Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 1, 2020

Several of my clients want to use some sort of maturity assessment for their agile transformations. For example, if a team mobs, they don't need standups. For agile transformation, an assessment can help people see how they change—how they innovate the products and the culture. Is agility even possible?)

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

They guide the stakeholders , development teams, and in the case of large products, other product people, to meet the agreed product goals , create the desired outcomes, and achieve product success, as Figure 1 shows. A head of product is responsible for developing the individuals and growing the product management team.

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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. And I haven’t done any formal development or testing in a very long time. Industry expertise.

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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.

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The Product Coalition

AUGUST 27, 2018

Has the spirit of being agile been lost behind a mountain of rules? Agile vs. Being Agile Agile became popular shortly after ‘The Agile Software Development Manifesto ’ was published in 2001. Companies who focused on being agile saw great success, and others wanted to follow suit.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 18, 2024

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. I assume you have some sort of functional product development expertise. If not, why are you in technical product development? This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility.

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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.

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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 .

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

For years, managers have been trying to find ways to make software product development faster and easier. I think of spreadsheets as an unintentional, but prime example of this. “Agile” as a way to do much more work in much less time. (NO! AI to take the place of humans in product development.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 12, 2020

Opportunities for More Agility. Because we release every time we finish a feature set, we have these opportunities for agility: Re-rank the remaining feature sets. You can't just have developers, then testers, etc. Next, I'll discuss iterative and incremental lifecycles without being “agile.”

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

TL;DR: Creating an Agile Community of Practice Creating an agile community of practice helps winning hearts and minds within the organization as it provides authenticity to the agile transition?—?signaling Join the 25th Hands-on Agile meetup on August 20, 2020, to explore the virtual Ecocycle Planning.

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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. ” I’ve spent the last half-year in the beginning of my journey understanding how agile product management at scale can work. For agile at scale, I don’t believe this is true.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. That allows me the most flexibility in my product development. I'll use my product development as an example to explain how my experimentation and finalization work. That feedback arises from my writing, speaking, and consulting.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

The important basis is the development of a strategy for short- and long-term digital transformation based on business results rather than technology. Agility and adaptability are paramount The business landscape is constantly evolving, and trends can shift rapidly. What is the importance of digital transformation?

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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.

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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.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 20, 2020

I discussed the origins of the agile approaches in Part 5. In this post, I'll discuss how you can create an agile approach that fits your context. Why should you create your own agile approach? You deserve an agile approach that helps you achieve the business outcomes you need. What do you need? Start with the Team.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

They've started to use agile approaches. There's a great introduction article, Capitalization of software development costs.). Capitalization for Agile Work. Let me walk you through an example of a 5-person agile team. But, what happens if you don't have an agile project? Why Capitalize?

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 20, 2020

It’s understandable that most of us don’t make time for personal development. Who wants to spend time after a hard day of work learning and developing when they could be kicking back with a beer and watching The Crown? A few months ago, I introduced a concept I have developed called the PM, or Product, Quadrants.

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Roman Pichler

JULY 11, 2016

But let the ScrumMaster or coach tackle people, process, and organisational issues; let the development team figure out what needs to be done to implement the user stories and other product backlog items. Development teams should manage their own work (using a sprint backlog or Kanban board). Help the Team See the Bigger Picture.

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Expect practical tips, real-life examples (including rubber ducks and naked ninjas!), Learn how to develop effective website navigation and information architecture. Understand how to communicate usability findings to developers and stakeholders. and the author's signature witty humor to keep you engaged.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 31, 2022

For example, I have a deliverable that I just put on my yearly plan: “Get some kind of a store on my site in 2022.” The series: How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1). How Cycle Time and Cost of Delay Makes Product Development Decisions Easier (Day 2). ” That's it.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 21, 2019

I started asking if you actually need an agile approach in Part 1 and noted the 4 big problems I see. Part 2 was why we need managers in an agile transformation. Part 4 was about how “Agile” is meaningless and “agile” is an adjective that needs to be applied to something. That would be resilient.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 14, 2019

In Part 1 , I wrote about how “Agile” is not a silver bullet and is not right for every team and every product. This post is about how management fits into agile approaches. Too often, managers think “agile” is for others, specifically teams of people. Team-based “agile” is not enough.

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The Product Coalition

FEBRUARY 18, 2019

they have to be, the roots haven’t developed yet. Eric, when he was raising money for his own startup, ran into investor Steve Blank who made Eric take his course on rapid-cycle product development as a pre-condition for Steve investing. Short development cycles and then getting the product into the hands of users is important.

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 1, 2018

It’s From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver. ” That one chapter might be all you need to create a successful distributed agile team. For example, we win the prize for longest subheading and aside/sidebar headings. Even in development, it’s worth your while to read.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes. It’s full of examples. ?? Work with engineers: “Agile Product Management with Scrum” (Roman Pichler) There are zillions ways to apply scrum. Questions asked with a bias will bring useless answers. Poor questions yield little value. ??

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The Product Coalition

MAY 4, 2020

A Remote Daily Scrum with a Distributed Team We started this series on remote agile with looking into practices and tools; we explored virtual Liberating Structures, and how to master Zoom. This eighth article now looks into supporting a distributed Development Team organizing a remote Daily Scrum. Source : Scrum Guide 2017.

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Mind the Product

MARCH 10, 2020

A lean startup coach and founder of innovation consultancy Kromatic – Tristan also currently serves on the ice cream innovation board at Unilever! 40:42 | What are good examples of teams who have effectively scaled their product organisations with multiple levels of product managers and multiple agile teams? Question 1 .

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In my first official product role, which I got to after managing large dev teams and a business-related role, I managed alone a product with a development team of ~40 people. One of the first things I did, for example, was to work with the salespeople on how to sell the product.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

Ensure the Development Team understands items in the Product Backlog to the level needed. Additionally, the product owner must have: A deep understanding of agile methodologies in practice. I’ve pulled out an example job description for each quadrant to give an idea of what one looks like in the real world.

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Mind the Product

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

These individuals want the ability to develop new ideas and pursue them,” he says. Take Singapore for example, there’s an issue at the moment as innovators and entrepreneurs are moving to other markets , like the US, where they’re encouraged to innovate. I’ve developed a system to help them do that.”.

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Modus Create

JUNE 30, 2021

Emerging technologies, prioritization of workforce culture, and the need for shorter, more cost-effective engagements are making legacy consulting models obsolete. The rise of digital transformation has coincided with the decline in management consulting. For the longest time, consulting was synonymous with management consulting.

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Modus Create

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

This is one of the core takeaways from our latest research, Investing in Digital Transformation and Product Development , featuring insights from 377 product development decision-makers in the US and UK. For example, an assessment might reveal that legacy apps are a security risk, causing organizations to modernize their tech stack.

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Userpilot

JULY 9, 2021

Product Mastery by Geoff Watts teaches you how to be a successful product owner within agile software development practices with the use of case studies. The Lean Product Playbook by Dan Olsen is a practical guide on implementing the Lean Product methodology based on years of Olsen’s consulting work. Key learnings.

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Product Innovation Educators

JUNE 5, 2023

Peter is an experienced speaker, educator, and consultant with over 40 years of experience leading teams and organizations to deliver value through projects. Summary of some concepts discussed for product managers [2:09] Can you share an example of a project that resulted in a new product? Joining us is Peter Monkhouse.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 28, 2020

The bounce rate is the percentage of users who visit a page on your product (for example, your home page) and then leave it before taking any primary action, such as registration or starting a free demo. Rafayel Mkrtchyan is a product management consultant who helps companies improve their product discovery and delivery processes.

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