Prepare to Become More Influential

Posted by on Feb 27, 2013 in Pragmatic Manager, Test Category | 0 comments

Prepare to Become More Influential When you want to make a change, you need other people to work with you. Maybe you want your...

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Convincing Management That Context Switching Is a Bad Idea

Posted by on Jan 1, 2005 in Articles | 0 comments

The last few times I’ve taught project management, I’ve explained that multi-project context switching wastes time. The project managers...

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Investing in Architectural Infrastructure: A Business Conversation

Posted by on Jan 24, 2004 in Articles | 0 comments

Meet Wendy, a new CTO. She was hired to make the company’s flagship product, BigProduct, releaseable more frequently. In fact, her...

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The Influential Test Manager

Posted by on Mar 1, 2000 in Articles | 0 comments

© 2000 Johanna Rothman. This article was originally published in Software Testing and Quality Engineering, March/April 2000. Many of us...

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Managing People: Using Influence

Posted by on Jan 1, 1999 in Pragmatic Manager | 0 comments

©1999 Johanna Rothman Effectively using your influence is an art, the art of getting other people to do the things you want them to...

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