Johanna Rothman

MARCH 24, 2022

No one wants to demo this work, because everyone thinks the demo will wander all over the place. Worse, no one wants to demo, because they can't see the value for any user. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Use the Demo to Guide Sizing. Start with the demo in mind. I bet you can think of more tests.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

Not the thinking and learning that go into the deliverables where you end up with something demo-able, if not usable.” However, they don't deliver value, have team-based planning, a review/demo, or a retrospective. We used internal demos because the cost to release was so high. ” “Oooh.” He's ignorant.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 23, 2018

As one passenger on the flight explained, That 30-second demo of how to put the mask on properly is such an insignificant portion of most of our lives. Jonathan Jasper, manager of cabin safety at the International Air Transport Association, said “We were surprised when we saw the pictures [of passengers incorrectly putting on the masks].”

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2022

When we already have a pretty good idea of what to do for a product, we can use demos to show our progress. Does that mean the portfolio team should watch the demos? But how can they see the value without watching the demos? Because a report does not convey the same information as a demo of some sort does.

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Alan Weiss

AUGUST 22, 2020

Have a demo remote available for people to view. Assure all clients and prospects that you have the latest technology and support for remote speeches (and make sure you do). Proactively provide the “best practices” for using remote speakers/experts. Have testimonials supporting your remote work. Simple as that.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Here are some examples: Demos, even of partially working product. It might not be a customer-worthy demo, but it's a demo of a sort.). If your team is still learning how to work as a team , consider the ideas in Visible Progress. Interim designs and decisions made from those designs. (I I expect to see some kind of running code.

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Successful Independent Consulting

MAY 30, 2017

Every photo that Photofeeler publishes for demo or marketing purposes is with explicit permission. Just make sure you tag your photos for Business and not Dating. Q: Will my photos ever be used or displayed without my consent? Q: What things go into a high-scoring photo? Photofeeler did a study based on over 60,000 ratings for 800 photos.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2021

The first was not waiting for the end of an iteration to demo or release. They demo'd every week on Wednesday mornings and then they released after the demo. They want an agile approach, so they started with Scrum. It didn't take long for them to make changes.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 28, 2018

I mentioned how you could integrate the demo work into an iteration if you create a column for the demo. Here’s a picture of how you might create a kanban with a Demo state, just before the Done column. Here’s how you walk this board: Start at the column just before Done, the Demo column.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Worse, sometimes the team doesn't demo or deliver. I wrote it because I'm concerned about what I see in too many supposedly agile teams: Crazy-long backlogs and roadmaps. Those create a serial lifecycle approach with too little experimentation. Because no one cares until they deliver “all” of it. (An

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

Show a demo of whatever you complete at the 15-minute mark. The timing: I use a 15-minute timebox, followed by not more than 5 minutes of a demo. I tend to run the simulation at least three times, for a total of 45 minutes plus up to 15 minutes of demo time. However, I expect you to: Collaborate to solve the problem.

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Jerry Fletcher

DECEMBER 19, 2020

See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. That is particularly true as you come to discover how delightful it is to find other minds that are a match for your curiosity and ingenuity. Lazy won’t get it. This is a skill that must be honed continually. But first, you gotta find your voice. And so it goes.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 10, 2024

When I work with these teams or their managers, I realize they're not demoing or retrospecting on a regular basis. I can't get anything done. We have too many delays because we don't have enough of the right kind of people. That's not all. And don't get me started on how coaches tend to do life coaching instead of support for agility.)

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Agile Culture Efficiency Management 88

Jerry Fletcher

JULY 31, 2021

See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. To learn more let me know in the comments. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Managers will want to see demos in these four weeks to inform the next four weeks of portfolio planning. Managers can explain which demos they expect to see, especially if the managers explain the experiments they want. (With six weeks of planning, everyone has a look-ahead for two weeks after the initial commitment.

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Management Agile Data Productivity 87

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

The frequency of the team's demos, who conducted them and how, and the audience for those demos. (That idea of inspect and adapt based on learning.) Any recent team-based experiments and the results of those experiments. I could continue, but I will stop there. Deep agile subject matter expertise does add value to a team.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 25, 2018

A demo once every two weeks. (I I prefer a demo every time you release a story, but that’s me. If you use kanban, you might integrate a demo into the board. The last column on the right is the Demo column before Done. No demo meetings necessary. ” Could be. Especially if you use iterations.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 28, 2019

I like demos to know when if we're on track. Demos can also tell us if we're getting close to done. Demos can tell us if we've done enough. What Data Matters? In my experience, too many projects continue because we need it “all.” ” We often don't need it all. We need a lot less.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so. I chose to add more testers and writers and increase the team's collaboration so we could see a monthly demo. Now, the tester was 6 months behind. At the time, I did not realize I reduced the WIP.

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Harvard Business

MAY 23, 2016

When I was asked to demo a broadcasting system to the Belgian government’s Flemish- and French-speaking radio and television stations, I thought I would schedule a single demonstration in English that members from both services could attend; this seemed to be the most efficient and cost-effective approach.

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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 9, 2014

Contact Agnes + Day for a free demo of our simulation tool and how it can be used to successfully test your crisis team and plan. A crisis simulation gives your team that experience, strengthens their skills and quickly identifies areas within your crisis plan that leave you more vulnerable than prepared. Interested?

Engineering 88

Engineering Media Exercises Efficiency 88

Jerry Fletcher

AUGUST 7, 2021

See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. Every action you take should be done with that in mind. Every action. And so it goes. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Marketing Consulting Industry Video 98

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2020

Once our customers saw demos, they wanted to change things. We had more feedback cycles to refine that initial concept: We didn't just refine the previous prototype—we refined the initial concept. The blue lines are the feedback we expected. I know, what a surprise.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 5, 2021

Regardless of how your team works, you can demo something inside of a week or two. If you can, keep the story size to some small range. I like one-day stories. However, maybe this is a new product for you and you don't quite know how to do that yet. Assuming you implement by feature.).

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

So, let's assume the team spends a total of 4 hours planning, retrospecting, demoing, all that non-creation time out of the 40 hours the team works. (I I would add demoing in as value creation, but I'm not sure how accountants categorize feedback loops. Capitalization rules say you can't capitalize the planning work.

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Software Agile Finance Company 74

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 25, 2023

I needed to demo more often. The demos build trust—and might offer the team feedback on the product and the product leader feedback on the backlog. .” Aha! This is the same problem as in Want to Be More Effective (and Agile)? Rethink Three Classic Management Assumptions.)

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How To Productivity Agile Management 78

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

See and demo the product as it grows. Release as often as we have finished features. End the project whenever we want to. This addresses schedule risk.). Gain early insight into architectural or other potential product risks. Manage the project portfolio more easily because the project releases value more often.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 31, 2019

Hooks for logs and demos. Anything else that makes development, testing, demo, and release easier. When people have empathy with each other, they tend to learn how to do those little accommodations that make all the difference: An API so testers can write test automation below the GUI.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2023

might demo the feature. That defect escaped all your checklists, approvals, and demos. Finally, the team, a product leader, or the customer(!) Teams have all kinds of ways to know when they finished a feature. But, Something Happens when you release a new increment to the customer. The customer finds a problem, a defect.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2021

Ask for a regular cadence of demos, too. The more often you see a demo, the more often you can see the team succeed. I offer many possible options for measures in Create Your Successful Agile Project. Two of them are the product backlog burnup and the feature chart in Velocity is Not Acceleration.

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Leadership Agile Management Training 75

Jerry Fletcher

FEBRUARY 6, 2021

See Jerry’s new speaker demo reel. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. And so it goes. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Marketing Consulting Video Course 98

Jerry Fletcher

AUGUST 28, 2021

See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. I’ll be keeping these things in mind as I build out Credibility to Cash. And so it Goes. Jerry Fletcher is a sought-after International Speaker, a beBee ambassador, founder and CEO of Z-axis Marketing, Inc. Consulting: [link] Speaking: [link].

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 3, 2020

You might find, as I do, that using flow/kanban with WIP limits and a cadence of planning/demos/retros works better for you. Be as transparent as you can be, about everything. When managers lead with transparency, the technical people know what to do. I'm a one-person business and I have replanned every single day this week.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

In addition, I ask teams to show visual progress , such as in a demo. I want architecture feedback loops as early as possible in the project, which is why I want visual progress with demos. So instead of trying make forward-based predictions, as people typically do with Gantt charts, I use cycle time as evidence-based prediction.

How To 70

How To Metrics Tools Productivity 70

Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

If you need help preparing this pitch, or would like to see a demo of Agnes + Day’s crisis simulation platform , contact us. ” Do this and you’ll strengthen your chances at leaving the meeting with a set of to-do’s and a second meeting to discuss further.

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Women in Consulting

JANUARY 11, 2018

My friend indicated that these firms were outstanding at demoing their products and espousing the features of the products…but nobody cared. They were undoubtedly very knowledgeable…but without a doubt, they were not going to work with this client. These firms took no time to understand the real underlying issues.

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CaseInterview.com

MARCH 5, 2019

Now, he did have a sales support team to set up product demos and handle logistics and scheduling. Meanwhile, perhaps Candidate B went out and landed 10 new accounts and generated $1 million in new revenue from each of those accounts. So from his point of view, "we" generated $10 million in sales.

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