Johanna Rothman

Johanna consults, speaks, and writes about managing product development. She helps managers and leaders do reasonable things that work. You can read more of her writings at jrothman.com.

Agile
Johanna RothmanOctober 11th, 2018
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Possible Changes for a Product Approach, Part 4
How could we organize if we want flow efficiency? We would reward managers by their span of service instead of control,…
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Johanna RothmanOctober 5th, 2018
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Defining the Manager’s Role for a Product Approach, Part 3
This series is about how you might move to a product-based organization. Part 1 was about how when we organize by…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanOctober 3rd, 2018
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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 2
In Part 1, I suggested that when we organize by function, the recognition and rewards might prevent a successful agile…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanOctober 3rd, 2018
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Designing an Organization for a Product Approach, Part 1
If you’re thinking about an agile transformation, you already know about feature teams. You might even call them/use them as…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanSeptember 26th, 2018
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Product Orientation Requires Technical Excellence
One of the big problems I see with a product orientation (as opposed to a project) is in preparing for…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanSeptember 24th, 2018
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Project Work vs Product Work
We hear a lot these days about project-based organizations vs. product-based organizations. Much of what we do in software is…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanSeptember 7th, 2018
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Individual Contributor vs. Team Member
Many people draw distinctions between people who do management-kind of work and people who do “individual contributor” kind of work. …
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Agile
Johanna RothmanAugust 6th, 2018
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Planning: Risk Management to Manage Uncertainty
Many organizations plan to create certainty, guarantees of some variety. What if we thought about agile planning as a way…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanJuly 16th, 2018
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Objectives & Accountability vs Responsibility & Autonomy, Part 2
I explained about objectives and the differences between MBOs and OKRs in Part 1. I’m tackling the issues of “accountability”…
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