Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By providing real-time insights and streamlining complex workflows, project portfolio management tools empower organizations to handle diverse initiatives with precision and agility. It prevents overloading or underutilizing team members, increasing productivity and employee satisfaction.

Tools 130

Tools Management Software Resources 130

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 6, 2020

Are you trying to make an agile framework or approach work? Maybe you've received a mandate to “go agile.” Or, maybe you're trying to fit an agile framework into your current processes—and you've got a mess. I've seen plenty of problems when people try to adopt “agile” wholesale. Yes, cancel.

Agile 119

Agile Software Construction Analysis 119

Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

By Ayman Sayed, President and Chief Product Officer, CA Technologies. But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management? We’re all striving to deliver better products faster to meet customer needs in the marketplace and stay ahead of the competition.

Agile 107

Agile Development Management Software 107

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2020

In a conversation about product quality, the product owner said, “If the testers found the problems faster, we would be done faster.” That's because product development is a system of work. If you pressure one piece of the system and don't accommodate that pressure elsewhere, you create bad products.

Productivity 106

Productivity Management Engineering Software 106

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 23, 2021

If you design for resilience, you’ll be better able to navigate disruptions.

Engineering 177

Engineering Agile Productivity Development 177

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. You might even call them/use them as product teams. You might wonder about organizing all the work as product work. The “Typical Product Development Organization” shows the kind of organization I see most often.

Productivity 86

Productivity Agile Culture Efficiency 86

Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

By providing real-time insights and streamlining complex workflows, project portfolio management tools empower organizations to handle diverse initiatives with precision and agility. It prevents overloading or underutilizing team members, increasing productivity and employee satisfaction.

Tools 130

Tools Management Software Resources 130

Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

That’s our product, and that’s our passion. It launched a product, gathered feedback, and kept iterating as it scaled and added users. At the other is a product or service that solves the problem or addresses the market in a way nobody has thought of before. Your data isn’t even in the picture.

Productivity 132

Productivity Engineering Accenture Banking 132

Harvard Business

MAY 4, 2018

Called Agile, the process put customers at the center of product development, encouraged rapid prototyping, and dramatically increased corporate speed and agility. While Agile began as a product development innovation, it sparked a corporate strategy and process revolution. Maximize engineering productivity.

Agile 80

Agile Development Methodologies Software 80

Tom Spencer

APRIL 8, 2014

The book provides six principles that the author’s believe can make organisations more agile, competitive, and responsive by helping employees become more autonomous, cooperative and empowered. By forcing the engineers to understand the problems faced the warranty department, car designs became more reliable and cheaper to fix.

Productivity 98

Productivity Engineering Efficiency Agile 98

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 2, 2020

I had a conversation with a hardware engineer whose organization got the mandate, “Go agile or bust!” And, they're trying to show finished product , not simulations. If you have a software-only product, you can minimize the cost of delivery and change, once you create this environment: Short build times.

Agile 60

Agile Productivity Software Engineering 60

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 29, 2022

Joanie, a new VP Engineering, joined the company a couple of weeks ago. Her boss, the CEO, wants to know how long it will take engineering to finish all the projects. See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.) Are you still working on this project? If so, how long do you think this project will take?

Development 144

Development Productivity How To Efficiency 144

Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

This time, we’ve prepared updates that will prove useful for those who work in an Agile environment, use Jira + Epicflow integration as well as those dealing with manufacturing, machine building, and other complex phased projects. back-end and front-end developers, QA engineers, etc.).

Management 130

Management Agile Engineering Software 130

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 9, 2018

Ryan Ripley interviewed me on his podcast, Agile for Humans 83 about Create Your Successful Agile Project. I didn’t stint on my opinions or on my experience with agile teams. The other opinion (based on my experience) was that of using ROI to predict which product, project, or feature a team should do first.

Agile 78

Agile ROI Productivity Sales 78

Tom Spencer

APRIL 5, 2024

In the competitive, fast-paced, and ever-evolving landscape of technology and business, the role of a product manager is pivotal. A great product manager is not just a project coordinator, they are visionaries, strategists, and leaders. As such, effective communication is the backbone of successful product management.

Productivity 78

Productivity Management Strategy Strategy& 78

Harvard Business

APRIL 20, 2016

You hear a lot about “agile innovation” these days. Teams using agile methods get things done faster than teams using traditional processes. Agile has indisputably transformed software development, and many experts believe it is now poised to expand far beyond IT. They keep customers happier.

Agile 70

Agile Methodologies Software Development 70

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.

Agile 98

Agile How To Metrics Productivity 98

Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

In that case, you have a low need for product innovation. Products that keep the lights on or extend a product's capabilities, but do not transform the organization's capabilities. Even if you do encounter technical problems, agile approaches help manage those problems with short project feedback loops.

Productivity 73

Productivity Agile Engineering Development 73

Harvard Business

DECEMBER 13, 2017

Because I teach a course on Product Management at Harvard Business School, I am routinely asked “what is the role of a Product Manager?” ” The role of a Product Manager (PM) is often referred to as the “CEO of the Product.” Aron Vellekoop Len/Getty Images. Core Competencies.

Productivity 73

Productivity Management Engineering Case Interview 73

Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2018

The term “innovation” is often associated with geniuses turning startups into gold mines — the next Google, Apple, or Amazon, with products no one even knew they needed. These bets on the next growth engine often depend on luck more than insight. Meanwhile, every company aspires to be as innovative as these startups.

Company 158

Company Agile Productivity Marketing 158

Harvard Business

AUGUST 3, 2017

At a high level, a competency center is a collection of domain experts who are given a goal to improve agility, foster innovation, establish best practices, provide training (and mentoring), and be a communications engine. Then ask them to create a personal development plan. Build certification into your training.

Training 132

Training Training Data Agile 132

Johanna Rothman

MAY 23, 2022

Before the pandemic, Jenny, the VP of Engineering, insisted that the engineering staff needed to work in the Boston area. And she wants the teams to create products the customers want to buy. Jenny has experienced what many of you have, too: Collaborative teams with diverse experiences can develop products customers want to buy.

Agile 98

Agile Engineering Insurance Insurance 98

Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 27, 2017

And at Greycroft, a venture capital firm, investor Teddy Citrin has laid out a veritable map for the further disruption of every consumer products category. Plug-and-play e-commerce technology, search engine optimization, and other distribution solutions are making it ever easier for products to directly reach consumers.

Media 139

Media Fashion Agile Sales 139

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 18, 2016

Killing products isn’t easy. Engineers and managers toil for months, often years, to conceive, develop, and launch new products. In our five-year study of global handset makers , we found that most firms pull products when they turn out to be obvious disasters such as the Note 7. Know the big picture.

Productivity 70

Productivity Resources Research Management 70

Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

The key elements are (1) startups with fully dedicated cofounders, (2) a growth board of investors, and (3) an agile team focused on capturing learnings, building capabilities, and clearing roadblocks. What makes this a quest is that there is likely no product currently on the market or no existing demand from consumers.

Company 131

Company B2B Engineering System 131

Epicflow

JANUARY 12, 2024

The Forum participants will have an opportunity to learn from inspirational project management leaders as well as attend masterclasses revealing the aspects of delivering sustainable projects, Agile transformation, application of technologies, and more. is the largest Agile conference in Central Europe. PMO London 2024 June, 18-19.

Industry 130

Industry Automotive Pharmaceuticals Management 130

Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

Marketers need to master data analytics, customer experience, and product design. This includes the product, the buying process, the ability to provide support, and customer relationships over time. Today, creative marketers need to operate more like entrepreneurs, continuously adjusting to sustain “ product/market fit.”

Marketing 136

Marketing Agile Fashion Sales 136

Tom Spencer

APRIL 6, 2019

Finding valuable insights: Structured and unstructured data sources can uncover patterns and relationships that reveal customer needs, expose system vulnerabilities and improve productivity and performance. Tailoring products to individual needs: Big data allows an organisation to narrowly segment customers.

Data 106

Data Consulting Agile Industry 106

Harvard Business

JULY 11, 2018

Still, it wasn’t until 50 years later that Edison opened his first power plant, and then 40 years after that, during the 1920s, electricity began to have a measurable impact on productivity. Every technology follows a similar path of discovery, engineering, and transformation.

Industry 136

Industry Energy Agile Engineering 136

LSA Global

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

For example, a company looking to lead in artificial intelligence as part of its go to market strategy must invest in ensuring that its engineers, product managers, marketing, and sales teams possess cutting-edge AI knowledge, skills, and resources.

Talent 48

Talent Training Training Culture 48

Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 4, 2023

One Engineering organization of about 2000 people had a terrible time releasing anything “on” or even, “near” time. Value Let's start with the cost of the work and start with some assumptions: Each engineer costs the organization between $3000-$4000/week in salary plus overhead. (If Why did I believe them?

System 98

System Engineering Efficiency Agile 98

Johanna Rothman

JULY 16, 2019

Their organizations treat the software people (IT or Engineering) as a shared service. While the organization might use products and product lines, the software people work in projects. I've said in the past that as soon as we have more work than teams to do the work, we need to switch from one product to another.

Productivity 65

Productivity Software Report Engineering 65

Epicflow

JUNE 16, 2022

Therefore, before investing in certain technology, every company should have a clear idea of what their customers’ journey is, their behaviors, and expectations to make sure that transformed products or services will meet customers’ needs to the full. . Its aim is to create new business models, new products, or services.

Tools 148

Tools Operations Efficiency Talent 148

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. Ten people, seven of them professionals, are at work on the problem, but the system is the product of one mind–or at most two, acting uno animo.”

Agile 119

Agile Analysis Management Productivity 119

Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

For Avaya, its lackluster NPS score reflected a simple truth: Innovation was the key to survival because it is the growth engine. Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. Too often, when Avaya delivered tailor-designed products and services for customers, the customer was not satisfied. The risk had been managed well.

Methodologies 70

Methodologies Agile Exercises Metrics 70

Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2018

They pursued a variety of tactics before the recession that were designed to fortify the firm when the downturn hit – moves both within sales and beyond like adding a low-cost channel to serve small accounts or simplifying the product assortment. billion vs. $1.2 Detect and reinforce effective behaviors. Automate account management.

Sales 130

Sales B2B Tools Software 130

Harvard Business

JUNE 21, 2017

trillion per year; and (3) store-based retailers could profitably transition to a digital world by growing e-commerce sales cautiously enough to avoid diluting earnings and cannibalizing higher-margin store sales, while retreating to the most profitable stores and product categories that would be hardest for Amazon to attack.

Retail 73

Retail Agile Sales Engineering 73