Create an individual development plan. 98% Job Relevance. Satisfaction.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. See the Flow Efficiency series.) See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. See Three Collaboration Secrets to Create Your Agile Culture.)

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Everyone – from C-suite leaders and IT to SMEs, service techs, and sales reps must learn how to activate and operationalize their data. Do employees understand how to combine insights from different sources to generate more accurate predictions, model scenarios, find unexpected correlations, etc.? fusion development)?

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The highly customized Leading Leaders Workshop was part of an overall leadership development initiative to help senior leaders succeed in the following areas: Emotional Intelligence Enable leaders to explore their authentic leadership style and understand how Emotional Intelligence underpins great leadership.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

In Part 1 , I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile transformation. There might be a “centralized” function for these groups, but all the people developing and supporting this product are in the product line. How Many Managers Do You Need?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. Can you create an agile culture for your team even if you can't change how the organization works?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 26, 2019

As I've written these product role posts, a number of you have asked about how to use component teams. You want a more agile approach to manage the interdependencies among the teams. This shows how we need component teams to deliver smallish slices of features. Let's see how to make that work. Maybe a performance team.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Over time, it has become a necessity for the consulting industry to develop frameworks to address critical business problems with the help of big data. So, how does big data create value for consulting firms? This method is widely used online to accurately and efficiently target customers and sell customised products and services.

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