Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. As a manager, you can ask teams to collaborate. As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. (

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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

JUNE 24, 2021

I suspected I would learn about engagement with my next questions about management patterns. Management Patterns That Might Cause a Team to Miss “Deadlines” I find two general buckets of problems for missing deadlines: how management organizes teams and the “need” for certain measures. And remotely!)

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

Worse, sometimes the team doesn't demo or deliver. See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.) Please register at Project Lifecycle Workshop: How to Manage Project Risks to Release Successful Products. Because no one cares until they deliver “all” of it. (An

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 30, 2020

Are you a manager accustomed to Management by Walking Around and Listening (MBWAL) ? You have an opportunity to work differently as a manager. As a manager, you can ask teams to collaborate. As a manager, while you might have a bunch of metrics, most of those measures don't help you manage. (

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That's why Part 1 of this series discusses your value and what managers want and need. That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. However, hiring managers expect deep agile expertise that connect to the Pirate metrics. There way too many of you.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2022

I only wrote those business cases for the first couple of years I managed projects. Because experiments manage risk, we need people with these perspectives to create the experiments: A product leader: someone who can see where the company wants to head with this product. Does that mean the portfolio team should watch the demos?

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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. The managers worry that the teams can't finish “anything on time.” Since they collaborate, they can often manage their WIP, too.) That creates distrust and an anti-agile culture.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2024

I explain the activity in this way: Your managers wanted you to fix this problem yesterday. 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. The observer(s) notes how the team works: How does the team manage their work?

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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. For example, I used month-long iterations for most of the projects and programs I managed up until about 2003 or so.

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Clarity Consultants

OCTOBER 8, 2024

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 25, 2023

I also said I don't blame the managers for wanting to know. But instead of placating the managers and trying to estimate, consider starting with this question: How do you plan to use this information? Now, we get to the meat, where the manager needs to know to feel good about the development. I needed to demo more often.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

” It depends on how your lifecycle manages feedback loops and learning, how collaborative the team is, and how much WIP the team has. Each Lifecycle Manages Feedback Loops Differently Brooks wrote the original version of The Mythical Man-Month in 1975, based on the 1960s IBM 360 project. .” Brooks also said on p.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

” There's more in Manage It! Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management.) 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. What if you have no visual progress yet ?

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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 to “capture” users from their first checking accounts to wealth management and wealth transfer. The managers like the quarterly planning.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

I spoke with a project manager recently. I used to facilitate project teams as a project manager. Why a project manager? When I learned to manage programs, I managed programs like that, too. Then, we went “all-Scrum” so my managers called me a Scrum Master. Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager?

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Epicflow

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

This is why one of the essential rules of the Epicflow approach to resource management is “Make sure not a single resource is overloaded”. Watch this video to see Inactive Analysis in action: To learn more about our new features and to see Epicflow in action, don’t hesitate to contact us or book a demo at your convenience.

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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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Epicflow

APRIL 19, 2024

After that, they are given access to a simple demo environment with a standard set of configurations, where they can test how our system works. If your company uses other project management tools like Jira, MS Project, or Oracle Primavera, the demo environment will be adjusted accordingly. Data adjustment and integration.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 27, 2023

might demo the feature. That defect escaped all your checklists, approvals, and demos. At first, management told them they were “too slow.” Not all the managers agreed with me, but that was okay. Finally, the team, a product leader, or the customer(!) The customer finds a problem, a defect.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 6, 2024

They are: Understand the various risks: project, product, and organization, and how to manage those risks with feedback loops. Let's start with risks and how feedback loops manage those risks. The faster your team, customers, or managers need feedback, the more you need an iterative and incremental approach. 1,2 and so on.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 17, 2021

This image shows a 6-person team where the leader/manager micromanages. Some managers want to stay “relevant,” so they work on the technical work. Other managers ask for status every day or multiple times a day. Worse, the manager attends the standup! All decisions go through that person in the middle.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 7, 2019

They have to manage extra work—work they had not estimated—in the form of an emergency or production support. One of the managers I coached asked this question, “Is there any way to estimate ‘right' for two weeks at a time? I like a cadence of planning, demos, and retrospectives. And, the PO's manager.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 28, 2019

And, someone on your team keeps a Gantt chart because a manager wants to see the team's progress in a form they feel comfortable with. If you're in this pickle, your manager might think your agile team doesn't replan very often. That manager might assume your team uses an agile approach only as a way to deliver.

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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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Melissa Agnes

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

I get asked this question often: “How can I convince management that it’s in our best interest to invest in a crisis plan?” The two best ways to sell upper management on a crisis plan. Read: What To Look For When Engaging a Crisis Management Professional. 1) Prepare a presentation. What’s in it for them?

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

Your managers are not yet. Your managers are stuck in what I call “how much” thinking: They want to see an estimate for “all” of it, regardless of when you might deliver the first piece of value. Managers need commitments and predictions for a number of excellent reasons. Modify to fit your context.

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Jerry Fletcher

JULY 31, 2021

The subject was 30-Second Marketing (6 minute video) I presented at meeting of the local chapter of the Institute of Management Consultants. See Jerry’s speaker demo reel. He responded by saying that it went back to the first time he saw me speak. That was years ago,” I responded. To learn more let me know in the comments.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

They (the team) feel that the tasks for the sprint are too varied to manage to a single sprint goal. When I work with managers, they think the “master” part of the Scrum Master title means the SM is supposed to control the team. And these managers have not read the Scrum Guide. When was the most recent demo?

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Asamby Consulting

APRIL 14, 2022

We also use it internally at Asamby for most of our tasks like: CRM, hours logging, payment tracking, task management, dashboard,) Please note that we recommend AirTable for many day-to-day processes and activities except those related to critical data like accounting, invoices, etc.

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Markovitz Consulting

APRIL 23, 2018

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].” 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.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 8, 2020

The spiral model assumes that if you get feedback early enough, you've managed the technical and requirements risks. I had to explain to my managers how the project would work. My managers were smart but didn't understand how to spiral time. Once our customers saw demos, they wanted to change things. Manage customer risk.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

They (the team) feel that the tasks for the sprint are too varied to manage to a single sprint goal. That's why I wrote a chapter about meetings in Manage It! The Wednesday Agenda 9:30- 10 am (or thereabouts) demo the progress the team made. What should the Scrum Master do?” These are regular facilitation skills, nothing fancy.

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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. I always used incremental life cycles to manage risks. Yeah, right.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 28, 2023

If your managers want you to predict any date, make sure you offer at least three dates: Possible, Likely, and Pessimistic. Create a weekly cadence of public demos. Every team, including managers, should measure their cycle time. (I say 4 weeks is the maximum, and that's pushing any prediction.)

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 5, 2021

Many managers want to know the answers to these questions: When will we see the first bit? ” Many managers now realize they don't have to see everything to get an idea of where the team is going with the product. Your team manages its WIP. Regardless of how your team works, you can demo something inside of a week or two.

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ConsultX

MARCH 1, 2022

Business Owners can Understand For many years, Business Owners and managers have never been able to comprehend the financial implications on issues within a business. Check out a demo of the ConsultX System, including the Profit Leakage Calculator. Watch 6 Minute Demo of ConsultX and the Profit Leakage Calculator.

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