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. Long and large roadmaps. We didn't address this as much because I wrote about this in Manage Your Project Portfolio. And the aging issues with the long and large roadmaps?

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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. Instead, let's consider how to see management's adaptable and resilient actions. Those actions show that managers change their actions in the face of new information or feedback. That's a good thing.)

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Johanna Rothman

AUGUST 19, 2021

So when does it make sense to customize your agile approach to gain a strategic advantage? They want an agile approach, so they started with Scrum. We don't think we need to be “religious” about our agile approach as long as we get the benefit. Then, they Built their agile approach based on their needs.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 7, 2022

As I said in Part 1 , teams use backlogs and roadmaps to know what's now and what's next. ” That's why many people like time-based roadmaps. I'm not a fan of time-based roadmaps, but here's how they work to focus the team. A Time-Based Roadmap to Focus the Team's Work. Which users are first, for now. He didn't know.

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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? If the average number of checkboxes marked is higher than nine, then you are probably practicing cargo cult agile in one form or another. like all other agile frameworks?—?isn’t In my experience, Scrum?—?like

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2023

Random Feature Roadmap for One Program. Several people on social media have denigrated the terms “project manager” and “program manager.” ” These people claim there is no need for either role in an effective team, especially an agile team because the team can manage its own deliverables.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 29, 2018

Last August, back at the Agile 2018 conference, I had a chance to record a podcast with Howard Sublett. We spoke about Making Roadmaps More Agile. I hope you enjoy Making Roadmaps More Agile. The post Making Roadmaps More Agile appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Listen to the audio version of this article: [link] Leading as the Person in Charge of the Product When you hear the term leadership , you might first and foremost think of a senior manager like the head of product, Director of Product Management, VP of Product, or Chief Product Officer.[

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 28, 2023

Sherry, a middle manager in a relatively small organization, said, “We can’t plan for an entire quarter at a time. Our managers need to change what they want more often than that. ” “How long can the managers commit to their decisions?” Especially not if your management can't commit to an entire quarter.

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Mind the Product

SEPTEMBER 5, 2018

so my investor said that I need a product manager to do our product roadmap?”. When I worked as a product management consultant clients would often talk about “needing a product roadmap ASAP”. In reality, asking for a product roadmap was shorthand for “please help me with my strategy”.

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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.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 13, 2022

In Part 1 , I said that customers need a different kind of roadmap than teams do. One thing to remember: you might not need a customer-facing roadmap at all if you release often enough. And, customers might want different information from the roadmap. Now you need to manage the “which features first” pressure.

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The Product Coalition

JULY 16, 2023

In recent years it seems that product management is all about execution and delivery. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role. Photo by Kea Mowat on Unsplash When I moved into product management, almost 20 years ago, it used to be a very senior role.

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The Product Guy

DECEMBER 15, 2019

The Product Management Awards (#TPMAS) are the leading international award honoring excellence in Product Management. Jenna Gaudio is the Vice President of Product Management at Vydia, the award-winning tech company empowering content creators and their teams. The Best Product Consultant. Jenna Gaudio. ?Jenna

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 12, 2023

Is your organization in search of business agility? Limit the choices managers can make. Ask the product leaders to manage their WIP, also. While roadmaps might offer everyone a look ahead, too-long roadmaps might clutter people's brains. You'll get the conditions you need for business agility.

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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. Often, a roadmap that didn't look like commitments. I'm not a PO—I don't manage the backlog and I don't want to.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 18, 2018

I've met a number of agile coaches recently. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. Even though the client asked for agile coaching, that might not be what the client needs. These questions have nothing to do with a “better agile” or “better Scrum.”

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 13, 2024

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. The image to the left, from Successful Independent Consulting , shows the interaction between my writing and speaking. That feedback arises from my writing, speaking, and consulting. I use that feedback to build more MVPs.

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bpma ProductHub

JUNE 21, 2017

An Agile Product Open meetup recap. These events empower our membership with the knowledge and skills necessary to improve their current work or further advance their careers in product management. Product management is one of those disciplines that simply requires continuous education to stay sharp. Roadmaps ‘smells’.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2020

What is each flavour of product manager responsible for? In my previous post, I introduced the four different flavours of product manager, depicted by the PM quadrants matrix. What are the four flavours of product manager? In this post, I’ll go into the responsibilities for each of the four ‘flavours’ of product manager.

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The Product Coalition

MARCH 8, 2024

Think of digital transformation strategies as your roadmap to success in the digital age. Agility and adaptability are paramount The business landscape is constantly evolving, and trends can shift rapidly. IT department They play a crucial role in selecting, implementing, and managing the technology solutions.

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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. Over the next few years my career evolved through people-management, pre-sales, and program management roles into product management. Seeing things in practice.

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BrainMates

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Adaptive Mindset 'Hats' Your Product Manager Wears By DAVID ALLSOPP No matter the product, industry or company size, successful Product Managers must wear various ‘hats’ on any given day to make all the pieces of the puzzle fit together. The Product Management profession itself is still relatively new.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 18, 2024

How can you prevent an overstuffed backlog, roadmap, or all those great ideas from interrupting your team from finishing its work? Instead of backlog or roadmap, start to call these ideas “options.” See Flow Metrics and Why They Matter to Teams and Managers for why this happens.) But what about the future?

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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. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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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. Ideally, you will have directly assisted a product manager on one of your projects.

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ProductPlan

JANUARY 5, 2023

Organizations that have more recently recognized the importance of product management to the success of their business are those that are transitioning from being “sales-led” or “customer-led” to “product-led.”. Agile vs. agile. Are you Agile, or are you agile?” Outcome-driven vs. feature-based roadmaps.

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 21, 2021

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. Agile teams need to be able to experiment quickly, finishing stories relatively fast.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

The managers want to know when the teams will finish certain features in the short term.). The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). (The The managers promised certain customers/the market/investors certain deliverables.). How can they plan for six months at a time? We will see.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

Many managers feel pressure to deliver finished work. That's a lot of pre-commitment to long roadmaps, large and long portfolios, and long backlogs. That's a lot of pre-commitment to long roadmaps, large and long portfolios, and long backlogs. The managers plan for the teams, not with the teams. Reasons Managers Plan.

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Mind the Product

APRIL 10, 2020

In this talk from #MTP Engage Manchester consultant Itamar Gilad takes us through his GIST (goals, ideas, steps, tasks) framework. Itamar has over 20 years of product management experience working with industry leaders such as Google and Microsoft. He’s now a consultant, speaker and writer. Three Types of Launch. Enter GIST.

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Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 6, 2018

Back at Agile 2018, I had a chance to record a podcast with Bob Payne. The recording is Johanna Rothman – Agile 2018. We discussed my experience report with Mark Kilby, the geographically distributed agile teams book with Mark , and my roadmapping session. I’ve known Bob forever.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2019

I wrote about how to define release criteria for the software (or hardware) part of the product in Manage It!, Agile and Lean Program Management , and in Create Your Successful Agile Project. When people outside of technology use agile approaches, they can start their work before the product is done.

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ProductPlan

JUNE 11, 2019

An outcome-based roadmap sounds like a good idea. Instead of a long list of context-free features and enhancements the roadmap is constructed to accomplish specific goals critical to the success of the business. The Problem With Outcome-Based Roadmaps. But it is greatly diminished when folks are betting on unrealistic results.

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Mind the Product

DECEMBER 13, 2018

He works as a coach, consultant, and keynote speaker helping companies bridge the gaps between business agility, digital transformation, product management, and human-centred design. Sherif Mansour, Distinguished Product Manager at Atlassian. He is currently a Distinguished Product Manager for Atlassian.

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Johanna Rothman

MAY 11, 2022

The more often we iterate strategically, the more we exhibit business agility. The shorter the feedback loop, the more often the PO can change the product roadmap. If you want business agility, deliver often. Yes, you have to manage your WIP.) Here's an example. Assume you have an entire feature set of 20 stories.

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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. Lily enjoys working as a consultant product manager with early-stage and growing startups and as a mentor to other product managers. Quote of the Episode. Listen if you’d like to learn more about.

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