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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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

These tools offer features for tracking performance metrics, managing resources, and ensuring alignment with strategic priorities. By providing real-time insights and streamlining complex workflows, project portfolio management tools empower organizations to handle diverse initiatives with precision and agility.

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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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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 1, 2024

(That link just goes to the first post) My most recent book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. In addition, here's the unedited transcript: Agile _ Adapt – Expert Talk – Johanna Rothman – April 2024 in docx format. Luke and I always have fun discussions.

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Harvard Business

JULY 19, 2017

Many companies are attempting a radical — and often rapid — shift from hierarchical structures to more agile environments, in order to operate at the speed required by today’s competitive marketplace. At Bain & Company, we do not believe that companies should try to use agile methods everywhere. This takes time.

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Harvard Business

JUNE 19, 2017

If software has eaten the world, then agile has eaten the software world. And there is no shortage of information and advice on how agile should be implemented in your tech organization. For example, a Google search for “agile software development” returns over 14 million results. Related Video.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 14, 2024

And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. That’s because potential employers think these jobs are staff positions.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

And, they want metrics. I wrote a series about that, starting with Agile Approaches Offer Strategic Advantage; Agile Tools are Tactics, Part 1.). (The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). Worse, they want to start with a tool. That's never worked. However, starting with a tool?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2024

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. But if you didn’t use the flow metrics?

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Harvard Business

MAY 24, 2016

They do this with methods proven useful in accelerating software development, such as “ Agile ,” and which are increasingly being used for hardware product development, too. Deere managers call it a “motivation metric” or even a “happiness metric.” Insight Center. Sponsored by Accenture.

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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. This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility. Assess Your Product Subject Matter Domain Expertise There are at least two kinds of domain expertise: the product itself, and agile/lean expertise.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 23, 2017

That time is spent establishing financial and operational metrics, aligning goals with overarching strategy, allocating resources, and reviewing key metrics. High-performing teams spend 14% more time checking their progress against strategic goals by reviewing key metrics and shifting resources accordingly.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. Also, see From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams. You can use incremental funding, incremental budgeting, and lean metrics to manage the project portfolio and adapt. Use the data you need to have a more agile approach. I didn't tell you why.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 6, 2023

See Why Shared Services “Teams” Don’t Work with Agility and Unearthing Your Project's Delays.) Ignorance of the flow metrics. Luckily, the flow metrics help everyone see where the teams have value and where there is just cost. Here are the four flow metrics: WIP: the current number of work items in progress.

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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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LSA Global

JANUARY 22, 2025

To optimize team potential, start by clearly defining the teams mission , goals, roles, success metrics , interdependencies, and expected outcomes. Encourage a culture where change agility and learning are prioritized through customized training programs , 1×1 coaching , action learning leadership development , and stretch assignments.

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Brimstone Consulting

NOVEMBER 6, 2020

To further scale the company and increase performance and profitability, the private equity firm identified the need to address operational inefficiencies, optimize the organizational structure, and develop a high-performing and agile leadership team. Two senior team members were onboarded. Let's talk CONTACT BRIMSTONE.

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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. I don’t find it useful in an agile project unless you use incremental funding. We had a blast. That’s me.

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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. If we think about agile approaches as a way to: Create small, safe-to-fail experiments.

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Epicflow

JUNE 10, 2024

In addition, their focus on effective resource allocation, stakeholder engagement, and change management contributes to enhanced operational efficiency, increased agility, and improved project outcomes. What organizations require a CPO? It’s also important to be able to perform financial analysis and assess project profitability.

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 29, 2018

A core challenge of management is to ensure that the organization’s priorities, strategies, and metrics are consistently embraced and that any impediments are identified and addressed quickly. Metrics that are reported daily, such as “units at capacity.” CAPTION TEXT HERE/Getty Images.

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

Efficient product portfolio management allows a company to be agile and respond to arising market demands. Every product in the portfolio should be evaluated with the help of one of the product success metrics. In other words, it’s indicative of the company’s growth. The revenue must be reasonably invested to be doubled.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. ( See Agile Program Measurements to Visualize and Track Progress and Measure Cycle Time for my suggestions of what to measure. I have more ideas and a more in-depth discussion in Create Your Successful Agile Project.).

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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2024

Forecasting and decision-making Thanks to predictive analytics, PM tools analyze historical data along with current project metrics to predict how the project environment will change. Hybrid project management methodologies will also remain relevant instead of focusing on Agile for every kind of projects.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 24, 2024

The agile project manager asks, “What percentage confidence are you comfortable with for a given item? Yes, I said this in Predicting the Unpredictable and Create Your Successful Agile Projec t.) If you're not sure about cycle time, read Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers.

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Kates Kesler

DECEMBER 16, 2013

Very large multi-national product companies need to find creative ways to enjoy the benefits of scale while remaining agile. Agility and scale rarely co-exist in the design of the organizational operating model. So why is it so hard to create networked, agile teams in large, global product companies? The global/local tension.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

No one cares about a team's agility—with the possible exception of the team itself. The managers care when the team can release those products—that's why managers use capitalization metrics. The more agile the approach, the faster the team can deliver value to the customers—without late learning.

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Harvard Business

OCTOBER 25, 2016

Embrace Agile Methods for Responding to Customers. The key to this transformation was an innovation approach common in the software industry: agile invention methodology. With an agile methodology, Avaya didn’t just speed up its workflow — it communicated better with its customers. The risk had been managed well.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 22, 2017

The metrics also changed. Marketers are adopting the business practices of entrepreneurs such as lean startup and agile development. Adopting an agile method of customer testing and rapid iteration, they worked with engineering to rethink the product and bring a “minimum viable product” to market for these new buyers.

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Makarios Consulting

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

We don’t need to track metrics to succeed as a business.” But we have worked with many leadership teams that acknowledged, “We don’t know what metrics to track to get meaningful insights so that we can make strategic, timely business decisions.” Put simply, data visibility enables business agility. Sales metrics.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 9, 2020

In the agile and lean communities, we talk a lot about transparency. This image is the transparency principle we used in From Chaos to Distributed Agile Teams. And, a much more agile organization. What do agile managers do? That includes any interim measures, including cycle time metrics. People Solve Problems.

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

By tracking a metric, they can sell optimized wait times (elevators as a service) rather than banks of elevators based on price. That, in turn, has allowed the elevator companies to revamp their business models. They are selling performance, not hardware. This kind of innovation often is difficult for traditional companies to understand.

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Harvard Business

MARCH 12, 2018

But since Tom’s boss was under pressure to meet a number of website metrics, she didn’t have the flexibility to implement his ideas. It’s not often possible to ignore performance metrics or overcome policies and bureaucratic red-tape. .” At first, Tom wasn’t deterred.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 11, 2019

As for certifications, as I write this in 2019, the agile community has too many framework battles. Here are some example bios, specifically for non-consultants who don't have a ton of experience: Jill Jones, currently a technical lead for BigCloudServiceProvider, experiments with agile approaches in teams and across the organization.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Ever since I was on the Troubleshooting Agile podcast , I've followed Squirrel and Jeffrey. (I Instead, they create hypotheses, review all their flow metrics, and change several things at the same time. I highly recommend their podcast.) ” Why might you want a single source of lies?

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Harvard Business

NOVEMBER 22, 2016

However, many are not equipped to confront the legion of new, more agile competitors—and run the danger of becoming the losers in that war. Are your metrics set up to gauge whether the content you generate delivers the outcome the customer expects? Tomorrow’s IME Landscape. What are the main causes of inaccurate content?

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers for why this happens.) I discussed this a little in Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video) and in How to Assess the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging.) That's why aging is a part of the flow metrics feedback loop on the top of this post.

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