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? Start with the Team.

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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 4 was about how “Agile” is meaningless and “agile” is an adjective that needs to be applied to something.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

The solution lies in intelligent project and resource management. Read the article to gain insight into the specifics of manufacturing project management and learn useful recommendations on the effective orchestration of projects in the industry. Effective risk management. More efficient utilization of resources.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve, a software development manager, thought John was a “10x” developer. Managers can support their teams in many ways. You don't want to reinforce resource efficiency, even though you rewarded the person for that all along. Instead, you want to reinforce flow efficiency. Visualize the Team's System.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

This guide aims to overcome the uncertainty of the Epicflow implementation process and to help our clients deploy the software smoothly and achieve positive results as quickly as possible. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. See the Flow Efficiency series.) And won't be for a while.).

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

Flow Efficiency In How Centralization Decisions Create Friction, Increase Cycle Time, and Cost Money, Part 1, I discussed how removing support staff for departments and managers created longer cycle times. Now, it's time for Economies of Scale and how that ties into resource efficiency thinking. See the Wikipedia article.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

For instance, in Marketing, data is being used to calculate ROI on marketing campaigns, or come up with new pricing strategies based on A/B testing of campaigns which helps marketing and managers bring in more revenue, and stay ahead of the competition. However, it's crucial to have a consistent and efficient method for tracking progress.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 21, 2022

Successful project delivery is usually a result of efficient management of both workflow and resources. In a multi-project environment, ensuring productive work of team members gains even more importance: resources are shared by concurrent projects, and their fruitful work on them will be impossible without wise resource management. .

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2018

I've been working with several managers at organizations large and small, who want to capitalize their software “earlier.” ” These managers have some strongly-held beliefs about the people: People are resources. The more a company can capitalize their software, the less actual money the software costs. ).

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Epicflow

MAY 4, 2023

Nevertheless, this doesn’t mean that these projects cannot be successfully managed. The specificity of R&D project management Before we proceed to the recommendations on how to manage R&D projects effectively, let’s first examine their specificity and how they differ from other projects.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. See the Flow Efficiency series.) And won't be for a while.).

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

What issues will they bring to automotive project management, and what are the ways to address them? All of them turn a car into a computer on the road, which requires installation of corresponding software and introduction of numerous features. Read further to explore these issues in detail. . Challenges in Automotive Projects.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

If your team works in flow efficiency , as in Part 1, your team collaborates and learns from each other. And, when teams use flow efficiency, they see these benefits: One person doesn't act as a bottleneck for their function or expertise. This is any lifecycle, not just an agile approach.). Start by Working as a Team.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Leveraging Cutting-Edge Technologies Under current conditions of economic turbulence, workforce shortage, and supply chain disruptions, manufacturing organizations should work towards increasing the efficiency of their operations, achieving business agility and resilience. At the same time, they are vulnerable to cyber risks.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

When I spoke with him, his managers had eliminated the busy-work he'd previously done. Before his team started to work from home, he'd: Waited for management signoffs before he could release to production. Created Gantt charts even though the team worked in an agile way. and the managers stopped asking for the charts.

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LSA Global

MAY 13, 2024

Examples: Talent to Execute Your Business Strategy Challenges Sales Strategy Shift from Hardware to Software as a Service (SaaS) Consider the case of common strategy shift from selling hardware to selling a SaaS model. According to DevSquad, 80% of businesses plan to transition all of their systems to SaaS by 2025.

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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. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

” It depends on how your lifecycle manages feedback loops and learning, how collaborative the team is, and how much WIP the team has. Each Lifecycle Manages Feedback Loops Differently Brooks wrote the original version of The Mythical Man-Month in 1975, based on the 1960s IBM 360 project. .” Brooks also said on p.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. The most common conversation I have these days with discouraged employees below senior management levels goes like this: “This company’s bureaucracy is killing me. Learn and experience how agile works. Insight Center.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. It prevents you from generating reliable cash-flow forecasts and makes it incredibly difficult to manage resources. This leads to poor visibility, inefficient processes, and, worst of all, inaccurate data.

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Tom Spencer

JANUARY 7, 2022

Roaming through a series of management books and business coaching sessions, one can easily feel overwhelmed by the constant reappearance of certain buzzwords. While specialisation ensures the greatest economic efficiency, it cultivates isolation between different professional groups.

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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. The first time a manager asked me how many man-weeks my work would take, I said, “Zero. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 7, 2018

I’m at the Agile 2018 conference this week. Yesterday, I was scheduled to deliver my Agile and Lean Roadmapping talk at 10:45 am. In software, that means continuous integration along with automated builds, tests, and releasing. Project advances might be rare. However, the room was full 15 minutes in advance.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

Becoming a competent and sought-after project manager is impossible without constant professional development. So, we’d like to give you guidance in this flow of resources – we’ve selected 11 project management books that any successful project manager should discover. Enjoy the reading!

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Asamby Consulting

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

In addition, people might misunderstand when communicating face to face, not to mention communicating through software tools or phone calls. Performance management It is often seen that leaders use time-based productivity, they are more comfortable when “seeing” employees working.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

Many project-driven organizations are finding that they can operate much more efficiently with Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software. What is ERP Software? ERP is a type of software system that helps organizations automate and manage core business processes for optimal performance. Ensure business agility.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2021

As I've been speaking about the Modern Management Made Easy books, people ask these questions: We're pretty good with our agile approach. What does performance management look like when we want to reward people for their collaboration? These people tell me their career ladder doesn't work to enhance agility.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 8, 2017

I started this series positing that respect is the cornerstone for how we might treat each other, to manage our interactions with success, especially in light of the #MeToo conversation. Respect for people as human beings, management interactions. It took another month for the software to be ready.). I took my vacation. (It

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1 to 1

JULY 5, 2023

Complete the move to the cloud, but do it right The reason for a cloud migration is to create more nimble, agile, integrated contact center systems for customer and associate augmentation. Without AI and automation, companies would need 3x the agents to manage it.” More complex interactions are being done virtually,” he said.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 25, 2018

One of the big problems with new-to-agile teams is their inability to finish work inside a sprint. I’ve seen this when team members multitask across too many stories (too many stories started at one time), and when managers ask team members to work on multiple projects. ” That’s great for resource efficiency.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

There are at least two systems of work we need to change: The management system and the culture of management. 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. Offer Managers New Behaviors.

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Women in Consulting

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

Peer-to-peer Fundraising Email Marketing Website Management Website Design Payment Processing Sphere Know How Blog Sphere Knowledgebase Sphere Forum Case Central Sphere Connect Sphere Connect Partners Blackbaud Connect Partner Network Overview Partner Login. Nonprofit Management. Non Profit Business Software.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 1, 2018

The cloud – which refers to storing, managing, and processing data via a network of remote servers instead of locally on a server or personal computer – is quickly becoming a critical source for innovation. While any new technology brings inherent risk, cloud computing is safe and efficient when acquired through large, reliable providers.

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Harvard Business

FEBRUARY 12, 2018

Contracting is a common activity, but it is one that few companies do efficiently or effectively. The main challenge firms face in contracting arises from the sheer number of contracts they must keep track of; these often lack uniformity and are difficult to organize, manage, and update. Improved Tools for Managing Contracts.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. (I I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) Part 2 was why we need managers. This part is about what “Agile” or “agile” means. Too many people thought software projects were the same as construction projects.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? Weinberg in his series of Quality Software Management books discussed “steering” as a way to guide projects to success, in 1992.

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