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A New Year’s Tip: Start Small

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 7, #5: 2010’s Small New Year’s Eve Tip: Start With Small Steps December 31, 2010 In This Issue:2010’s Small New Year’s Eve Tip: Start Small   Thinking About Training in 2011?   Manage Your Project Portfolio   2010’s Small New Year’s Eve Tip: Start Small I hope you are enjoying […]

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Who’s In Charge of Quality?

Who’s in Charge of Quality? At the Agile 2010 conference a couple of weeks ago, I heard many people say, “When QA gets the software, …” In an agile project, that makes no sense to me, unless the team has not developed its own definition of done. In more traditional projects, the people in the

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Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 7, #3: Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now  April 25 , 2010 In This Issue: Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now AYE Early Bird Discount Deadline April 30, 2010 New to the Pragmatic Manager? Park Projects You Can’t Staff, For Now How many projects are you working on

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Why Do Iterations Have to be the Same Duration in Agile?

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 7, #2: Why Do Iterations Have to be the Same Duration in Agile? February 5, 2010 In This Issue: Why Do Iterations Have to be the Same Duration in Agile? Join the Teleseminar Series: Prevent Your Agile Titanic Group Coaching for Managers and Project Managers New to the Pragmatic Manager?

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Avoid Death Marches

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 7, #1: Avoid Death Marches January 25, 2010 In This Issue: Avoid Death Marches   Join the Teleseminar Series: Prevent Your Agile Titanic   Group Coaching for Managers and Project Managers Avoid Death Marches Death marches, the end of the project when people work too much overtime, try to finish

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A Small New Year’s Tip: Timebox, Not Scopebox

A Small New Year’s Tip: Timebox, Not Scopebox I hope you are all enjoying your holidays. Many people use this time of year to reflect and then make New Year’s resolutions. I’m not one of them. Sure, I reflect, but I rarely make any New Year’s resolutions. I’ve never kept a resolution for more than

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You Can’t Do All the Work. Now What?

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Pragmatic Manager, Vol. 6#3, You Can’t Do All the Work. Now What?  October 21 , 2009  In This Issue: You Can’t Do All the Work. Now What? Manage Your Project Portfolio Only 6 Spots Left at AYE   You Can’t Do All the Work. Now What? In the last Pragmatic Manager newsletter,

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When Your Projects Are a Program

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Pragmatic Manager, Vol. 6#2, When Your Projects Are a Program  Sept 1 , 2009  In This Issue:When Your Projects Are a Program Manage Your Project Portfolio is Shipping AYE is Coming! AYE is Coming!   When Your Projects Are a Program I was supposed to start coaching with a project manager,

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The Problem Statement is Not Always the Problem

The Problem Statement is Not Always the Problem I recently gave a “talk” at my local SPIN group. They wanted me to do a small version of a session I normally lead at AYE. I organized and reorganized and reorganized and finally developed what I hoped was a one-hour experiential session on coaching. I realized if

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Hope is Not a Strategy

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Pragmatic Manager, Vol. 5 #6, Hope is Not a Strategy  September 7, 2008 In This Issue:Hope Is Not a Strategy Four Days Remaining to Sign Up for Project Management Workshop How Are Things Working For You?   Feature Article: Hope is Not a Strategy Doug was concerned. He was the project

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