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. Consider the Continuum of Feedback Loops and Decisions. As for the project portfolio?
Johanna Rothman
NOVEMBER 9, 2023
Strategy and Product Feedback Loops Many of my middle-management and senior leadership clients want certainty about future work. That's one of the reasons they create huge backlogs and long roadmaps. Yet, even those backlogs and roadmaps don't offer certainty. Does that sound like an agile team to you?
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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. See Manage Unplanned Feedback Loops to Reduce Risks and Create Successful Products.)
The Product Coalition
AUGUST 3, 2023
Meanwhile, a robust product strategy lays the roadmap to achieve that vision. Product Roadmap: Develop a detailed product roadmap that outlines the major features, functionalities, and milestones needed to achieve the vision. The roadmap should be adaptable to accommodate changes in the market or user feedback.
Agile Velocity
SEPTEMBER 12, 2023
As the pace of change continues to accelerate, embracing agility – the ability to turn on a dime for a dime – has become a key to ongoing success for many organizations. However, when companies launch Agile Transformations in hybrid environments, it can introduce a new set of challenges. All fit our definition of hybrid.
Johanna Rothman
JANUARY 16, 2019
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. Instead, consider using flow-based roadmapping.
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.” That's why aging is a part of the flow metrics feedback loop on the top of this post. Those feedback loops.)
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