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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Harvard Business

JULY 2, 2018

Agile — the management approach that relies on small, entrepreneurial, close-to-the-customer teams — has a reputation that reflects its rapid adoption in software development. For these reasons, modern crisis teams are turning from command-and-control systems to more adaptive, agile approaches. Patrick Smith/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 13, 2018

The frustrations with current planning practices intersect with another fundamental managerial trend: organizational agility. One of the key principles underpinning team-based agility is that teams autonomously decide their priorities and where to allocate their own resources. Consider the Dutch financial services firm ING Bank.

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Harvard Business

MAY 22, 2018

I know it is critical for the leadership to embrace agile, but the sad reality is that I’m not sure our leadership team will start before it’s too late. Rather than debating the advantages of agile teams, why not start demonstrating them? Perhaps my journey to agile will help you figure out how to begin your own.

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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. Now that we know what features are essential for PPM tools, lets consider the top 15 project portfolio solutions available on the market today.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 3, 2024

When companies leverage the diverse talents of their Asian workforce, they can evolve into more global, agile, and powerful hubs of innovation and growth.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

Those outcomes can help teams decide which agile approach(es) to start with and adapt. Let's start with who wants the teams to use an agile approach. Who Wants the Teams to Use an Agile Approach? Before I had the “agile” word, I discussed iterating over feature sets and delivering small increments. Oh, please.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

What makes marketing creative? Is a creative marketer more artist or entrepreneur? Historically, the term “marketing creative” has been associated with the words and pictures that go into ad campaigns. But marketing, like other corporate functions, has become more complex and rigorous.

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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. Now that we know what features are essential for PPM tools, lets consider the top 15 project portfolio solutions available on the market today.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More of my clients say they want business agility. Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Actions matter when it comes to business agility. Since managers create and refine the culture, they can create an environment that supports business agility. An Environment that Supports Business Agility.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Does that sound like an agile team to you? However, managers don't create features as agile teams do. Agile teams don't assume they make a final product the first time out. Agile teams don't assume they make a final product the first time out. How can managers work as agile teams do, so they can change direction?

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Harvard Business

JUNE 13, 2018

But, what about the application of AI and ML to agile development, testing and even portfolio management? For nearly two decades, many companies have utilized the principles within the Agile Manifesto to deliver faster time-to-market than traditional, or linear development models. Focus on Outcomes, not Metrics.

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Brimstone Consulting

JUNE 29, 2020

important;}”] A conversation on agile strategy and opportunity with Andy Frawley and Bob Weiler. Market Realities. The current environment requires agility and agility, Bob Weiler reminds us, starts with market realities. Understanding these market realities is critical as they are what highlight opportunity.

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Epicflow

JULY 5, 2024

The tool is tailored for professional services organizations (marketing, advertising, creative agencies, software, IT services, and management consulting sectors). Capacity Planning Capabilities Mosaic uses Agile resource planning to let you manage team members’ capacity and effectively respond to changes in the business environment.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. Instead of optimizing for a team's agility, we can encourage management agility with flow efficiency.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2018

In Today’s Digital Economy, Agile Practices Can’t Be Limited to Just the IT and Development Realms. By Surya Panditi, SVP and GM, Agile Management, CA Technologies. Agile practices have a vital part to play in the rapid delivery and continuous maintenance of software-driven products and services.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Read further to learn about the top winners in the market and get tips on choosing the right tool for your organization. Agile, Waterfall, or Hybrid). Having considered the PMO softwares features, lets switch to the overview of the best tools for PMOs available on the market today. What is a PMO?

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Henry DeVries

SEPTEMBER 21, 2018

A service business needs to be agile with digital marketing if it wants to succeed today. Digital marketing growth expert Lisa Apolinski shares tips on how to grow a services business with digital services marketing.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 14, 2022

Sponsor content from Google.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 9, 2024

I was on the Agile Uprising podcast this past Sunday, discussing my most recent book. Some of what we discussed: That managers want agility but do not care about any agile methods or frameworks. While we might think “agile” is another project organization method—or lifecycle—it's not. See (and hear!):

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 24, 2021

He thought agile approaches would work to “meet” and “enforce” deadlines. The company had deadlines because it wanted to meet market demands. Even when we use a non-agile approach , schedule variance doesn't make sense. Several of my clients struggle with their deadlines. Why do you have deadlines?

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Consulting Matters

MARCH 3, 2021

It's the lack of words that keeps websites from getting launched and marketing tactics from getting implemented. The missing link between great intentions and great results is often a little talked-about leadership trait - emotional agility and courage. Most of these consultants and coaches love what they do. Will I be fired?".

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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.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2019

Some of my clients have struggled with their project governance as they move to agile approaches. Then, assumptions change, needs change, the market changes, and the information has little to no value. This kind of measurement is antithetical to agile principles. Agile approaches allow us to do that. More often is better.

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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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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 8, 2017

That agility to meet the demands of the market head on are what make companies successful. Your ability to stay flexible, especially in your efforts for Learning and Development, are critical to allowing your business to have those quick-twitch reflexes to react and operate across different organizational landscapes.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 31, 2023

I had a terrific time speaking with Jeff and Chad on the Agile Wire: Successful Independent Consulting with Johanna Rothman. Marketing is an ongoing and continual activity Jeff has a hack about how to read while he's exercising! Marketing is an ongoing and continual activity Jeff has a hack about how to read while he's exercising!

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Chad Barr

OCTOBER 23, 2024

Interestingly, the space bar and the backspace key hold the top spots, and they reveal powerful lessons for business and marketing. Similarly, in business and marketing, creating space allows for growth, innovation, and clarity. This is critical in both business and marketing. Business Lesson : Mistakes are inevitable.

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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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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

Enhanced Organizational Agility If there’s one thing that the pandemic showed us, it’s that adapting to changing market dynamics is essential. Remaining agile, innovative, and competitive in a rapidly changing business landscape can make a world of difference. For some, this can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Harvard Business

SEPTEMBER 19, 2016

Over the past 18 months, Sergey’s experience has been echoed in offices in Ukraine, South Africa, Turkey, Brazil, and many other emerging markets that have faced substantial currency depreciation due to the drop in commodity prices and the flow of capital to the U.S. Normally, MNCs raise prices in the emerging market, (e.g.,

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Its main focus is customers’ satisfaction and market changes, by tracking which it is possible to create the products with the biggest value, and therefore, earn more. Together with that, the market is under strict and continuous examination to reveal current trends in the domain the company works in.

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Harvard Business

MAY 18, 2018

In this environment, change agility needs to be part of the new organization’s and leaders’ DNA. Successful change-agile leaders at all levels in the organization respond to changes in the business environment by seizing opportunities, including throwing out old models and developing new ways of doing business.

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Clarity Consultants

NOVEMBER 8, 2016

That agility to meet the demands of the market head on are what make companies successful. Here are three ways your company needs to maintain your flexibility in order to keep up with the market. Businesses are a constantly evolving.

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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.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 14, 2018

Many companies invest in or buy them, unsure what they’ll yield other than the halo effect they may overpay for, made worse by the fact that most don’t align with the company strategy or meet a market insight. Find new needs to solve within existing markets, or invest in a new category. New offerings. New models.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). I wrote a series about that, starting with Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1.). How can they plan for six months at a time? They want to understand and use a team's capacity to plan.).

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