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Middle Management Guideline: Only Plan for as Long As Your Management Can Commit

Johanna Rothman

Later, she used these ideas for the product roadmaps. The post Middle Management Guideline: Only Plan for as Long As Your Management Can Commit appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. But she could still focus on small chunks of value for now. Her managers met once a month to re-evaluate the project portfolio.

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Feedback Loops Help When to Centralize or Decentralize Product-Based Decisions

Johanna Rothman

Here, I assume you want multiple releases for your product. That means you will make different product-based decisions at different times. Product owners might want to change the roadmap as often as every 1-10 days, but I don't see that often. This is where the agile team and the product value team might need to collaborate.

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Consulting Networking: 6 Best Practice Guidelines

Tom Spencer

What can inspire a more productive conversation with a consultant or recruiter is helping them understand how you might be an asset to the firm. As a result, you are more likely to have a productive networking experience that results in: Insightful information collection. Emphasize Your Potential to the Firm. Conclusion.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines. We worked with the organization to establish clear communication guidelines.

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How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1)

Johanna Rothman

But I use several guidelines for my work: Always, always, always finish work so it's clean. The post How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1) appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. The sizes of my WIP are all over the map. A book is much larger than a presentation.

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Designing a hybrid workplace? Avoid this mistake.

Brimstone Consulting

When designing a hybrid workplace, communication guidelines are critical to creating an effective and thriving workplace. Those organizations still in the design phase have the opportunity to avoid the mistake of not creating communication guidelines. We worked with the organization to establish clear communication guidelines.

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The Cost of Avoiding Feedback at All Costs

Makarios Consulting

And the business loses because of decreased productivity coupled with, potentially, team dysfunction, lower revenue, higher expenses, and reputational damage. The fact is, most redirecting feedback conversations go well if you follow some straightforward guidelines, detailed here.