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. That creates distrust and an anti-agile culture. The managers worry that the teams can't finish “anything on time.” That's a cultural change. ” There are many better ways.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. As a manager, you can ask teams to collaborate. As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. (

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Management Agile Metrics Video 92

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. As a manager, you can ask teams to collaborate. As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. (

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Management Agile Metrics Video 52

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers for more information. The more frequently you can demo, the better.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. What about those cultural changes? Let's start with risks and how feedback loops manage those risks.

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