Johanna Rothman

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

I have a new book: Project Lifecycles: How to Reduce Risks, Release Successful Products, and Increase Agility. I wrote it because I'm concerned about what I see in too many supposedly agile teams: Crazy-long backlogs and roadmaps. Worse, sometimes the team doesn't demo or deliver. The post Tired of Fake Agility?

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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. The first was not waiting for the end of an iteration to demo or release. They demo'd every week on Wednesday mornings and then they released after the demo. We do what works.”

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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. This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility. Assess Your Product Subject Matter Domain Expertise There are at least two kinds of domain expertise: the product itself, and agile/lean expertise.

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The Product Coalition

DECEMBER 17, 2019

The agile methodology framework is one such methodology that uplifts the game of every software development company. Most software development companies these days use agile methodology to develop their applications as they are aware of how effective and reliable the approach is.

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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. See and demo the product as it grows. If your company can't create an agile culture, consider an incremental lifecycle, especially if you have schedule risks.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 14, 2020

They've started to use agile approaches. Capitalization for Agile Work. Let me walk you through an example of a 5-person agile team. So, let's assume the team spends a total of 4 hours planning, retrospecting, demoing, all that non-creation time out of the 40 hours the team works. (I Why Capitalize?

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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. .” Seeing things in practice.

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 30, 2019

As a business analyst and expert, I have been involved in various Agile projects. However, one of them was so exceptional that made me doubt if Agile is really the best way to manage all types of projects. The team followed the Agile approach to project management and had experienced Scrum master. Unexpected issues.

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

When going through an Agile transformation, Agile teams often feel like they have a good handle on Agile and Scrum. But when asked about their progress toward the business outcomes their organization hopes to achieve by implementing Agile, their answer is not as confident. This is not unusual.

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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 6, 2024

If you took an agile workshop sometime in the past 15 years, you probably played the “ ball game.” Especially since they've probably suffered through way too many “agile” workshops with more and more games. Show a demo of whatever you complete at the 15-minute mark. Why do I have to play a game?”

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Agile Velocity

FEBRUARY 12, 2020

When going through an Agile transformation, Agile teams often feel like they have a good handle on Agile and Scrum. But when asked about their progress toward the business outcomes their organization hopes to achieve by implementing Agile, their answer is not as confident. This is not unusual.

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The Product Coalition

APRIL 27, 2020

Remote Agile (Part 7): Sprint Review with Distributed Teams TL; DR: A Remote Sprint Review 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. The Product Backlog may also be adjusted overall to meet new opportunities.”

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Johanna Rothman

JANUARY 6, 2020

In Costs of an Agile Approach for Hardware Products , I suggested that an iteration-based approach for hardware was too expensive. Agile software teams are cross-functional and interdependent. Many agile software teams have somewhere between four and seven people. Hardware Costs Limit Agile Approaches.

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Johanna Rothman

JUNE 28, 2018

Many new-to-agile teams use some form of iteration-based agile approach. Back in Time You Spend in Agile Meetings (near the bottom of the post), I enumerated all the possible meetings. I mentioned how you could integrate the demo work into an iteration if you create a column for the demo.

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Johanna Rothman

MARCH 28, 2019

You can see demos. 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. I would definitely watch demos every week or two, to make sure we're getting closer to the milestone criteria.

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Johanna Rothman

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Scrum Master or Agile Project Manager? ” (You might like Why an Agile Project Manager is Not a Scrum Master.). She's an agile project manager. When she manages programs, she's an agile program manager. See a ton more about this role in Create Your Successful Agile Project.) Scrum is not her job.

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Roman Pichler

NOVEMBER 2, 2021

Before I discuss how you can help an underachieving team, let’s briefly explore what good performance looks like, assuming that an agile, Scrum-based process is used. What’s more, an agile, self-managing team is collectively responsible for their performance. That’s the job of the Scrum Master or agile coach.

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The Product Guy

NOVEMBER 9, 2017

Lastly, to make the most out of this framework, it’s best if your organization has already implemented some variation of the Agile Methodology. Some example can include tradeshows, product summits, or client demos. Milestone 2 Client Demo (12/25/2017). If not, this can still be applied to most existing process with some tweaks.

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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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Innovatemap

OCTOBER 31, 2019

We partnered with the 120WaterAudit team to create a clickable prototype to show prospects during sales demos. While the screens were being used in sales demos, the development team was hard at work bringing those screens to life. Do not undervalue simple click-through demos.

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The Product Coalition

OCTOBER 9, 2022

communication with developers, engagement in demos and enhanced understanding of your product. Sample app mapped to related API methods Since you are an avid agile ninja, you break down your requirements to deliver value as early as possible. Before I began using POSTMAN, I admittedly had a hard time following these demos.

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280 Group

JULY 10, 2023

Here, we demonstrate how a fictional yet ‘real enough’ product manager at an Agile SaaS company utilizes ChatGPT to transform raw asynchronous requests into a polished set of user stories. Provide a foundation for Agile development’s estimation and planning. We’re turning the spotlight onto user stories.

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Userpilot

FEBRUARY 25, 2024

Since user preferences are always evolving, you need to be agile and swiftly adapt to new user behavior trends. Book a Userpilot demo to find out how you can enhance your in-app experiences to keep up with the behavior trends for 2024. Such no-code growth leads to more agile teams that can increase company profitability.

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The Secret PM Handbook

MARCH 28, 2018

For example, I often tell a story about helping a sales engineering team with their demo. They asked me to help them with their agile demo because I am an agile expert. As I worked with them, I realized the problem wasn’t their agile demo, it was how they were demoing.

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Johanna Rothman

APRIL 6, 2022

A colleague unfamiliar with lifecycles or agility asked, “How can we use sprints in this approach?” Not the thinking and learning that go into the deliverables where you end up with something demo-able, if not usable.” See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more details.). ” “Oooh.”

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Pragmatic Marketing

AUGUST 17, 2014

Some marketers, including myself, are taking a different approach—one based on agile development. They responded with a set of principles and a methodology called agile development, and it has transformed software programming. What Is Agile Marketing? There are six core values of agile marketing.

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Userpilot

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

Agile is the most common development methodology, so PMs need to be well-versed in its principles. Book the demo! Understanding of the Agile Methodology Although there are software companies that still use the Waterfall approach, Agile project management dominates the SaaS space. What’s the difference?

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The Secret PM Handbook

MARCH 28, 2018

For example, I often tell a story about helping a sales engineering team with their demo. They asked me to help them with their agile demo because I am an agile expert. As I worked with them, I realized the problem wasn’t their agile demo, it was how they were demoing.

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Johanna Rothman

FEBRUARY 6, 2023

” For years, I explained that the more often the team or program could demo, the more the project or program could engage its stakeholders. See Customers, Internal Delivery, And Trust for a recent post about demos and trust.) The more frequently you can demo, the more your partners can trust you to deliver something.

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Userpilot

MARCH 19, 2024

Book the demo to find out more! Try Userpilot and Take Your Feature Rollouts to the Next Level Get a Demo 14 Day Trial No Credit Card Required What is a feature rollout? This changed when Agile software development came around. The development cycle, in some cases, lasted years (think Windows XP, Vista, etc.).

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Userpilot

JANUARY 16, 2024

Book a demo now to discuss your UX needs with our team. Lean UX by Jeff Gothelf, Josh Seiden "Lean UX" is a groundbreaking book that applies the principles of Lean and Agile methodologies to the field of user experience. Key Learnings Steps for applying lean principles and Agile methodologies to UX design. Did you know?

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The Product Coalition

JANUARY 31, 2023

Working in an Agile Way Helps Agile development has also helped a lot to deal with these situations, making clients part of sprint demo helps them clearly understand the development process and anticipate delays which makes them more understanding.

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Johanna Rothman

OCTOBER 2, 2023

Yes, the premise of my Agile and Lean Program Management book.) I have never seen those three conditions in any non-agile project, but that could be my experience and not universal. This team started off with a serial lifecycle, so they didn't even plan to have a demo until about September or so.

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280 Group

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

Last month, we presented the webinar, How Teams and Leaders Can Unleash the Power of Agile. How do you get executive buy-in for implementing true Agile practices when your start-up is Agil-ish, but not fully invested in the Agile methodology? As we discussed during the webinar, practices do not make you Agile.

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Johanna Rothman

SEPTEMBER 26, 2017

If you work at a place new to agile approaches, work on streamlining the releases so you always release once a month. (I Agile approaches create empirical measurements: what we have actually completed, not predictive measurements, what we want to have completed. Release finished features often. Then move to releasing every two weeks.

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The Product Coalition

JUNE 24, 2022

Cold email your users to set up interviews, review survey data, listen in on sales calls, do product demos. We practice agile for a reason, and agile tells us that failure is not only not the end of the world, but a normal part of an iterative release strategy.

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