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Fun Discussion with Luke Pivac About Agility and Employment

Johanna Rothman

Luke Pivac, a colleague from New Zealand, interviewed me last week. That link just goes to the first post) My most recent book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. Here's the video: We discussed several topics: My recent Unemployed Agilists posts. I hope you enjoy this one.

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Consultants and Candidates: No Free Work. Ask for Reasonable Compensation

Johanna Rothman

The more work you ask a candidate to do—at any point in the interview—the more you're asking for free work or consulting. Especially if you want to use agile approaches. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter.) And they don't want to waste a lot of their time answering questions or building your product.

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Discussing Teamwork and Measures on Agile for Humans

Johanna Rothman

Ryan Ripley interviewed me on his podcast, Agile for Humans 83 about Create Your Successful Agile Project. I didn’t stint on my opinions or on my experience with agile teams. The other opinion (based on my experience) was that of using ROI to predict which product, project, or feature a team should do first.

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How HR Can Become Agile (and Why It Needs To)

Harvard Business

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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The Central versus Decentral Dilemma: How the HR Practitioner can Facilitate a “Center-Led” Solution

Kates Kesler

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. Production performance. What is “center-led”. The “center-led” concept provides that logic.

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LSA Global Delivers People Team Prioritization Session to Combat Massive Change

LSA Global

New strategies, competitive pressures, leaders, products, and approaches. People Team goals , roles, success metrics, and interdependencies were unclear and misaligned. Conducted 360-degree interviews with key People Team leaders and influencers. To create executive team alignment, LSA Global: 1. Assessed the Current Situation.

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Defining and tracking success metrics. Core Competencies.