Continual Planning

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2026.18. Plan Confirmation Bias

My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. While I do embed the podcast into this post, you might not see it. Or, you might see a black or white box, depending on whether you read directly or from my RSS feed. You can always click through to the podcast, or subscribe in […]

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2026.17. Starting Questions for Alternative Plans

My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. Enjoy! (You might not see the podcast in the frame below, depending on how you read my feed. If you see a blank space or a white box, do click through to the post itself. Thanks.) The Podcast: The Transcript: This is 60 Seconds of

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2026.15. Long Plans Offer Less Value

My podcast this week is from the Continual Planning book. Enjoy! Note: if you read via an RSS reader, you might see a black box or white space instead of the podcast player below. If so, please click through to either the podcast or the video. Or listen to the podcast in your podcast app

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2026.14. How Alternative Plans Offer Value

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Three Tips for Succeeding as an Accidental Leader

This is Johanna Rothman’s May 2026 Pragmatic Manager Newsletter. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this newsletter. Several colleagues recently told me their companies asked them to change roles: Steve, a Scrum Master, is now an agile project manager. Polly, a project manager, is now a product manager. And the biggest change of

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2026.13. How Much Value Do Your Plans Offer?

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2026.12 Continual Planning Preface

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How Value Stream Maps Prompt Us to Ask More Questions, Part 4

I said earlier in this series that no one cares about how “agile” your team is. Or the kind of “agile” your team professess to be. Managers do care about agility: the ability to respond quickly to a changing or changed environment. And that depends on where your team has delays. That’s why value stream

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