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Feedback Loops Help When to Centralize or Decentralize Product-Based Decisions

Johanna Rothman

When I think about agile approaches to work, I think about how fast we can change and the cost of those changes. That's why an agile approach with deliverables every day or week doesn't fit with some kinds of projects, such as events. Consider the Continuum of Feedback Loops and Decisions. Let's start with the team.

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Balance Innovation, Commitment, & Feedback Loops: Summary

Johanna Rothman

See Create Your Successful Agile Project for how to use cycle time to reduce the time you spend on estimation.). 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.

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Where I Think “Agile” is Headed, Part 5: Summary

Johanna Rothman

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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How to Assess the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging

Johanna Rothman

Those are exactly the problems Daniel, Prateek, and I discussed in Aging Fun with Drunk Agile (Video). This is a reinforcing feedback loop that reinforces longer decision times!). I have guidelines for me. My Guidelines for the Value of Old Data and Its Effect on Aging. That time wasn't valuable to me.

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Faster Management Decisions Can Lead to More Ease and Better Results, Part 4

Johanna Rothman

Create a yearly budget as a guideline for our specific goals, but manage that budget every week and month to manage our risks. 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.

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How I Manage My Product Development: Ease with Continuous Flow (Day 1)

Johanna Rothman

But I use several guidelines for my work: Always, always, always finish work so it's clean. 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.

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We Made a Mobile App in Six Weeks. Here’s How You Can Too.

Modus Create

In recent years, our consultants have helped several healthcare organizations shift their focus to preventive care and patient outcomes. So, we decided to build smaller scopes for each project phase and create a workflow based on short feedback loops. Healthcare is one of the most exciting industries for digital transformation.