Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) Then, in Part 2 , I asked those unemployed agilists to review their functional skills, the skills people need to do a product development job well. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency , where we watch the flow of the work , not the people doing tasks. Can you create an agile culture for your team even if you can't change how the organization works?

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Employing a team of strong workers can help you get through these unknown times, which is why investing in employee development is crucial. Learning new skills and competencies is the bread and butter of a learning and development program. The more training you offer, the more efficient and effective employees are in a role.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 23, 2020

You can do this even if each of you is an expert on various areas or different products when you use flow efficiency. See Who's Playing Agile Schedule Games? ). The developers were pretty accurate for their work time. No More Agile Death Marches. Agile approaches are all about collaboration.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 31, 2024

In Effective Agility Requires Cultural Changes: Part 1 , I said that real agile approaches require cultural change to focus on flow efficiency, where we focus on watching the work, not the people. If you and your team have been practicing real agility, you might say these ideas barely show any agility at all.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 11, 2021

Worse, most career ladders assume we can assess what a person can do, not on their contributions to an agile team. That means most career ladders don't fit agile teams or an agile culture. Instead of individual achievements, we can reward the types of agile leadership we want to see in agile teams.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

I'm also a fan of working in flow efficiency , so the team can finish more features faster. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.) In addition, when managers reward flow efficiency, people tend to collaborate more, not just cooperate. However, I know this: they should have just one project at a time.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2021

He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. In addition, each component team worked on any number of products, both development and support, for any given iteration. However, software product development is not construction. Why do you have deadlines? And remotely!)

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

The original signatories of the Manifesto for Agile Software Development wanted to solve these specific problems: How can we: Bring more adaptability to software development? For example (books have affiliate Amazon links): Takeuchi and Nonaka published The New New Product Development Game in HBR in 1986.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2019

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. I asked if any of the teams succeeded at using an agile approach at the team level. My very first job out of school was a development role on a very large telecommunications system for the Department of Defense.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2019

I started this series asking where “Agile” was headed. (I I didn't like what I saw at the Agile 2019 conference.) This part is about what “Agile” or “agile” means. I understand that people want what they perceive as the value “Agile” will bring them. Why a Manifesto?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2019

I started asking if you actually need an agile approach in Part 1 and noted the 4 big problems I see. Part 2 was why we need managers in an agile transformation. Part 4 was about how “Agile” is meaningless and “agile” is an adjective that needs to be applied to something. That would be resilient.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 9, 2021

I said that when we focus on individual achievements and deliverables, we ignore the agile system of work. Worse, when we reward individual achievements we prevent an agile culture. That's because agile teams learn together as they create the product. Agile Behaviors for Learning and Working Together.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

However, if people collaborate with pairing, swarming, or mobbing, they work in flow efficiency. I also know my cycle times to develop workshops and video them. All this collaboration and learning together means the team shares its product development. If your managers scale these ideas, they can also become more agile.

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Brimstone Consulting

JULY 1, 2021

How a health services organization developed next-generation leaders, increased employee engagement scores, and increased employee enablement. A leading health services organization identified leadership development as one of its biggest challenges. This has been the most valuable development program I have ever seen or experienced.

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Effective Managers

JULY 26, 2024

A Guide to Agile Practices and Their Benefits in Today’s Dynamic Business Environment In to-day’s business landscape, agility has become a key driver for success. Agile methodology, originally conceived for software development, has transcended its IT roots to become a vital approach in various business sectors.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need? Start with the Team.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 4, 2024

And given the plethora of “agile” coaches, too many managers have relinquished their coaching roles to these (supposed) agilists. What if it's most efficient to do the work for a person or a team? What happens when a developer or tester (or, if you're lucky) a team has to choose between two products? What happens?

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development. There is one silver bullet for product development—the speed of team learning time.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. I assume you have some sort of functional product development expertise. If not, why are you in technical product development? This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility.

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Tom Spencer

JUNE 9, 2023

For example, Alibaba, a leading Chinese e-commerce company, could conduct sentiment analysis of customer reviews of individual products and services, and use these insights to modify existing products and develop new ones. This data-driven approach can enhance agility and enable businesses to respond in real time in rapidly changing markets.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 4, 2020

Company A is working on its umpteenth “agile transformation.” One of the big problems is that the managers think agile approaches will give them faster delivery. Software product development is about learning , first. Company A managers don't believe in flow efficiency. Individual, Not Team-Based Work.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

AI and automation are driving efficiencies by taking over routine tasks, freeing leaders and their teams to focus on more strategic, high-impact work. Leading with Empathy and Agility Empathy has always been an important trait for leaders, but in today’s world, it is indispensable.

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Epicflow

AUGUST 27, 2024

Everyone knows Jira as a task and project management tool that is popular with software developers. Jira: Main Capabilities and Advantages Jira is agile project management software intended to plan and orchestrate software development projects. Supporting Agile approach. Effective backlog management.

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Engineering projects deal with the design, development, and implementation of processes or technologies; they can be executed in civil, mechanical, software, or electric engineering: e.g., designing buildings, creating new devices, implementing manufacturing automation systems, etc. Agile methodology. Lean methodology.

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Business Consulting Agency

APRIL 9, 2024

Strategic Business Planning Professional consulting services assist entrepreneurs and investors in developing strategic business plans that lay the foundation for startup success. Market Validation and Product Development Consulting services play a crucial role in validating market demand and refining product/service offerings for startups.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. The “Typical Product Development Organization” shows the kind of organization I see most often. The various development directors correspond to the various horizontal layers in the product. See Your Current Organization.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2022

In Agile and Lean Program Management , I suggested two other views of large products. See Create Feedback Loops (Agile Approaches) for Hardware Products.). And, watch for resource efficiency thinking, not flow efficiency thinking. Also, the teams find it tempting to think of the common GUI and API as components.

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Tom Spencer

DECEMBER 10, 2021

Software is key to the efficiency of organizations in almost every industry. As a result, the efficiency of city maintenance in Paris has increased by 20%, allowing the Paris civil service to perform 140,000 repairs per year. Software consultants set up customized software solutions tailored to the needs of individual businesses.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. The process of developing and executing agile strategy highlights critical issues. Market Realities. Critical Issues.

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Harvard Business

MAY 15, 2018

Increasing volatility, uncertainty, growing complexity, and ambiguous information (VUCA) has created a business environment in which agile collaboration is more critical than ever. Intuitively, we know that the collaborative intensity of work has skyrocketed, and that collaborations are central to agility. This story is not unique.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables. While some agile teams can manage their own deliverables, that's not the only role for a project or program manager. No one sees the big picture. I had to learn to collaborate.

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Business Consulting Agency

JANUARY 30, 2024

Larger Enterprises: Strategic Agility for Continued Success Benefits: Large enterprises often contend with complexities such as market shifts and internal organizational challenges. Business consulting services offer strategic agility, helping enterprises adapt to change, improve efficiency, and maintain competitiveness.

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Comatch

JANUARY 30, 2023

With the development of new technologies like AI and Machine Learning, the pressure to acquire digital skills has never been so high. If you want to stand out to your clients, investing time in developing technical skills and keeping up with the latest trends is essential. Agility is therefore a core skill that you should work on.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 12, 2021

You want business agility. The people and teams continue to experiment with agile behaviors. Every team's agile journey is unique. So is each manager's agile journey. If some people aren't sure, they might not be as far along in their agile journey. The teams have worked hard to change how they work. Educate them.

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