Remove Consulting Remove Demo Remove Development
article thumbnail

The Business Plan Is Alive And Well But It May Not Be What You Think

Steve Shu Consulting

See a popular post of mine, “ In Consulting The Process Is An Essential Part Of The Deliverable “ Business plan as a sales document - This situation is particularly appropriate for fund raising (e.g., angels, VCs). technology feasibility, commercial feasibility, ramp-up). for government grants).

article thumbnail

Large Features and Long Deadlines Mean You Have a Gantt Chart, Not a Roadmap

Johanna Rothman

Demo on a regular cadence. Which means you can demo at will. Demo Early and Often. If you want to move your managers from “we need it all” thinking to “how little” thinking, demo every single time you release a slice. Record the demo. The demo is part of your data.

Agile 143
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

Consultant Marketing Juggernaut

Jerry Fletcher

Blog and Newslog development to include recording and editing audio and video components and uploading them to Vimeo and YouTube Books, for example one for entrepreneurs on how to use speaking to build a business Speaking professionally requires a great deal of sales activity. See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel.

article thumbnail

Consultant Marketing Diving In

Jerry Fletcher

Are you thinking of bailing out of a full-time job to start a consulting business? People hire consultants, not companies. The new consultant is so intent on becoming a branded entity that they overlook this simple fact. Trust is the single most important business development attribute. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel.

article thumbnail

Effective Agility: Three Suggestions to Change How You and Your Team Work, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

Tip 1: Start and Maintain a Cross-Functional Team for the Entire Project I still see many supposedly agile “teams,” where the project has a “development team” and a “testing team.” ” Even if the developers and testers are one team, I still see UX or UI teams. But that's the value of the demo.

Agile 71
article thumbnail

Starting your Consulting Journey as a College Student

Tom Spencer

My interest in consulting began at university , before then I was certain I would become a diplomat. My personal experience as a graduate and now working for a consulting firm shows that you can build upon your initial college experience to launch a successful consulting career. Join a consulting club.

article thumbnail

With Agile Approaches, No Need to “Meet” or “Enforce” Deadlines

Johanna Rothman

In addition, each component team worked on any number of products, both development and support, for any given iteration. However, software product development is not construction. Software product development requires feedback loops and learning. Over months, they stopped demoing anything. And remotely!)

Agile 85