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How to Create Partnerships Instead of Using Stakeholders

Johanna Rothman

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. ” For years, I explained that the more often the team or program could demo, the more the project or program could engage its stakeholders. Demo that value on a regular cadence. Now, John Cutler has changed my mind.

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What’s Wrong With Detailed Gantt Charts and How to Make Fewer Details Work for You

Johanna Rothman

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. Too often, that means people work in resource efficiency, not in flow efficiency. What if you have no visual progress yet ?

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

Johanna Rothman

This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so. I chose to add more testers and writers and increase the team's collaboration so we could see a monthly demo. That strategy worked in many more projects from the late 80s through the mid-2000s.

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Consultant Marketing Digital World Speaking

Jerry Fletcher

The tech in the room was completely efficient. He then efficiently got me into a lavaliere microphone, did a sound check handed me a slide clicker and declared me, “Good to go.”. Well, what I do is work with individuals and organizations to develop unique trust-based strategies to build businesses, brands and lives of joy.

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Best Practices for Accelerating the Sales Process

Think about it: with outbound prospecting, requests from management, scheduled demos, and inbound calls, chaos can quickly work its way into your strategy, deeming a “speed wins” selling mentality downright ineffective. This eBook takes a look at three headache-free strategies you can employ today to accelerate selling the right way.

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Inside the Minds of Your Prospects: 37 Critical Digital Marketing Statistics for Consultants

Tsavo Neal

Instead of dumping a bunch of numbers on you, I have included expert insights and actionable strategies witch each statistic so that you can make use of them. Ar you looking to get more out of your digital marketing strategy? 7 out of 10 most impactful marketing strategies for consultants are directly web related.

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