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Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video)

Johanna Rothman

Daniel Vacanti and Prateek Singh graciously invited* me to be on an episode of Drunk Agile: Episode 37 Johanna Rothman Part Deux More Bigger Aging. Ordering the work by value, even though agile approaches hope the value changes. (Re)defining That's why agile approaches emphasize “finish something and get feedback on it.”

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 2: Where Does Management Fit?

Johanna Rothman

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. What and how we reward people.

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Automotive Industry 2022: Overcoming Project Challenges

Epicflow

Its current development is primarily driven by 4 major trends: connectivity, autonomous vehicles, shared mobility, and electrification. global chip shortage), and the need for reducing production costs add to the above-mentioned difficulties. . The need to shorten the time for product development.

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Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility

Johanna Rothman

One of my clients wants to use shared services “teams” as they start their agile transformation. Their developers work on a product for months and years at a time. The developers don't realize what the testers or UI people need to be effective. Developers wait for UI people.

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Employee Burnout Is a Problem with the Company, Not the Person

Harvard Business

The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent. In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame.

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Why My Company Serves Free Breakfast to All Employees

Harvard Business

Our approach is rooted in extreme programming and agile processes , and the foundation of our work environment is a pair programming culture. In other words, two software developers always work together. So let’s say Developer A is typing, and Developer B gets an idea. Developer B starts typing immediately.

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How Timeboxing Works and Why It Will Make You More Productive

Harvard Business

Since then, my productivity has at least doubled. I converted from my religiously observed to-do list (daily work plan) to this calendar system, also known as timeboxing (a term borrowed from agile project management). In a study we conducted of 100 productivity hacks , timeboxing was ranked as the most useful.