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

Johanna Rothman

Ignorance of the flow metrics. Inventory might have value for physical products, but it rarely does for software products. In software, we want less WIP (Work in Progress), which is a form of inventory. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost.

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

Johanna Rothman

What Managers Want: More Net Income Let me start with a very simplified profit and loss discussion using the ideas of AARRR “Pirate Metrics” to describe what managers want. See Capitalizing Software During an Agile Transformation for some of those ideas.) But if you didn’t use the flow metrics? ” It does.

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Top Power Skills Every Organizational Consultant Needs

Consulting Matters

What are the top power skills that every organizational consultant ought to have? Today, I want to connect more specifically with those building an organizational consulting or coaching practice not just because of the money but because they want to make a difference. A good org consultant knows organizational anatomy.

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Product Sales Success: How Business Consultants Drive Revenue

Business Consulting Agency

While the task may seem daunting, help is readily available through consulting services that specialize in boosting sales performance. Business consultants bring a wealth of knowledge, expertise, and proven strategies to the table, helping companies navigate challenges, optimize sales processes, and achieve remarkable revenue growth.

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Unemployed Agilists: Review the Hype Cycle & Your Agility to Help You Manage Future Job Changes, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

Instead, we can invite them to change, by showing the value with the pirate metrics. While we now know how to manage agile and lean programs (with both hardware and software) and create an agile approach to the project portfolio , too many organizations do not use those approaches. And use the flow metrics so you can see progress.

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Enhancing Marketing Results: How Marketing Consulting Drives Success

Business Consulting Agency

See how marketing consulting drives success here. Evaluate the performance metrics, analyze the conversion rates, and review the customer engagement data to gain a comprehensive understanding of the strengths and weaknesses of the existing marketing strategies and initiatives. Enhancing marketing results.

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Do Independent Consultants Still Need Résumés?

Successful Independent Consulting

With LinkedIn and personal websites widely used to promote careers, the idea of independent management consultants having a printable résumé may seem old-fashioned. This article explains why and how a consulting résumé should differ from a traditional corporate résumé. It’s not uncommon for a consulting résumé to be three pages.