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Unemployed Agilists: How to Show Your Value to Support What Managers Want, Part 1

Johanna Rothman

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

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How to Use Flow Metrics to See if Your Economies of Scale Offer Value, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

That's another form of centralization and what organizations refer to as economies of scale. See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost.

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The Key to Agile Success? Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM CA TECHNOLOGIES

Harvard Business

By Surya Panditi, GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. So organizations today are staying ahead of the curve by scaling agile and building agility into everything they do, and extending agile techniques and practices across teams, teams-of-teams, non-IT organizations and even across the business as a whole.

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6 Current Trends in Project Management [2024]: What to Prepare for?

Epicflow

Forecasting and decision-making Thanks to predictive analytics, PM tools analyze historical data along with current project metrics to predict how the project environment will change. Hybrid project management methodologies will also remain relevant instead of focusing on Agile for every kind of projects. References Harrin, E.

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How Avaya Turned Around Its Customer Ratings

Harvard Business

For reference, an NPS of +50 is considered very good. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. Yes, a customer who gives a low rating doesn’t like you. The risk had been managed well.

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Is Your Company Actually Set Up to Support Your Strategy?

Harvard Business

Why is one insurance company deep into an agile transformation while another is experimenting with it only at the edges of its business? As companies move to more agile operating models , they must learn to balance accountability with autonomy. How do banks switch customer relationships from branch offices to mobile phone screens?

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What It Takes to Become a Great Product Manager

Harvard Business

” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Defining and tracking success metrics. Contemporary organizations may do this process in a more agile and collaborative way, but the expectation is that PMs know best about what customers need and engineering is there to serve.