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
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
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
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
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
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
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?
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
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
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,