Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Worse, sometimes the team doesn't demo or deliver. See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.) Please register at Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products. Because no one cares until they deliver “all” of it. (An

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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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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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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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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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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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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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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

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

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 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

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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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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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

I get asked this question often: “How can I convince management that it’s in our best interest to invest in a crisis plan?” The two best ways to sell upper management on a crisis plan. Read: What To Look For When Engaging a Crisis Management Professional. 1) Prepare a presentation. What’s in it for them?

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Jerry Fletcher

JULY 31, 2021

The subject was 30-Second Marketing (6 minute video) I presented at meeting of the local chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. He responded by saying that it went back to the first time he saw me speak. That was years ago,” I responded. To learn more let me know in the comments.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Your managers are not yet. Your managers are stuck in what I call “how much” thinking: They want to see an estimate for “all” of it, regardless of when you might deliver the first piece of value. Managers need commitments and predictions for a number of excellent reasons. Modify to fit your context.

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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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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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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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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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Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 10, 2022

Firms typically provide consulting clubs with casebooks, containing demo or previous client cases, that students can use to practice for case interviews. Thanduxolo Love Mtsweni is a Management Consultant Analyst at Accenture in South Africa.

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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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Jerry Fletcher

OCTOBER 23, 2021

These days he tells me he is negotiating a new distributor deal that includes fulfillment and has come to the conclusion that being able to dial advertising on Facebook up and down to manage sales is what he really wants. Video: POV product demo once with deflection once corrected. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. Product logo.

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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. Someone ranks the feature sets.

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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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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2020

And, because they can demo each feature, they might need to reconnect every day if the story/feature takes longer than one day. If a hardware team uses the feedback loops, they can manage their various costs before they go to physical form. Feedback Loops Drive Collaboration. What kind of feedback loops does a hardware team need?

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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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Progressus

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

The functionality necessary to complete these project management processes is simply not accessible from a simple General Ledger (GL) only. Achieving Your Project Management Goals with Progressus Project Accounting Progressus Project Accounting allows project-based businesses to take control of project finances.

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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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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In my experience, this might require a facilitative project manager who acts as the “Wall Around the Team,” protecting the team from external mayhem. See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers for more information. If you can demo something valuable every day, no one will ask for an estimate or prediction.

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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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Steve Shu Consulting

APRIL 2, 2010

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., Business Development General Management Intrapreneurship Management Consulting Sales And Marketing Ventures & Entrepreneurship Business Plan Entrepreneurship Strategy'

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ConsultX

OCTOBER 20, 2022

Manage plan implementation and improvement. Once the planning stages are completed, our online business consulting software leads you through the third stage: on-going performance management. The world’s best business management reporting. To see for yourself, enter your details below to see a demo of our software and pricing.

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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. Well, the business manager, asks others in their company, “Hey, do you know somebody good who does productivity and creativity consulting for teams?”. The purpose of B2B marketing is to get meetings with prospective clients.

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LSA Global

MAY 24, 2023

When a Sales Prospect Says No Most sales managers teach their salespeople to be persistent. However, salespeople are human, and when a sales prospect says no — to a sales meeting , to a demo, or to the sale itself — they may be tempted to think that “no means no” and stop or delay pursuing their ideal target client.

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Women in Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2018

They quoted all of the latest management books, they were able to quote facts from all of the top surveys and analysis, they had a quote, a fact and the references to back up everything they said. My friend indicated that these firms were outstanding at demoing their products and espousing the features of the products…but nobody cared.

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