Johanna Rothman
AUGUST 12, 2021
Some managers wanted to prevent Bad Things from happening in the organization, so they added policies or procedures. Now, these same managers want business agility. However, the policies and procedures increase friction and make it harder to get the Right Things done. Yet, the policies and procedures remain.
Johanna Rothman
JUNE 15, 2020
Every organization has policies of some sort. The smaller the organization, the fewer policies you might have. And, the larger the organization, the more policies you might think you need. I keep encountering policies that prevent people from delivering the outcomes the organization wants. Why have policies anyway?
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Roman Pichler
JUNE 4, 2018
Embracing new technologies like machine learning, micro services, big data, and Internet of Things (IoT) is part of that change, as is the introduction of agile practices including cross-functional and self-organising teams, DevOps, Scrum, and Kanban. We do software, not insurance policies.” What do mean?”
Gocious Blog
JANUARY 16, 2025
Whether its shifting consumer preferences, unexpected policy changes, or disruptions in regional markets, agility has become the cornerstone of successful product management. In todays world of constant flux, product managers face the formidable challenge of navigating volatile markets.
The Product Coalition
JULY 10, 2020
TL; DR: Agile Laws and Remote Agile On numerous occasions in the recent past, working with distributed agile teams has amplified existing organizational, technical, and cultural challenges in many organizations. In that respect, the current issues many distributed teams face may also act as accelerants to become more agile.
Johanna Rothman
APRIL 14, 2020
Let me address a little about business agility and innovation. Business agility allows us to create a culture where we plan to change. Too many people think business agility is about the ability to do more of the same, faster. Instead of optimizing for a team's agility, we can encourage management agility with flow efficiency.
Agile Velocity
FEBRUARY 11, 2020
It is one of the most commonly used, abused, and misused metrics in Agile software development. In this article, we explore healthy ways for your organization to use metrics to gain meaningful insights into the outcomes of your experiments as you and your teams pursue the craft of creative knowledge work during an Agile transformation.
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