Tag Archives: collaboration

Gold, Silver, Bronze Comparison for the Project Portfolio Requires Collaboration

Posted on September 28, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

When I was in Brazil teaching the project portfolio workshop, one of the participants explained that his organization sometimes did a form of gold/silver/bronze comparison among the projects. Here’s how it works. Everyone wrote their project names on stickies. The … Continue reading →

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Management Myth About Managers and Technical Work

Posted on September 5, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

My most recent management myth is up on Techwell, Management Myth #8: I Can Still Do Significant Technical Work. I see managers catch themselves in this one all the time. Maybe you do too. Maybe you disagree with me. Comment … Continue reading →

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Management Myth #5 About Ranking Systems Posted

Posted on June 12, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

I have another management myth, this one about ranking systems posted up at Techwell. This one, We Can and Must Have an Objective Ranking System, I suspect will generate much discussion. Be my guest!

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Malware is Gone and All is Well

Posted on May 22, 2012 by Johanna Rothman

I’ve had a confusing couple of weeks. First, a nice gentleman who was considering my job search book (in beta) told me he was seeing potential virus notifications on Hiring Technical People. Well, that seemed strange. But, then another colleague … Continue reading →

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Updated Agile Program Management Slides Posted

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Johanna Rothman

I missed one presentation in my last post. At Oredev, I had an opportunity to speak with the PMI Sweden folks (at least, the southern Sweden folks). I talked about Agile Program Management, and discussed my current thinking about agile … Continue reading →

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Slides Posted from “Northern Hemisphere Conference Tour”

Posted on November 24, 2011 by Johanna Rothman

I spent the most recent four weeks conferencing. I had a blast. Because I kept traveling, I nicknamed this series of conferences my “Northern Hemisphere Conference Tour.” I’ve posted the slides on slideshare.net. Oct 24-Oct 28, I was in Vancouver, … Continue reading →

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Speaking at Sept 19 Yahoo! Program Management Council

Posted on September 6, 2011 by Johanna Rothman

I’m giving at a talk at the Sept 19 Yahoo! Program Management Council, Managing for Collaboration. You might think this is a bit of an oxymoron: Managing for collaboration? But when you have programs, collections of projects where the business … Continue reading →

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Teaching and Learning

Posted on July 14, 2005 by Johanna Rothman

  I’m in Albuquerque this week at a debriefing workshop. When I teach, I don’t just read PowerPoint slides. I do use handouts (and frequently PPT) to guide what I’m going to say. However, I add lots of stories, and … Continue reading →

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We’re Blind to Our Own Mistakes

Posted on June 22, 2005 by Johanna Rothman

  I maintain the AYE web site as part of my responsibilities this year for the conference. I post the news, the new articles, and do the general updating. Monday, I posted one of Don Gray‘s articles, Shifting the Burden … Continue reading →

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Coffee (and Tea) are Cheap

Posted on March 19, 2005 by Johanna Rothman

  I’m in lovely Perth, Australia this weekend, staying with some friends of mine. The husband was explaining how he makes sure his department buys coffee, tea, milk, sugar for everyone in the department. “It costs us about $2000 to … Continue reading →

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