Johanna Rothman

MARCH 21, 2024

I started this series by discussing why managers didn't perceive the value of agile coaches and Scrum Masters in Part 1, resulting in layoffs.) That's why I then asked people to review their product-oriented domain expertise and agile-focused domain expertise in Part 3. Especially, Agile is Not a Silver Bullet.

Software Review 95

Software Review Agile Product Research Feedback Loop 95

Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Metts & Andy Welfle Userpilot can help you deliver better product experiences at every stage of the user journey. The book covers a wide range of topics, from user research and interaction design to information architecture and usability testing, making it perfect for absolute beginners with no design background.

User Testing 105

User Testing Books Customer Feedback Customer Experience 105

The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 25, 2022

Agile just turned twenty-one, but don’t put away that fake ID yet. Ever since the Agile Manifesto was written in 2001, the concept of becoming more efficient by embracing iterative delivery models and “learning-on-the-go” has captivated senior executives to junior project managers alike. This concept is also easy to teach.

Agile 123

Agile Feedback Software Software Review User Testing 123

Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2021

So when does it make sense to customize your agile approach to gain a strategic advantage? Their customers are the users. (No No one buys on behalf of the users.). They want an agile approach, so they started with Scrum. As AR&D work, they realize they need to experiment in short feedback cycles.

Agile 104

Agile Feedback Software Customer Experience Framework 104

Modus Create

FEBRUARY 4, 2021

The world of consulting is often associated with truckloads of jargon. Today, let’s simplify one such concept – digital transformation consulting. What Is Digital Transformation Consulting? What Is Digital Transformation Consulting? What Are the Four Areas of Digital Transformation Consulting?

Consulting 98

Consulting Reporting Tools Feedback Software Technical Review 98

Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2017

But now it’s time to move forward. Despite the successes Agile has brought us, it’s time to take the things we have learned from Agile and move on. Like the technology we use to build the products we love ages and gets left behind, Agile has died while we were perfecting our standup. Agile isn’t to blame for this.

Agile 194

Agile Research Software Product Research Customer Experience 194

Product Innovation Educators

JANUARY 3, 2022

How product managers can use the Modified Agile for Hardware Development Framework. They think they have the answer for applying Agile principles to hardware projects, and they call it the Modified Agile for Hardware Development (MAHD) Framework. It starts with describing the customer experience through user stories.

Agile 112

Agile Development Feedback Software User Testing 112

Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 25, 2021

The managers (often with the assistance of a consultancy) decided Scrum was the answer. Those outcomes can help teams decide which agile approach(es) to start with and adapt. Let's start with who wants the teams to use an agile approach. Who Wants the Teams to Use an Agile Approach? What's wrong? Aside from everything??).

Agile 107

Agile Customer Experience Consulting User Testing 107

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. Please allow this.

Agile 95

Agile Customer Experience Strategy Consulting 95

UX Studio: Product Management

JULY 14, 2021

UX studio is one of the global innovation design consulting firms focusing on UX design, research, and strategic consulting. We researched the top design consulting firms’ competency level, experience, and portfolio to define the most reliable design thinking companies you can trust and partner with in 2021. UX studio .

Consulting 86

Consulting Research Software Reporting Tools User Testing 86

The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 27, 2020

TL; DR: The Cargo Cult Agile Checklist for Download You want to know the state of agility in your organization? It will only take 5 minutes of their time–and then analyze their feedback. If the average number of checkboxes marked is higher than nine, then you are probably practicing cargo cult agile in one form or another.

Agile 98

Agile Fractional CTO User Testing Reporting Tools 98

Userpilot

APRIL 30, 2024

He is perhaps most recognized for his influential work as a consultant, writer, and speaker on product management, particularly within the realm of software and technology companies. Marty Cagan is the founder of the Silicon Valley Product Group (SVPG), a consultancy firm that helps companies build successful products.

Analytic Tools 105

Analytic Tools Research Software Feedback Software Books 105

BrainMates

FEBRUARY 24, 2020

Product Management leader Omaya Robinson shares the importance of Product teams conducting their own customer research. She leads her own consulting company, Omaya Robinson Consulting, which specialises in Product and Payments. Taking ownership of customer conversations. Experience creates blind spots.

Customer Experience 75

Customer Experience User Testing Customer Feedback Product Research 75

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 19, 2021

Daniel Vacanti and Prateek Singh graciously invited* me to be on an episode of Drunk Agile: Episode 37 Johanna Rothman Part Deux More Bigger Aging. Ordering the work by value, even though agile approaches hope the value changes. (Re)defining Prateek said at one point (I'm paraphrasing), “Customers want the work now.

Agile 102

Agile Roadmap Consulting User Testing 102

Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

More of my clients say they want business agility. Yet, we don't share a common definition of business agility. Actions matter when it comes to business agility. Since managers create and refine the culture, they can create an environment that supports business agility. An Environment that Supports Business Agility.

Agile 88

Agile Feedback Software Product Research Feedback Loop 88

The Product Coalition

MARCH 26, 2020

TL; DR: Remote Agile (Part 2): Virtual Liberating Structures Last week, we addressed basic practices and tools of remote agile with distributed teams. LS for Scrum More than a year ago, my Berlin Hands-on Agile meetup started exploring the possibilities to use Liberating Structures specifically in the context of Scrum.

Agile 78

Agile Customer Experience Webinar Consulting 78

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. Problem space is a customer (outside) orientation. Worse, many staff jobs are commodity positions.

User Testing 99

User Testing Agile Banking Consulting 99

280 Group

AUGUST 26, 2022

Waterfall vs. Agile — The race to deep space! . It’s uncertain that a private company like SpaceX could rival NASA’s experience and funding. But SpaceX has shown impressive progress leveraging an Agile production methodology that could compete with and even replace NASA’s waterfall processes. .

Reporting Tools 156

Reporting Tools Technical Review Systems Review Agile 156

Modus Create

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

In such exciting times, it might be tempting to assume that shiny new technologies will dominate digital transformation trends in 2024. Regardless of the latest technology, business leaders are still asking: How can we execute a successful strategy to engage our customers, improve efficiencies, and future-proof the business?

Data Visualization 64

Data Visualization Research Software Analytic Tools Customer Experience 64

Mind the Product

APRIL 21, 2020

We’ve heard it again and again – these are odd times; we’re not working remotely, we’re working during a crisis; this is not the new normal. You’re not working the same way, and your customers have different needs than they did a month ago. Customer Discovery. Remote Working. Adapting to change.

Product Research 164

Product Research Customer Experience Feedback Software Research Software 164

Mind the Product

OCTOBER 30, 2019

David Bland is the CEO and Founder of Precoil, an author, and a long-time practitioner of agile and lean startup. He joined us on the podcast to talk about how to create focus around what matters to your users by using different testing methodologies – a topic he and Alex Osterwalder cover in their book, Testing Business Ideas.

Product Research 126

Product Research User Testing Customer Experience Testing 126

Agile Velocity

MAY 14, 2020

Did you know you can maximize your chances of achieving desired business outcomes by combining DevOps with an Agile transformation? When you hear “Business Outcomes,” “DevOps,” and/or Agile transformation” – what comes to mind? Agile Transformation. Agile transformations and DevOps initiatives are complementary.

Feedback Software 98

Feedback Software Agile Analytic Tools Data Visualization 98

Atlassian

FEBRUARY 15, 2022

The true cost of an agile transformation can be hard to measure, boiling down to a combination of process, people, and tools. That impact is captured in the Forrester Consulting Total Economic Impact TM study for Atlassian Jira Align. The post Agile transformations with measurable impacts? Download the study.

Agile 78

Agile Reporting Tools Research Software Consulting 78

The Product Guy

SEPTEMBER 27, 2016

In our a recent live stream from one of our mentors of The Product Mentor , Ian Moulton, lead a conversation around “Conducting User Research”. Jordan lives in Manhattan and in his spare time likes to play soccer. Ladislav focuses on user centric product development, especially on brand, usability and revenue product challenges.

Research Software 148

Research Software User Testing Analytic Tools Product Research 148

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 13, 2024

Every day, I hear more stories of agile coaches or Scrum Masters losing their jobs. Several reasons: No manager cares about “agile” even if they care about agility. So, selling “agile” into the organization doesn’t create any traction for change. You might not like these ideas.

Onboarding KPIs 74

Onboarding KPIs Agile Consulting Management 74

Mind the Product

AUGUST 25, 2020

They frustrate our users, ruin the best-laid plans, and screw up our sprints. What’s better, unit tests or user acceptance testing? The post Building Quality Products – Stacy Kirk on The Product Experience appeared first on Mind the Product. What’s better, unit tests or user acceptance testing?

Technical Review 109

Technical Review Customer Experience Product Research User Testing 109

Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. Then, in Part 2, I suggested you mine your experience to move to a line job, so your value is obvious. That's the first step to turning your experience into a line position. Functional skills are not nearly enough.

Weak Development Team 80

Weak Development Team Certifications Agile Customer Experience 80

Userpilot

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

UserGuiding's biggest selling point is its $99/month Basic plan but that doesn’t come with all the elements you’ll need to build a positive onboarding experience. Alternatives like Userpilot or other agile digital adoption platforms come with the necessary elements needed to create a contextual, personalized user experience.

Analytic Tools 98

Analytic Tools Feedback Software Reporting Tools Onboarding KPIs 98

Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

So far, we've discussed the lever of canceling a project at any time with the serial lifecycles in Part 1. That's because these lifecycles normally complete one feature set at a time. The feature sets take whatever time they take. What if the team runs out of time or money (schedule)? Opportunities for More Agility.

User Testing 111

User Testing Product Research Agile Feedback Loop 111

Tyner Blain

MAY 24, 2017

Taking agile, a process otherwise optimized for small, cross-functional, collaborative teams and making it work at scale is fascinating. It was a brave new world for me at the time and I was hooked forever. Helping a mid-size organization make the transition from waterfall (at scale) to agile (at scale).

Agile 150

Agile Feedback Software Weak Development Team User Testing 150

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2019

At the Influential Agile Leader workshop earlier this year, I led a session about scaling and how you might think about it. My experience is that when people use frameworks for larger efforts, they experience these unexpected side effects: The framework actions often require more manager-type people to control the actions of others.

Agile 70

Agile Telecommunications Customer Experience Wireless 70

Johanna Rothman

JUNE 3, 2020

The processes don't have sufficient agility to deliver the necessary results. Yet, people who want to use agile approaches don't want to apply agile thinking to their processes. Some clients want to create their custom agile process— and then standardize it across the organization. I use double-loop learning.

Agile 70

Agile Workshop User Testing Consulting 70

Johanna Rothman

APRIL 14, 2020

Encourage change and experiments. Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Instead, I see many organizations that need to experiment and discover.

Agile 83

Agile Product Research User Testing Feedback Software 83

Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 10, 2023

I'm surprising myself with this experiment and the fact that I am continuing it. No one cares about a team's agility—with the possible exception of the team itself. But managers and customers do care about better products. And the customers care about the value those products offer.

Product Research 60

Product Research Feedback Loop Customer Experience Agile 60

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

Consulting 52

Consulting Technical Advisors Technical Review Analytic Tools 52

PMLesson's Ace the PM Interview

APRIL 19, 2020

After working in consulting, many management consultants desire to exit into and work at a tech company. If you want to learn more about the consulting role vs the product role, read this article on the topic. It is important to note that most PM job postings ask for prior PM experience.

Consulting 52

Consulting Technical Advisors Technical Review Analytic Tools 52

The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

They involve integrating digital technologies and processes into every aspect of your business, from operations to customer interactions. Failure to meet these expectations can lead to customer churn and missed opportunities. reduced processing time by 50%), improved customer satisfaction (e.g., boosted sales by 20%).

Enterprise 123

Enterprise Research Software Feedback Software Strategy 123