Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 26, 2021

They think agile approaches are tactics and agile tools are part of their strategy. That's why they want to Buy an agile approach. And that's why they want to Customize and then standardize on tools. Worse, the longer they maintain their custom board, the more they spend on that internal product.

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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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Epicflow

JANUARY 30, 2025

Still, effective project management requires more than profound knowledge and expertise: it demands the right tools to streamline processes, enhance team collaboration, and enable efficient decision-making everything you need to reach your companys strategic goals. Therefore, weve compiled a list of 15 best PMO software tools.

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Epicflow

JUNE 17, 2022

For the growing companies, it’s crucially important to keep track of all their products and make sure they are in demand and meet customers’ needs. A good way to increase profitability is to work on the products that will definitely bring revenue and make the right improvements that people are expecting.

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Effective Managers

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

The rise of automation, artificial intelligence (AI), and digital tools has reshaped the way teams operate, and leaders must adapt to this transformation to remain effective. For leaders, this means not only adopting these technologies but also ensuring their teams are equipped with the skills and tools to thrive in a tech-driven environment.

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Epicflow

FEBRUARY 20, 2025

Managing projects, aligning them with goals, and optimizing resources can be challenging without the right tools. Project portfolio management software, also known as a PPM tool, simplifies planning, execution, and monitoring. What Are Project Portfolio Management Tools?

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Epicflow

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Here’s an overview of the main principles of this approach: Muda: aims to streamline project workflow by eliminating waste, e.g., overproduction, excess inventory, idle time, and product defects; Value Stream Mapping (VSM): visualizes the full process of value delivery (e.g., Agile methodology. Employee retention.

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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

JUNE 8, 2022

Agile has become the most popular methodology in recent years and has proven its efficiency for millions of companies already so nobody has any doubts about it today. Being agile means being flexible enough to adequately and timely react to any alterations of your project environment and any external changes that may happen at any time.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 7, 2022

What do teams need to know about the product now to focus their work? If I was the product leader, I would write which feature sets and which problems they solve in each of these various minimum boxes. Product leaders need the flexibility to replan. And the tools make them look even more certain.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 8, 2022

The larger your product, the more likely you have components teams. I often see component teams because of the architecture of the product. In this first image, the Integrated System Program, the rest of the product uses the Platform of Common Services as components. InterRelated Program Product.

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Effective Managers

FEBRUARY 10, 2025

Introduction The alignment of employee skills with job requirements is not just beneficial, it is essential for maximizing employee engagement and the resulting productivity. An employee who resonates with the company’s culture and values is more engaged and motivated, further enhancing productivity.

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Clarity Consultants

JUNE 30, 2023

This is because they are better equipped to handle tasks, solve problems, and deliver high-quality work–all of which impact organizational productivity. The more self-assured they feel, the more motivated they will be to work hard, which of course, also increases productivity. For some, this can mean hundreds of thousands of dollars.

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Development Training Training Agile 265

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.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops. Instead of teams being responsible for delivering product, the managers are responsible for explaining when the managers want to decide. What about product decisions? The product value team might need to see product deliverables at least once a week. Or finish a project.)

Productivity 106

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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.

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Productivity Management Strategy Strategy 78

Johanna Rothman

JULY 20, 2021

We talk a lot about empowered or self-organizing teams in the agile community. When Mark Kilby and I wrote From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams , we said the easiest way to create a system that worked for the team was for the team to create its own board. Agile Approaches Require Management Cultural Change.

Leadership 141

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Harvard Business

JULY 1, 2016

Transforming a relatively simple idea into a $19 billion windfall, it turns out, was more about solving problems with the tools at hand than inventing new solutions from scratch. That’s our product, and that’s our passion. It launched a product, gathered feedback, and kept iterating as it scaled and added users.

Productivity 132

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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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Johanna Rothman

MAY 15, 2019

The managers run around for two or three months in advance of that fiscal year, attempting to predict a ton of things: Estimates for not-well-defined projects or features, Capital equipment or tool needs, “Headcount” aka, people needed. Here are ideas for a more agile budgeting approach: Fund teams, not projects.

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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. ” Why?

Agile 66

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Epicflow

MARCH 19, 2024

The Epicflow team continues implementing the most powerful functionality to provide our clients with a variety of tools to juggle projects and resources most efficiently. In software development projects or any Agile environment, it’s typical to work with cross-functional teams consisting of employees with different roles (e.g.,

Management 130

Management Agile Engineering Software 130

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. At what level do you understand the products you’ve worked on? Those are functional skills.

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Epicflow

JANUARY 21, 2022

global chip shortage), and the need for reducing production costs add to the above-mentioned difficulties. . In addition, to stay competitive on the market, business owners will struggle to deliver their products faster and produce more (e.g. The need to shorten the time for product development. Dealing with uncertainty.

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Clarity Consultants

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

For example, if your goal is to increase sales, your L&D programs might focus on enhancing sales techniques, product knowledge, or customer relationship management skills. Productivity metrics: Assess changes in output per employee or team efficiency. Output per employee: Track changes in individual or team productivity levels.

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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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Harvard Business

APRIL 6, 2017

The true cost to business can be far greater, thanks to low productivity across organizations, high turnover, and the loss of the most capable talent. In our book Time, Talent and Energy , we note that when employees aren’t as productive as they could be, it’s usually the organization, not its employees, that is to blame.

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Company Energy Tools Talent 134

Epicflow

JANUARY 31, 2023

In addition to the “technical side” of project management, the author shares his ideas regarding effective stakeholder management, trust-based leadership, and effective decision-making as well as gives a variety of tools and techniques that can add value to your daily project management activities.

Management 29

Management Handbook Case Studies Case Study 29

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

Remember this: If your customers want to use your product, make it easy for them to do so. Because product problems cause several other problems: The customers have to decide if the aggravation of using this product outweighs the defects. Customers will not wait forever for you to fix problems in your product.

Productivity 72

Productivity How To Metrics Tools 72

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. I never had to experience CASE tools in the 90s. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development. It doesn't work that way!!)

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

I suggested ways to think about more agile budgeting in part 1. I evaluate the plan—my products, services, and clients—on a regular basis. I can change that mix because I can produce some of my products in under a month. Your budget is a tool, not a hammer that drives you to do crazy things. (I

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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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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 12, 2021

Now, these same managers want business agility. The more we remove, the more agility or improvement we might see. As the organization changes (both products and tooling), people might not make those mistakes again. About a decade ago, an organization suffered three consecutive bad deployments to production.

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Clarity Consultants

SEPTEMBER 26, 2024

By embedding learning into the organization’s fabric, companies can remain competitive and agile in the face of change. Enhancing Employee Skills : Through targeted training programs, employees can develop new competencies that significantly enhance their performance and productivity.

Development 147

Development Training Training Agile 147

Epicflow

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Specifics of Project Management for Manufacturing Companies The manufacturing environment deals with creating physical products, which in turn embraces a variety of processes that should be properly managed. This challenge is complexified by the demand for the high quality of delivered products and a lack of human resources.

Management 130

Management Strategy Strategy Strategy& 130

Tom Spencer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2019

In the context of project management, a roadmap can span across multiple timelines for continuous product development. Why do you need a product roadmap? A roadmap is crucial for visualizing a product’s strategy that is aligned with your business goals, while incorporating customer insights for future developments. Product Goal.

Productivity 60

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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. . Technologies: Optimization of Operations . Digitizing operations. Digital marketing .

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