Johanna Rothman

MARCH 24, 2022

No one wants to demo this work, because everyone thinks the demo will wander all over the place. Worse, no one wants to demo, because they can't see the value for any user. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Start with the demo in mind. I bet you can think of more tests.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That's why Part 1 of this series discusses your value and what managers want and need. That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. However, hiring managers expect deep agile expertise that connect to the Pirate metrics. There way too many of you.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 10, 2024

When I work with these teams or their managers, I realize they're not demoing or retrospecting on a regular basis. The managers worry that the teams can't finish “anything on time.” Since they collaborate, they can often manage their WIP, too.) That creates distrust and an anti-agile culture.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. Data adjustment and integration.

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Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 23, 2021

Marketing Consultant/Start up Consultant. I came onboard because he wanted a marketing consultant. Very quickly I turned into a start-up consultant. Video: POV product demo once with deflection once corrected. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link] m. Putter strokes ball.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I explain the activity in this way: Your managers wanted you to fix this problem yesterday. Show a demo of whatever you complete at the 15-minute mark. The timing: I use a 15-minute timebox, followed by not more than 5 minutes of a demo. The observer(s) notes how the team works: How does the team manage their work?

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Jerry Fletcher

MARCH 27, 2021

For the majority of consultants who are solopreneurs the only chance they have is when they are comfortably esconced in bed with that special person. The loner brain dump This occurs when an expert consultant happens to be a solo in her/his practice, home life and social life. See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. If you’re lucky.

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Marketing Consulting Ethics Case Interview 75

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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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

” There's more in Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management.) In addition, I ask teams to show visual progress , such as in a demo. I want architecture feedback loops as early as possible in the project, which is why I want visual progress with demos. What if you have no visual progress yet ?

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ConsultX

OCTOBER 20, 2022

When we say ConsultX is a world leading online Business Consulting Software, we mean it. Business Consultants, Coaches and Advisors around the world have been using our Business Consulting Software to acquire clients and help grow their clients’ business for over 17 years. ask Create Compelling Consulting Proposals.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

Not the thinking and learning that go into the deliverables where you end up with something demo-able, if not usable.” However, they don't deliver value, have team-based planning, a review/demo, or a retrospective. For example, I used month-long iterations for most of the projects and programs I managed up until about 2003 or so.

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Jerry Fletcher

SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

My expectation from the run-up back and forth with various staff members was that this would be a well-managed professional event. I’m a Master of Consultant Marketing. I’ve been doing it since1990 and stopped counting successful new product introductions at 207 and individual branding for consultants at 147 at last count.

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Marketing Consulting Efficiency Video 52

Jerry Fletcher

APRIL 10, 2021

Doc Robbins the slightly shifty manager is portrayed by Joe Pantiliano. See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. His consulting practice, founded in 1990, is known for on and off-line Trust-based Consultant Marketing advice that builds businesses, brands and lives of joy. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Women in Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2018

:: Recently I had the opportunity to make a presentation to a small group of consultants; a couple of them worked for Chevron-Texaco. They had just completed a screening process for a multi-million consulting project. 2) Second set of consultants eliminated were CONTENT or FACT CENTERED …they knew everything about everything.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2021

The first was not waiting for the end of an iteration to demo or release. They demo'd every week on Wednesday mornings and then they released after the demo. They want to “capture” users from their first checking accounts to wealth management and wealth transfer. The managers like the quarterly planning.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 28, 2018

I mentioned how you could integrate the demo work into an iteration if you create a column for the demo. Here’s a picture of how you might create a kanban with a Demo state, just before the Done column. Here’s how you walk this board: Start at the column just before Done, the Demo column.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

I spoke with a project manager recently. I used to facilitate project teams as a project manager. Why a project manager? When I learned to manage programs, I managed programs like that, too. Then, we went “all-Scrum” so my managers called me a Scrum Master. Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2021

This image shows a 6-person team where the leader/manager micromanages. Some managers want to stay “relevant,” so they work on the technical work. Other managers ask for status every day or multiple times a day. Worse, the manager attends the standup! All decisions go through that person in the middle.

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Leadership Agile Management Training 74

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 7, 2019

They have to manage extra work—work they had not estimated—in the form of an emergency or production support. One of the managers I coached asked this question, “Is there any way to estimate ‘right' for two weeks at a time? I like a cadence of planning, demos, and retrospectives. And, the PO's manager.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 28, 2019

And, someone on your team keeps a Gantt chart because a manager wants to see the team's progress in a form they feel comfortable with. If you're in this pickle, your manager might think your agile team doesn't replan very often. That manager might assume your team uses an agile approach only as a way to deliver.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 24, 2023

The first time a manager asked me how many man-weeks my work would take, I said, “Zero. Demo inside the organization. We Know How to Manage “Indivisible” Work Now If people work alone, it's true, that nine women can't have one baby in one month. Besides, we know how to manage indivisible work.

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Management Consulted

SEPTEMBER 24, 2014

Beau approached us a few months ago to ask about breaking into consulting. He had the epiphany that consulting was his calling in life, and went searching for details – finding MC in the process. We’ve got your resume to go through, and as I gather you have a whole bunch of questions about consulting. Is that right?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 18, 2021

Management can't hire people for the same salaries they used to pay.). Or, that while managers might want people “back” in the office, not everyone wants to work in an office. Worst of all, too many managers still want to micromanage people—and that's more difficult when people aren't in the office.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 5, 2021

Many managers want to know the answers to these questions: When will we see the first bit? ” Many managers now realize they don't have to see everything to get an idea of where the team is going with the product. Your team manages its WIP. Regardless of how your team works, you can demo something inside of a week or two.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

So, let's assume the team spends a total of 4 hours planning, retrospecting, demoing, all that non-creation time out of the 40 hours the team works. (I I would add demoing in as value creation, but I'm not sure how accountants categorize feedback loops. I always used incremental life cycles to manage risks. Yeah, right.

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The Fearless Marketer

JANUARY 13, 2020

Let’s say you’re a manager who’s looking for somebody to help their team work more productively and creatively. Do they look up productivity consultants on Google, find a web product page about “Productivity and Creative Services for Businesses” and then click on the buy button? Not gonna happen. What happens instead?

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 23, 2018

Jonathan Jasper, manager of cabin safety at the International Air Transport Association, said “We were surprised when we saw the pictures [of passengers incorrectly putting on the masks].” As one passenger on the flight explained, That 30-second demo of how to put the mask on properly is such an insignificant portion of most of our lives.

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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 2, 2010

See a popular post of mine, “ In Consulting The Process Is An Essential Part Of The Deliverable “ Business plan as a sales document - This situation is particularly appropriate for fund raising (e.g., angels, VCs). technology feasibility, commercial feasibility, ramp-up). for government grants).

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

In the olden days, the project manager with the help of the team ranked.) See and demo the product as it grows. Manage the project portfolio more easily because the project releases value more often. Part 3, Incremental Lifecycles appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Part 6: Lifecycle Summary.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2020

Most of the hardware teams I've worked with (inside an organization and as a consultant) have fewer people. And, because they can demo each feature, they might need to reconnect every day if the story/feature takes longer than one day. (Yes, I've encountered “teams” with more people. See Team Size Matters, Reprise.).

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 12, 2019

Nor do the teams demo on a regular basis. However, they saw these results: The product management people now see the requirements as they exist. One team overheard a product manager say, “Your late changes broke our build. ” Senior managers ask for fewer estimates because they can see the product's progress.

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Progressus

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Professional services is an expansive space spanning several industries – consulting firms, software publishers, IT service providers, even manufacturers and distributors that offer post-sale services — each with its own set of challenges, regulations, and opportunities. They’re also engaging customers in new, value-driven ways.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

That desire bumps up against their management's desires for longer commitments. It's not useful for management to ask the team to provide larger commitments, as in “how long will this feature set take? When the product requires much innovation and change, management doesn't need estimates.

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Tsavo Neal

JULY 3, 2020

Every week, I write about web design, copywriting, and digital marketing for independent consultants and small firms. Friday Fusion is a collection of said writing from Quora, LinkedIn, and email conversations with consultants. Do you sell services to other businesses, like consulting services? SEO is a long-term game.

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Progressus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

For project-centric companies such as consulting firms, architect and engineering firms or software publishers, the term project accounting takes on a whole new meaning. The functionality necessary to complete these project management processes is simply not accessible from a simple General Ledger (GL) only.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The senior manager has P&L (Profit and Loss) responsibility for the entire product line, including Product Management (for this product line), Customer Support, Training, etc. So that the senior manager can decide on the mix of products and services as a product line. How Many Managers Do You Need? What do you do?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2019

You can see demos. I wrote about how to define release criteria for the software (or hardware) part of the product in Manage It!, Agile and Lean Program Management , and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. I would definitely watch demos every week or two, to make sure we're getting closer to the milestone criteria.

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