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Organizing Programs

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 8, #7: Organizing Programs Oct 11, 2011                                                                                      ISSN: 2164-1196 In This Issue: Organizing Programs   Johanna’s Speaking Calendar […]

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Plan Now For Your Next Time Out of the Office

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 8, #6:  Plan Now for Your Next Time Out of the Office Sept 7, 2011 In This Issue: Plan Now for Your Next Time Out of the Office   Johanna’s Speaking Calendar New to the Pragmatic Manager? Plan Now for Your Next Time Out of the Office I met with a

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Who Decides What Done Means for a Program?

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 8, #5:  Who Decides What Done Means for a Program? July 26, 2011 In This Issue: Who Decides What Done Means for a Program?   Want to Explore More About Large Agile Programs?   New to the Pragmatic Manager? Who Decides What Done Means for a Program? When I start working

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Solve Problems With the Rule of Three

Solve Problems With the Rule of Three You may have noticed in these Pragmatic Manager emails that I articulate a problem I’ve seen and then offer you a minimum of three potential reasonable solutions. Sometimes, I even offer four solutions. That’s because I use the Rule of Three to help develop these solutions—and it works.

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Three Tips for Your Geographically Distributed Agile Teams

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 8, #3:  Three Tips for Your Geographically Distributed Agile Teams June 9, 2011 In This Issue:Three Tips for Your Geographically Distributed Teams   Interested in a Geographically Distributed Teams Workshop? New to the Pragmatic Manager?   Three Tips for Your Geographically Distributed Team Agile has moved past small co-located teams. As

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Agile Programs: Possible or a Pipe Dream?

Rothman Consulting Group, Inc. Vol 8, #2: Agile Programs: Possible or a Pipe Dream? April 25, 2011 In This Issue: Agile Programs: Possible or a Pipe Dream?   AYE Early Bird Discount, April 30, 2011 New to the Pragmatic Manager? Agile Programs: Possible or a Pipe Dream? Yes, agile programs are possible. If fact, some

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Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work

Why Multitasking Doesn’t Work In the last Pragmatic Manager, Start Small, I explained how to start small, and invited you to email me if you were trying to multitask among several projects, but couldn’t make it work. Several of you did. In this Pragmatic Manager, I’m going to walk you through what happens and the

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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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