Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” 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. Facilitating the team's collaboration.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 4, 2019

I just finished a series for my Pragmatic Manager newsletter about Agile Transformation Secrets: Part 1: Manage for Change. I wrote this series because I find that many people get a little confused about an agile transformation. They think an agile approach will work because they can predict and commit better.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I've met a number of agile coaches recently. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. These questions have nothing to do with a “better agile” or “better Scrum.”

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 20, 2023

I have opened the Q2 2023 Free Your Inner Writer workshop for registration. If you want my support in your writing, take the workshop. (If If you haven't yet bought the book, I'll give you a copy as part of the workshop.) See the syllabus on the Free Your Inner Writer workshop page. I can help. Register now. Contact me.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2020

The processes don't have sufficient agility to deliver the necessary results. Yet, people who want to use agile approaches don't want to apply agile thinking to their processes. Some clients want to create their custom agile process— and then standardize it across the organization. My Processes and My Agility.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

If you took an agile workshop sometime in the past 15 years, you probably played the “ ball game.” Especially since they've probably suffered through way too many “agile” workshops with more and more games. I explain the activity in this way: Your managers wanted you to fix this problem yesterday.

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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. My experience is that when people use frameworks for larger efforts, they experience these unexpected side effects: The framework actions often require more manager-type people to control the actions of others.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

Strong project management skills are essential for L&D specialists to effectively plan, coordinate, and execute initiatives, ensuring all aspects of training programs are organized and aligned with business goals. This alignment is crucial for demonstrating the value of learning programs to stakeholders.

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Harvard Business

DECEMBER 17, 2018

.” Our solution – one transferable to other organizations pursuing innovation – has been to create an agile network of volunteer ambassadors and coaches throughout the company who have taken collective responsibility for making innovation happen and steering our organizational culture in the right direction.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 9, 2019

Now that agile teams stay together, we can change the kickoff to more project-specific work. I wrote an article several years ago, Keys to Chartering an Agile Project. That article has the template I offered in Manage It! In Create Your Successful Agile Project , I suggested a reframe for the charter. Kickoff Activities.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 15, 2018

Part of what makes an agile transformation difficult is the cultural change required. That’s what makes an agile transformation a journey. A client said to me, “I want the agile. The agile is good stuff: faster delivery of smaller stuff that we can get revenue for. ” This manager is not stupid.

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Kates Kesler

OCTOBER 26, 2015

Advanced Practitioner Workshop. During this two-day, highly interactive, case-based workshop we will share insights from our forthcoming book bringing to life three and four dimensional organizational structures in some of the world’s largest and most complex global companies. Dec 9-10, 2015. New York University. Kimmel Center.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. That's because I manage my company in a similar way as your managers manage your organization. That's because I manage my company in a similar way as your managers manage your organization. I have an upper bound for online workshops.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. During that workshop, the participants all had the same question, “How do we engage our stakeholders? Adam, a product leader, has changed his meetings and workshops. What do they get out of this partnership?

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 31, 2016

Originating from agile software development, the sprint has entered the business mainstream as an increasingly popular means to accelerate business model, product, or service innovation. They allow a company to be more agile and to more effectively adapt to digital disruption. Can you run fast and go deep at the same time?

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 30, 2022

I finished one week of the videos for the writing workshop. Finish another week of videos for the writing workshop because I want to announce it “soon.” And the writing workshop will make more money sooner than the book will. My cycle times for my various work: About an hour to complete the videos for workshop week.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2018

I’ve been thinking more about possible measurements in an agile transformation journey. This post will focus on measurements you might see when the culture changes with an agile transformation. Without knowing why you want to use agile approaches throughout the organization, you can’t generate reasonable measurements.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2018

Most managers I meet want to do a good job. They want to know that people can deliver the outcomes the organization needs and the managers want. As their organizations move to agile approaches, these managers have problems: their organization (managers above them) wants to measure them by the old rules which demand control.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 15, 2018

Ryan Ripley, host of Agile for Humans, interviewed Gil Broza and me in AFH 102: The Influential Agile Leader. We spoke about the workshop I lead with Gil, the Influential Agile Leader. If you are interested in helping your agile transformation, do listen to the podcast and join us for the conversation.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2021

Do you or your managers want people to be happy at work? For example, if your manager has not maintained their one-on-ones with you? You might feel stress, a lack of social relationships, worry that your job satisfaction doesn't match what your manager thinks. Did I manage to smile at some point today? My delivery.

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LSA Global

DECEMBER 2, 2024

The People Leadership Fundamentals workshop results were: 98.2% The post People Leadership Fundamentals for Technology Managers appeared first on LSA Global. Job Relevance 98.4% Satisfaction 151% Knowledge Gain 95.5% Learn more about getting aligned.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

I want to make those interruptions easier to manage. I finished all the video editing for the writing workshop. Because there's more work to finishing the workshop, I'm sure I will not finish the workshop today. Backlogs help the managers stay out of the team's way. The marketing for that workshop is also separate.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 1, 2023

I met Mark back in 2017 when I attended an Anthology workshop from the nice folks at WMG Publishing. I sold two short stories at that workshop, my very first short story sales. For you agile types, Mark runs his podcast as a reflection—a retrospective—of what he learned from speaking with the guest.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 22, 2018

Introduction to an Agile Transformation series… I’ve seen several agile transformation challenges. Since I want to address those challenges, this is a series of posts about agile transformation. The problems I’m planning to address are: Understanding why agile, why now. You might have another reason.

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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. Assess the software’s ability to meet your organization’s needs, improve resource management processes, and achieve desired outcomes. User training and adoption.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

Now, your managers want people back in the office. When Mark and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams, we saw these satellite team traps: People in the office forgot about the people not in the office. While we might call all these things, “meetings,” let's assume the team will workshop.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 17, 2017

Of these, it makes sense to change the compensation and rewards approach, recruitment and hiring if the organization wants to create an agile culture. It’s possible to create a more agile approach to education and training. committed to more workshops. Agile HR will not change the culture unless the reward system changes.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 3, 2022

The online workshop videos are complete. ” Once the team realizes they can manage their WIP, they can start to use continuous flow (even if they “need” to plan in iterations). I also know my cycle times to develop workshops and video them. Unless you're a manager. Have a workshop to decide.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 9, 2022

I use “agile” and “agile approach” in my writing. I don't talk about the Agile Manifesto for Software Development every time. If you want to learn more writing secrets, and register for the April 2022 writing workshop, see Writing Workshop 1: Free Your Inner Writer & Sell Your Nonfiction Ideas.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Gil Broza and I are thrilled to announce the updated version of our flagship workshop, the Influential Agile Leader. We’re leading the workshop in the Boston area, June 7-8, 2018. If you have these kinds of challenges: Your business can’t “stop” to recreate itself as an agile organization.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2020

This is one of the reasons Mark and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. Your team might not need an agile approach. In the early 2000s and into the teens, I led many workshops for distributed teams. At that time, we still saw managers try to save money with licenses. Measure the cycle time.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 19, 2018

Are you looking to help support your team, management, or organization’s agile adoption? Do you feel as if you are part of the formal or informal team leading your agile transformation? You need what Gil Broza and I teach and facilitate at the Influential Agile Leader Workshop.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 29, 2022

My updated writing workshop. If I wait too long to complete some of these, such as the updated writing workshop or some of the slides, I won't be able to deliver them when I want to. The post How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1) appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2020

We've all heard of big organizations where the top management said, “No need to ever be back in the office. For some reason, these managers think we can work remotely and never see each other. See Lessons Learned from Leading Workshops About Geographically Distributed Agile Teams for data from some of my previous workshops.).

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 26, 2018

Agile transformations are tough. That’s because wherever you start, the agile transformation creates culture clashes. Often, teams start with agile approaches. Teams discover the agile approach and practices that work for that team. That’s the external part of what we see in an agile transformation.

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Strategic Planning and Management Insights

MARCH 6, 2023

For instance, in Marketing, data is being used to calculate ROI on marketing campaigns, or come up with new pricing strategies based on A/B testing of campaigns which helps marketing and managers bring in more revenue, and stay ahead of the competition. Does your organization have a data management strategy but struggle to implement it?

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 25, 2018

Whenever I teach agile approaches, I discuss the possible meetings a team might choose. If you use WIP limits greater than one, you might need a specific time to workshop stories just before they go on the board. The post Time You Spend in Agile Meetings appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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