Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. You might even call them/use them as product teams. You might wonder about organizing all the work as product work. The “Typical Product Development Organization” shows the kind of organization I see most often.

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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. That would be resilient.

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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. Notice that management defined this one solution to the problem as opposed to considering the entire system. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 15, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. This part is about how people want a recipe, The Answer, for how to get better at “Agile.” ” Before we can address what an answer might be, your need to know your why for an agile approach. Can “Agile” deliver on that?

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Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

The Epicflow team continues implementing the most powerful functionality to provide our clients with a variety of tools to juggle projects and resources most efficiently. In software development projects or any Agile environment, it’s typical to work with cross-functional teams consisting of employees with different roles (e.g.,

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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. Part 2 was about one possibility for moving to a product-based organization. Product managers manage the product roadmaps.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

Steve—and the team—needed to see their system. Visualize the Team's System. One of the most important ways is to see the team's system. Maybe even draw a picture of when the story/product completes. (I Measurements Helped Everyone See the System. Instead, you want to reinforce flow efficiency.

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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. Each team has the capability to build and test the entire product at all times. Do I need to explain the roles of the agile manager?).

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 18, 2024

Consultants conduct comprehensive assessments of existing IT infrastructure, systems, and processes. Improved efficiency, productivity, and operational effectiveness. Enhanced scalability, agility, and adaptability to market changes. Improved efficiency, productivity, and operational effectiveness.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 5, 2019

The more component teams they have, the more complexity they create in the teams, in the product, and in delivery. No one can tell anything about project or product progress. Component teams are a system problem. If you think in resource efficiency , then it looks like component teams make sense.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2018

I’ve been thinking about my clients who’ve had success moving from a project-based/resource-efficiency organization to a product-based/flow efficiency organization. As they worked over the next six months (yes, this was not fast), some of the managers asked to become product owners and product managers.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 5, 2024

This strategic guidance ensures that digital initiatives are aligned with business goals, driving efficiency, innovation, and competitive advantage. cloud computing, IoT, AI), innovation strategies, and digital product/service development. They advise on digital transformation initiatives, technology adoption (e.g.,

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1 to 1

AUGUST 9, 2021

Yet, in many businesses, there is often some overlap and confusion over what defines the roles of a front office and back office, making it difficult to prioritize an area for greater efficiency and productivity. What is the front office? Other front-office departments may include public relations, marketing, and the contact center.

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Business Consulting Agency

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

This empowers entrepreneurs to make informed decisions and ensures their products or services align with market demands. Operational Efficiency and Systems Setup: Establishing efficient operational systems is crucial for smooth business functioning. This financial roadmap is essential for sustainable growth.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 22, 2018

One of the big problems I see with a product orientation (as opposed to a project) is in preparing for ongoing work. You might not start the next project for this product after you complete this project. However, if you want to develop a product orientation, you’ll need to consider the future. We call it technical debt.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software is key to the efficiency of organizations in almost every industry. This system ensures that city maintenance is carried out quickly and reduces the need for written paperwork. As a result, the efficiency of city maintenance in Paris has increased by 20%, allowing the Paris civil service to perform 140,000 repairs per year.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2018

How do we move from a project-based organization towards a product organization? There are at least two systems of work we need to change: The management system and the culture of management. There might be more systems I don’t see yet. Work Toward the Product Organization with Team Behaviors.

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Business Consulting Agency

SEPTEMBER 22, 2023

Strategic planning ensures that the business remains agile and responsive to changing market conditions. This data-driven approach enables medium-sized companies to make informed decisions and tailor their products or services to meet market demand effectively. This leads to increased productivity and profitability.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 9, 2020

I love where the product is going. ” Al feels productive and engaged. 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. I'm so much happier. How can I do more of this?”

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Business Consulting Agency

OCTOBER 9, 2023

These services not only navigate the complexities of change implementation but also cultivate a resilient and agile organizational culture that thrives in the face of dynamic market demands. The post Change Management through Business Consulting Services appeared first on Business Consulting Agency.

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Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2014

The book provides six principles that the author’s believe can make organisations more agile, competitive, and responsive by helping employees become more autonomous, cooperative and empowered. The car manufacturer tried to do this by moving its production engineers to the warranty department.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 4, 2020

.” In my experience, when organizations want to use agile approaches or transform in some way, the managers start with the teams. Agile approaches can help teams improve, and many teams do release value faster. Agile approaches can help teams improve, and many teams do release value faster. I'm always off.

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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. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

The more training you offer, the more efficient and effective employees are in a role. This is because they are better equipped to handle tasks, solve problems, and deliver high-quality work–all of which impact organizational productivity. Retaining existing employees is far more cost-efficient than hiring and training new talent.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

Your product mostly works. That's brittleness in the system. If your team works in flow efficiency , as in Part 1, your team collaborates and learns from each other. If your team works in flow efficiency , as in Part 1, your team collaborates and learns from each other. You can release. And, then Something Happens.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

We reinforce a culture of resource efficiency. We reinforce a culture of flow efficiency. Flow efficiency can help create and reinforce a product culture.). Flow efficiency can help create and reinforce a product culture.). As part of product value teams. Some of a manager’s work is individual.

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Comatch

OCTOBER 4, 2022

Work management methods ensure a workplace runs as efficiently as possible. Aside from Scrum, it’s the most important agile approach. The bank implemented the agile approach across all departments, not just IT. A pull system involves pulling cards into the next step when there’s available capacity.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

In my experience, if you don't offer people autonomy for their work, they will game the system. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. Successful software product development is about how well the team learns together. See the Flow Efficiency series.)

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The first is that Brooks strongly suggested the idea of a “surgical team” That hierarchical team was a feature- or product-based team. Ten people, seven of them professionals, are at work on the problem, but the system is the product of one mind–or at most two, acting uno animo.” Brooks also said on p.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

global chip shortage), and the need for reducing production costs add to the above-mentioned difficulties. . In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. The need to shorten the time for product development. Dealing with uncertainty.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2022

Instead, I spend most of my time on product issues across the organization. The next bit of time I spend working alone on the product work.” “Why do you spend all this time doing the product work yourself? “Why do you spend all this time doing the product work yourself?” All technical practices.

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Business Consulting Agency

DECEMBER 20, 2023

As the industry evolves, successful retailers are those who embrace innovation, agility, and customer-centric approaches to thrive in this highly competitive retail environment. Business consulting services are a cornerstone for retailers seeking sustained growth, adaptability, and market relevance.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The German sociologist Max Weber famously praised bureaucracy’s rationality and efficiencies. But Weber also warned that, unfettered, bureaucracy could create a soulless “iron cage,” trapping people inside dehumanizing systems and limiting their potential. Learn and experience how agile works. He was right.

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Kates Kesler

APRIL 7, 2022

Agility” is the management word of the decade for sure. But to move with agility in a complex organization requires leaders to be confident that important decisions are being made at the right level and location across the enterprise. Efficiencies are lost in the cost of overhead. Programs and staff grow. What is “center-led”.

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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. Many pro services firms still use fragmented systems or analog methods like spreadsheets to manage projects. Bad data, in turn, leads to inaccurate timelines, estimates, budgets.

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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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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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