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 RothmanMarch 11th, 2014
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Cost of Delay: Why You Should Care, Part 6
I’ve outlined five potential costs of delay in the previous five posts: The delay from not releasing on time, part…
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Johanna RothmanMarch 6th, 2014
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Cost of Delay Due to Other Teams’ Delay, Part 5
Imagine you have a large program, where you have several teams contributing to the success of one business deliverable. You…
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Johanna RothmanFebruary 28th, 2014
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Cost of Delay Due to Technical Debt, Part 4
Cost of delay part 1 was about not shipping on time. Cost of delay part 2 was due to multitasking.…
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Johanna RothmanFebruary 26th, 2014
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Cost of Delay Due to Indecision, Part 3
In Part 1, we discussed the cost of delay of not shipping on time. In Part 2, we discussed the…
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Johanna RothmanFebruary 13th, 2014
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Cost of Delay Due to Multitasking, Part 2
In Cost of Delay: Not Shipping on Time, Part 1, I introduced you to the notion of cost of delay.…
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Agile
Johanna RothmanFebruary 4th, 2014
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If Managers Don’t Give Performance Reviews, What Happens?
There’s a great comment to my recent Management Myth: Performance Reviews Are Useful. The writer has these questions, which I…
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Johanna RothmanJanuary 30th, 2014
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Performance Reviews Are Not Useful; Feedback Is
I have received some wonderful feedback from some of my managers. Back when I was a young engineer, one of…
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Johanna RothmanJanuary 20th, 2014
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Do You Value Management?
I’ve met many managers who were in the wrong position. Sometimes, it was the Peter Principle. Sometimes, it’s managers who…
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Johanna RothmanDecember 25th, 2013
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Give Credit Generously
I had a boss who was great at saying, “Terri did this. Jen did that. JR did this other thing.”…
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