Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

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.). Every sprint delivers working product.” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). They do have product goals.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How do we move from a project-based organization towards a product organization? I’ve noticed these challenges in companies who want to move to a more product-oriented approach: The reward system rewards resource efficiency, not flow efficiency. Work Toward the Product Organization with Team Behaviors. We like to learn.).

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. This is especially true in developing markets where competitors can move very quickly with few of the obstacles that big companies face. The global/local tension. Harnessing complexity.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Technology combined with data is a matter of life and death for professional services firms where the “product” is a combination of insights and expertise. fusion development)? Agility Evolution Agile transformation represents an ongoing effort to improve efficiency and effectiveness of the organization.

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LSA Global

AUGUST 25, 2020

Are you and your sales team agile enough? First, pull a cross-functional team together from sales, marketing, pricing, finance, legal, product development, and service to identify how to best stabilize, forecast, and optimize strategic accounts and the sales pipeline in the next 30 days. And now we have one – COVID 19.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 29, 2018

Recently, a financial services organization found $5 million in opportunities to optimize its finance processes. Shift 1: Automate with a product mindset. A product mindset helps change this. No longer will all developers be assigned to project work. For most companies, however, benefits at this scale are elusive.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2021

He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. I asked Brad these questions: Do you have product or feature teams that are cross-functional and can release alone? ( Component teams create interdependencies and take much more time to finish work.). Why do you have deadlines?

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 23, 2018

Truth is, you can have the right portfolio of investments, the right metrics and governance, the right stage-gate development process, and the right talent on the right teams — but if you don’t design the right handoffs between your teams, all of that planning falls apart. But a sickening number of those investments fail.

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Harvard Business

JANUARY 2, 2017

It’s about creating an agile organization that can detect what type of change is essential and respond quickly with the most competitive solution. Developing a clear point of view on the opportunities or threats in each area will suggest which capabilities need the most attention and where to concentrate investment.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 2, 2017

They include building glistening landmarks that anchor their digital strategy (as Dubai has done), removing roadblocks and bottlenecks to improve their underlying speed and agility (Boston), or changing course altogether to construct an entirely new city (Shanghai). Dubai: Erecting Modern Landmarks. How the best companies get up to speed.

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1 to 1

FEBRUARY 16, 2021

They want to choose how to customize their products, services, and even the channels in which they interact with brands. Based on that data, build an agile and insight-driven service delivery model. Companies that invest the time and resources into developing meaningful customer journeys will reap the benefits long term.

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Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2016

Consider the core mission of the modern IT department: Taking in all the technology “mess” (often from several different divisions), developing the necessary competencies, and delivering savings and efficiency to the company. The unit has fewer than 100 people divided among data science/analytics, technology, and social media.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Clearly these leaders believe that digitalization offers exciting new, technology-enabled ways for organizations to engage with stakeholders, deliver a superior experience across the life cycle of their business, manage costs, and improve productivity.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 15, 2017

To accommodate frequent, fundamental changes to business models, leading retailers generally follow three principles that have been developed through trial and error, often in the midst of disruption. It’s either adapt to the new environment or step aside and make room for a competitor who can.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. The essays are based on Scott Berkun’s work experience as a project manager at Microsoft, which however doesn’t mean that his guidelines will be useful for software development projects only.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

There’s no question that legacy IT systems are too slow and rigid for the agility that digital business demands. Her research found that another 26 percent have created the service level, but not the reusable components that make developing new offerings fast and efficient. And that’s not the only thing at work.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

The UK’s Department for International Development uses “results-based” aid to improve the educational outcomes of young girls in Africa and Asia. Pearson, the educational publisher, measures the efficacy of its products to improve educational outcomes. Consider these examples: Education. ” Health care.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 12, 2016

Understanding your company’s DNA can help you know what you can and can’t do, and how to achieve agility and authenticity in a changing world. We know from biology that DNA contains the instructions an organism needs to develop, function, and reproduce. But there may be more to the metaphor. Does biology inform business?

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QEmploy

SEPTEMBER 4, 2019

Freelance Consultants A consultant is a highly specialized person with vast experience who is paid to provide professional or expert advice in a particular field or specialty, such as advising a company on digital marketing campaigns or on increasing productivity, etc. Developers ($40.75/hour) hour) Blockchain architecture ($87.05/hour)

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Most companies have a finance and operational system in place, but siloed systems can’t go beyond everyday business processes or help with future business growth. It doesn’t just offer data connectivity within your ERP system, but also within your productivity tools, e-commerce, and even customer engagement solutions.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

Check out our selection of events for project/resource managers, business leaders, and industry professionals, which will provide you with valuable insights into recent trends and challenges, networking opportunities, and contribute to your professional development.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 28, 2020

Why Timesheets are Invalid “Data” Back when I was a young software developer, I worked on several projects “at a time.” Later the next week, Finance returned my timesheet to me. A couple of finance people yelled at me. I asked them: did they want products done or timesheets done? I think 55.

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Kates Kesler

JUNE 11, 2014

Royal Dutch Philips is a $20B diversified consumer electronics, healthcare, and lighting products company. He installed heavy-weight market leaders in key growth markets (much as GE has done) to bring management attention to market development, commercial capability, and relationships with government entities.

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Apparel Healthcare Enterprise Chemicals 82

Progressus

OCTOBER 25, 2023

Digital agility. Technology enables greater agility. While these changes might seem like a lot to take on at once, they represent a path toward agility, adaptability, and long-term resilience. In part, that means abandoning old ways of measuring productivity. Digitalization” shouldn’t inspire dread.

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