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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. Substitute video for MBWAL. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. And won't be for a while.).

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Five Tips for Managers of Newly Dispersed Teams

Johanna Rothman

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. Substitute video for MBWAL. If you're creating products of any kind—especially software products—you've got a team sport. And won't be for a while.).

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Consultant Marketing Brand Sound

Jerry Fletcher

It was good to hear how the little golf product company he founded was doing. He had worked through and solved his production problems in way that turned out to be scalable. He was handling fulfillment personally pulling, assembling, packaging and shipping product on an as needed basis. Video is what sells is what he believes.

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Three Ways to Manage “Extra” Work in an Iteration

Johanna Rothman

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 see these problems a lot when the product owner has feature-itis.

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Three Slightly Ranty Thoughts on “Back” to Normal

Johanna Rothman

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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Agile Milestone Criteria for Projects and Programs

Johanna Rothman

You've got interdependencies across the organization for a given project or program to release a product. You can see demos. You need enough insight or prediction to start the marketing campaign or to create training videos or product documentation. Release criteria tells you when a product is done.

Agile 63
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More Meetings = More Clients

The Fearless Marketer

Let’s say you’re a manager who’s looking for somebody to help their team work more productively and creatively. Do they look up productivity consultants on Google, find a web product page about “Productivity and Creative Services for Businesses” and then click on the buy button? Wouldn’t that be nice!

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