Even though I’m traveling this week, I recorded a podcast for you (and to show you I make a little progress every week on my book writing.) My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP […]
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for November 8, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. If
When I started working on projects, we thought we could use a serial/waterfall approach to project management and product development. While we were wrong, one very good thing happened in the 1970s and 1980s: We took the time at the end of each phase to do a little retrospective. Yes, even for a serial approach,
Several newish writers have asked me how to help their readers find their writing. What they’re doing does not seem to work. They write on LinkedIn and on other social media sites. But the people they want to attract to their writing do not seem to find it. That’s the writer discoverability problem. Every writer
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! Podcast: Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for November 1, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Now comes the
In my work with project and program managers (see all the various titles below), I always recommend they clarify their project or program boundaries: drivers, constraints, and floats when they start the effort. But in a recent coaching call, I realized there’s another question I use a lot, especially with sponsors: When do you want
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. (While I only offer you small snippets in my podcast, I cleaned up a whole bunch of “where do I put this” pieces. And wrote a bunch of new words. Very happy about that.) Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this
When I started to work in 1977, we didn’t have testers. I wrote tests for my code, code reviewed with other people, and—every so often—tested other developers’ code. We missed lots of errors, both in logic and functionality. That led to a ton of product and project risks. (Yes, plenty of late and unplanned feedback
This is the October 2024 Pragmatic Manager Newsletter, from Johanna Rothman. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Back in my August newsletter, Two Tips to Tease Apart Sneaky Problems and Make Progress, Axel, a project manager, and Barbara, part of the portfolio team, realized they had a sneaky problem of too
My podcast this week is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Enjoy! The Podcast: The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is Johanna’s 60 Seconds of Writing WIP for October 18, 2024, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This is from the Effective Public Speaking book. Differentiate