Johanna Rothman

MAY 3, 2019

And, batching the product planning in one-quarter chunks doesn't encourage us to reduce the feedback loop duration. When we optimize for shortening feedback loops, we can create more experiments and have more options for the product. Your feedback loops become long. Visualize Your Current Feedback Loops.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

If your team has to change what they do one month or six weeks into a quarter's estimation or commitment, the product feedback loop is too long. Product Feedback Loops are Different than Project Feedback Loops. I've focused this series on product feedback loops, not project feedback loops.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2018

Network effects and Feedback loops?—?the The small advantage was then accentuated by a positive feedback loop. And this feedback loop was driven by consumer need and consumer interactions with various parts of what was a moderately complex video entertainment market ecosystem?—?in a VCR) in the home.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

Your planning feedback loops can be longer. We need short feedback loops in the project/program to see where we are and make small adjustments. Even if you do encounter technical problems, agile approaches help manage those problems with short project feedback loops. We know what we have to do.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

Many of my clients are trying to use short feedback loops in agile approaches. The more need for product innovation and change, the shorter the feedback loops need to be. The team needs very short feedback loops from the time they create the experiment to the time they receive feedback.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops Many of my middle-management and senior leadership clients want certainty about future work. However, I don't do long consulting contracts—by design. But most of my business focuses on coaching, workshops, or consulting. Remember I said I don't take long consulting engagements?

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 25, 2018

I finally had the transforming idea about how to position the talk: Roadmapping and product planning are about feedback loops. The shorter the feedback loop, the faster and more often we can learn. That feedback loop works in at least these ways: The faster we learn, the more often we can question our product assumptions.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 16, 2019

The series: Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Part 1: High Innovation Products. The post Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Part 2: Moderate Innovation Products appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Next up is the low innovation product circumstance.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops About 20 years ago, I taught a project management workshop to IT people. That's why the duration of the internal feedback loops is so important. I used the image above in Multiple Short Feedback Loops Support Innovation. Show them your feedback loops and your cycle time.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 26, 2024

I suspect their teams hide their feedback loops. When people create a high-level WBS, no one sees the feedback loops or the dependencies. The feedback loops tend to be late and create chaos in the project. That's another great way to hide feedback loops. I always see unplanned feedback loops.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 11, 2022

However, the more often we deliver in short feedback loops, the more often we can make strategic decisions. The shorter the feedback loops, the easier it is to use what we finished to make a new decision about the next bit of work at all levels. Short Feedback Loops Can Create More Decision Points.

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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. .”

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

That's why aging is a part of the flow metrics feedback loop on the top of this post. Those feedback loops.) The post How to Create Better Products With Much Less of a Backlog appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Then we only have to deal with all those ideas when we open the tool.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

Since each product has its own innovation risks, the more a team plans for more frequent feedback loops and decision points, the more agility the team will have. That's why unplanned feedback loops kill efforts and make everyone's lives worse. Intentional feedback loops allow a team to manage project and innovation risks.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops. We change the feedback loops. That's the point of all those feedback loops in the image above.). We change the drivers for the feedback loops. How Changing the Feedback Loop Drivers Might Work. Or finish a project.)

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.) Choose When to Experiment and When to Deliver appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Too little joy or ease, often because the team's WIP is too high. So I wrote a book. The Eastern time is 11 am, etc.)

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Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

That’s just a couple of questions I asked Krzysztof Szyszkiewicz and Jakub Jukowski of Valueships , a leading pricing optimization consultancy. Create effective customer feedback loops Feedback loops are the key to understanding user expectations and challenges. Userpilot’s transparent pricing strategy.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

Sure, if a team reduces its feedback loops, the team will learn faster. In addition, more frequent customer and internal feedback can help create a better product. See Shorten Team Feedback Loops with These Three Questions to Increase Throughput for some ideas. Instead, walk the board. Limit your WIP.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

That's because they don't have unplanned feedback loops as in the image on the left. That learning helps to reduce the team's feedback loops, and it speeds the product development. The post Why We Continue Our Quest for Silver Bullets appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 21, 2021

Feedback loops and delays for managers. appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. The kinds of workspaces we need. Psychological safety. One-on-ones. I've known Joe for a long time and have enjoyed all my conversations with him. I hope you enjoy this podcast! The post Podcast with Joe Krebs on Agile.FM

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Of course, there are feedback loops here, too: Notice that we expect feedback from later features back to the previous features. However, if we have “bad” feedback from the last (or interim feature), we don't have the “Kiss of Death” as we did in the serial or iterative lifecycles.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 10, 2020

Shorten Feedback Loops. Next, I suggested that the team find ways to shorten their feedback loops , in Part 2. I suggested that first, you see your feedback loops. (I When we shorten feedback loops, we can tell if we're working on the right work. Or, if we're working right.

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Johanna Rothman

JULY 9, 2021

This part requires fast feedback loops in my brain and with colleagues. I need fast feedback loops to write fast. The post Writing Secret 2: Increase Writing Speed When You Separate Writing From Editing appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Tinkering with design. Writing code and tests.

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DISQO

MAY 18, 2016

As organizations expand the scope of how they approach innovation, product consultants and user experience consultants have emerged as powerful forces in that initiative. Alpha recently teamed up with Product School to host an event featuring some of the most prominent product consultants in New York.

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DISQO

MAY 18, 2016

As organizations expand the scope of how they approach innovation, product consultants and user experience consultants have emerged as powerful forces in that initiative. Alpha recently teamed up with Product School to host an event featuring some of the most prominent product consultants in New York.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 10, 2019

The Product Value Team can create short feedback loops between the various kinds of planning, the team, and the customer. I have only worked in and consulted with organizations that have more products (or ideas) than they have teams to do the work. What kind of collaboration do you need to create short feedback loops?

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 9, 2021

There's an interesting reinforcing feedback loop here: The team learns by working together. That reinforcing loop has a large implication: The more a team learns and works together, the less anyone outside the team can understand what one person contributes alone. Ability to ask for help (which might be related to feedback).

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 8, 2019

Could a team reduce the feedback loop durations? In Phase Gate or Other Serial Approaches… When projects use a phase gate approach or an otherwise serial approach to the project, the requirements people spent a bunch of time writing down “all” the requirements, the feedback loops were very long.

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Mind the Product

NOVEMBER 24, 2020

Feedback loops. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. He joins us on the podcast to level up our retro game. In this episode, sponsored by Mind The Product Membership, listen to learn about: * Using Retrospectives effectively.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

I gained two benefits: releasing a complete book, and taking the time off from the consulting book to decide what I wanted to say. I'm now able to finish the consulting book. My consulting book had the same product problems as many of my clients have: The product in our head is not what our customers need or see.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 24, 2023

That's a reinforcing feedback loop that encourages management agility. The post Management Agility: Make Change Easy to Learn From, to Change Faster appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Not if you can keep the cost of change low.” ” When we make change easier, it costs less to change.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 11, 2022

I'm fond of multiple short feedback loops so people can change their minds in the face of new data. The post When HiPPOs Use Their Power to Decide for Other People appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. The team and the product leaders implement that strategy. Being a HiPPO is a power play.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 16, 2019

My feedback loop is one month at the outside. ” Annual budgeting constrains the project portfolio ideas and work to a one-year feedback loop. ” Annual budgeting constrains the project portfolio ideas and work to a one-year feedback loop. I never know what the ceiling is.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2020

Strategy and Product Feedback Loops. These problems and questions are all about delays in the system's feedback loops. It's time to see these feedback loops, starting with the team. How Long Are Your Team's Feedback Loops? Product-Only Feedback Loop. Roadmap Feedback Loops.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

See the feedback loop posts.). The post How to See Business Agility: Adaptable and Resilient Management Actions appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Where do you have flexibility with your roadmap and backlog? See Large Features and Long Deadlines Are Gantt Charts.). You might need other questions.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 29, 2022

My feedback loops are shorter than one day, so I can change what I do next. The post How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1) appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. I build in ease and continuous flow as I proceed to help myself finish. Continuous Flow Creates Ease.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 29, 2024

Gradual increments in progress trigger a positive feedback loop, motivating users to complete subsequent steps. He runs a small consulting firm at www.himanshuuiux.com , where he focuses on making products that users like. Author’s bio Himanshu Sharma has been working in user experience and product design for over ten years.

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