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Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

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. As part of the product development, they spin off security and performance teams. However, their tools approach differs from their product development approaches.

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How WIP Insights Allow Us to Revisit Brooks’ Law About Adding People to a Team

Johanna Rothman

That's why many people were interested in the ratio of developers to testers back then. This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so. That's when they thought the project would be done, and most of the development staff could leave to start the next project.

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The Business Plan Is Alive And Well But It May Not Be What You Think

Steve Shu Consulting

Often need a mix of instruments here (Powerpoint & Word docs, napkin drawings, demo), depending on the team, industry, and phase of product development (e.g., technology feasibility, commercial feasibility, ramp-up). for government grants). How do you view you business planning efforts?

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Consulting Software that will help you to acquire Clients and Improve Businesses

ConsultX

By discovering these areas, you will know where to implement strategies and the areas that need the most attention. The client acquisition system walks you through exactly how to pitch to potential clients using our three meeting strategy. To see for yourself, enter your details below to see a demo of our software and pricing.

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More Meetings = More Clients

The Fearless Marketer

And after I’d developed a big email list, I promoted my individual and group coaching programs and invited those who were interested in knowing more to have a conversation with me. Then I did a lot of speaking to professional groups and collected business cards at the end of the talks. Those conversations turned into new clients.

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Consultant Marketing Assessments

Jerry Fletcher

Excels when kept focused on the big picture strategy and the creative process through to the end result. A few years ago when I was working in Denver the psychological group on the first floor asked our agency if we would be a beta group for an assessment they were developing. See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. A caution.

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Consultant Marketing Digital World Speaking

Jerry Fletcher

Well, what I do is work with individuals and organizations to develop unique trust-based strategies to build businesses, brands and lives of joy. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. You know how people keep telling you that you have to be memorable but nobody tells you how to do it? Sign up here if you would like to see it.