Clarity Consultants

MAY 31, 2023

Here’s a look at gamification, how it increases engagement, and what organizations can do to implement gamification in their training. What Gamification Is Gamification is a concept that involves introducing play aspects or game-like features into a training program or other environment that’s not typically viewed as a game.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Features multiply, priorities blur, and schedules and budgets suffer. Shift the focus from “what” you’re building (the deliverables) to “why” you’re building it (the outcomes). If you’ve ever developed a product, you’ve almost certainly been derailed by scope creep. As a leader, how can you recognize scope creep and realign your team?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 21, 2023

Because they have the money, they might ask you for features. When the User is also the Buyer, as in a mass-market product, they might ask you for features. While we didn't collaborate on the product design, we did collaborate on when to ship which features. (We We did not overcommit features to specific dates.)

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

That's what the incremental lifecycles offer. Teams can get some feedback from one feature set to inform the next set—but that's not a primary lever. That's because these lifecycles normally complete one feature set at a time. The feature sets take whatever time they take. Someone ranks the feature sets. (In

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 13, 2022

The faster you regularly release, the fewer features you “must” release, and the less pressure anyone feels. In this image, I added what's important (about your product) to which customers when. In the early part of the curve when you have fewer customers, the Enthusiasts and Visionaries want More Features Faster.

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Consulting Matters

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Here’s what you need to know There’s a six-letter word that reflects one of the biggest reasons why accomplished, mid-career professionals would give up their secure, lucrative career to start their own consulting or coaching business. And that is what we’re doing to turn around in today’s episode.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2022

However, from the program perspective, this is what I see. What can you do? Once you can see how the organizational structure creates teams, you can decide what to do. Your customers care about when they will get features. How many features did you deploy and what was the cycle time for each of those?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 5, 2023

See Product Planning, Information Persistence, & Product Lifetime to see what I mean about the product lifecycle.) That's because we need to iterate more frequently, both over features and when we deliver increments of value. We don't have to worry (much) about the changing nature of the product or what the customers expect.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 11, 2022

Assume you have an entire feature set of 20 stories. What if you have working agreements about not changing work inside an iteration? The PO sees what the team completed and decides the relative value of the next chunk of work. Those feedback loops help the team decide what to do now and next. You can change.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

Do you have an overstuffed backlog the way Jenny did in Create More Success: How to Say No to “Everything” to Say Yes to What’s Necessary Now ? But what about the future? Fix the outstanding problems before adding new features. Yes, even if those stories are part of the same feature set. You still have a large backlog.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 5, 2021

(That might be the feature set or the product. ). I don't know what that number is, but let's assume you take the team's number of people and divide by two. Assuming you implement by feature.). That's what Michael illustrates in his deck.). Let's assume you have a feature set with 20 items. That's good.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Random Feature Roadmap for One Program. Use reinforcing feedback often, so people can relax into what they do best. What can they do when we are done with our work and ship the product? What are our release criteria? But in my experience, too many teams are feature factories. The customer focus). The outcomes).

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

I asked Steve first, could we collect these measures: The team's feature cycle time. Just the time to release a feature). We measured the team's cycle time for just features: how long did it take the team to release features? However, what caused the team to take longer to deliver their features?

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Epicflow

DECEMBER 29, 2023

Following our tradition, we’re excited to sum up and share everything that happened to the Epicflow team in 2023: our clients’ and team’s achievements, new features, and plans for 2024. Product Updates Before going deeper into the product’s new features, we’re excited to present our updated feature pages to those who haven’t seen them yet.

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Clarity Consultants

JANUARY 22, 2024

However, this only scratches the surface of what AI brings. For example, gamification-style features include leaderboards, rewards, and leveling up. Typically, including game-like features makes the learning process more fun and motivating, leading to higher engagement. How is AI Changing Instructional Design?

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 22, 2020

What about the constraints and floats? You can't predetermine the entirety of: All the features. Or, as you approach the work, the features are much larger than you thought. Or, you need to experiment some more with smaller feedback loops to understand what to deliver. What is the value of those results?

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Buzzsprout

DECEMBER 27, 2023

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 7, 2022

As I said in Part 1 , teams use backlogs and roadmaps to know what's now and what's next. And when teams can see what's next, they can keep the strategic decisions in mind. What do teams need to know about the product now to focus their work? So Feature Set 1: MVP 1 might be Secure Login Part 1.

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Kraft Kennedy

MAY 3, 2023

The newest capabilities of this longstanding Microsoft Exchange Online feature are worth reviewing in advance of those dreaded moments following an email misfire. What is Message Recall? A feature in Microsoft Exchange Online that, when applied to a sent item, allows users to retract the messages from the recipient’s mailbox.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Many organizations ask teams to forecast when the team can deliver a feature. (Or Instead, what if managers told the team when the managers want to make a decision? Instead of feature deadlines, we have decision deadlines. What about product decisions? They might deliver what you need, not what you say you want.”

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PM Alliance

MAY 12, 2023

Getting everyone to agree on what a project should accomplish—and what’s best left for a future effort—can be a real challenge. Growth plans may also change what executives believe is most important in the near term. Growth plans may also change what executives believe is most important in the near term.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 28, 2023

Our managers need to change what they want more often than that. What do I do?” See Create Successful Schedules: Three Tips to Rolling Wave Planning and the series that starts with Alternatives for Agile and Lean Roadmapping: Part 1, Think in Feature Sets. “About a month. ” “I thought I had to.”

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The Fearless Marketer

DECEMBER 20, 2021

But in the past few months, I’ve written what I think are some of my most practical, hands-on articles. What do you say when people ask you what you do? If verbally communicating about what you do is challenging, writing about your services can often seem impossible. We’ve all heard about features and benefits.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I wrote it because I'm concerned about what I see in too many supposedly agile teams: Crazy-long backlogs and roadmaps. Almost all efforts require some experimentation, which is why teams iterate over a feature set. I have a new book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility.

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Kraft Kennedy

JANUARY 11, 2023

A Windows 11 Microsoft feature called “ Smart charging ” is likely the cause. What is Smart charging? Smart charging is a feature that helps protect your Surface battery against conditions that may accelerate battery deterioration or lead to expansion. Microsoft Smart Charging. Reach out to continue the conversation.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

You can use features instead of projects, but this is the organization view.). Marketing needed to change what they wanted, the code changed, our entire team changed. All the time they spent before was useless because they didn't use what they learned before.). What I say to my clients.). What can you do?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 20, 2022

And what about this collaboration business? We could absorb salary increases if we reduce the time it takes to finish a feature.” We could decrease the cost of each feature if we rewarded people for the team's work.” “This supposed team has 10 hours of work time and 133 hours of wait time just for one feature.

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Consulting Success

NOVEMBER 22, 2018

Michael was recently featured on On The Schmooze Podcast. You can listen to it here: Michael Zipursky on On The Schmooze What makes an effective leader? No matter what field you’re in, if you’re known as a leader, you’ll command respect. People will line up to work with you and do things for you.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

I use the ideas of experiments and finalization to decide what to ship and when. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. I can then choose what to finalize in the form of a much longer effort, such as a long workshop or a book.

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PM Alliance

OCTOBER 14, 2022

Why do these legacy systems—which are sometimes clunky, slow, and lacking the latest features—have the power to derail your digital transformation efforts? Most have supported quite a bit of advancement over the years, with developers rolling out new features that were never intended in the original design. They’re a safety net.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

The first is that Brooks strongly suggested the idea of a “surgical team” That hierarchical team was a feature- or product-based team. ” While that might not be the kind of collaborative team I prefer, the surgical team is a collaborative, cross-functional feature team. What does management choose to do?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 5, 2020

The sponsors want all of the features, completed in too-short time, with no defects. We'll probably get a lot of what we want if we decide how to make tradeoffs. Let me recap how to get some of what we want and finesse the rest. What Drives the Project? I have not been able to deliver both low cost and high features.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 14, 2023

A French writer bought Free Your Inner Nonfiction Writer and wasn't sure what I meant by a “fieldstone.” I would think in circles, trying to understand what I wanted to say. But I don't know any writer who can figure out what they want to say without writing something first. Now, I've got more fieldstones.

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Buzzsprout

MARCH 1, 2023

Soundcloud is a great directory for audience interaction, but there aren't many features for podcasters, and your existing episodes don't upload automatically via your RSS feed. Once you get listed in Goodpods, you can view who's listened to your episodes and interact with them via the app's social features.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 23, 2020

What if you're like this organization, Acme? They can barely complete a feature each week. That means they have a delay before they know if they created a feature.). That means even when the teams manage to create features, the teams have to wait to see the release of the features. What does success look like?

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Epicflow

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

It’s been a while since our last blog post about Epicflow’s latest updates , and we’ve developed a lot of new features since then. You can also ask Epica to explain an Epicflow term or ask her how to use any feature, and she will provide you with all the information available in our training materials and database.

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Buzzsprout

APRIL 1, 2024

While there aren't any tools to help you transcribe your podcast yourself, you can use the slow-down feature in your podcast player to make it easier. While there aren't any tools to help you transcribe your podcast yourself, you can use the slow-down feature in your podcast player to make it easier. Temi Rev Sonix.ai

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