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Not So Serious Discussion About Project Lifecycles with Agile Uprising Podcast

Johanna Rothman

I was on the Agile Uprising podcast this past Sunday, discussing my most recent book. Interested in buying the book? See Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. You can always get the book from the library, too. See (and hear!): Project Lifecycles with Johanna Rothman.

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Fun Discussion with Luke Pivac About Agility and Employment

Johanna Rothman

That link just goes to the first post) My most recent book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. The post Fun Discussion with Luke Pivac About Agility and Employment appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Luke and I always have fun discussions.

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60 Seconds of Johanna’s Writing WIP for April 19, 2024

Johanna Rothman

My 60 Seconds of Writing WIP this week is from the speaking book. This excerpt is from the speaking book. For example, I speak a lot about how we need to bring people with diverse experiences and capabilities together to make teams that can create useful products. I do not say, “Homogenous teams don't do a good job.”

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How to Start a Nonfiction Book to Educate, Inspire, or Influence Your Ideal Reader to Act

Johanna Rothman

Many nonfiction writers start books with outlines. Or, some writers (raises hand) are prone to put everything she ever learned about this topic into one book. Either of those problems make it difficult to finish a book before the writer dies. Either of those problems make it difficult to finish a book before the writer dies.

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Ship Decisions: Use Value to Decide When to Experiment and When to Finalize

Johanna Rothman

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. I use that feedback to build more MVPs.

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Tired of Fake Agility? Choose When to Experiment and When to Deliver

Johanna Rothman

I have a new book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.) So I wrote a book. That's because no product survives contact with the customers. Yes, I'm experimenting!)

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Consulting Tip #6: Use Your Intellectual Property to Build Political Capital

Johanna Rothman

When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. Second, there's no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. Then I read Lorin Hochstein's brilliant assessment in On productivity metrics and management consultants. That makes so much sense.