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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agile, MPD
Reducing Your Own WIP and Yves' Who Is Series
As a business owner, I have to remember to manage my own WIP, work in progress. Yves Hanoulle recently wrote about his own encounter with his wip limits, and what he decided to do it with respect to his “Who Is” series. When you are a manager, program manager, project manager—anyone who leverages the work
agile, MPD
Agile, Power, and Culture
As I work with more organizations and across more cultures, I’ve been realizing that agile exposes a huge piece of the power in the organization that many people may not want exposed. I didn’t have a name for until I read Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success. In it, he talks about Hofstede’s Power distance
MPD
Further Your Influence Skills: Vancouver & Potsdam
I’m a pragmatic realist. So, in my program management workshop and in my geographically distributed teams workshop, and in a number of my other talks and workshops this year (and next year), I’m talking about influence. Of course, I’m addressing the issue of influence without authority. You never have enough authority to do the job
agile, MPD
Speaking at Sept 19 Yahoo! Program Management Council
I’m giving at a talk at the Sept 19 Yahoo! Program Management Council, Managing for Collaboration. You might think this is a bit of an oxymoron: Managing for collaboration? But when you have programs, collections of projects where the business value is in the deliverable that the collection brings, you have to manage, influence, and
agile, MPD, Stickyminds columns
Do You Need Titled Architects for Your Programs?
My StickyMinds.com column, Do You Need Titled Architects for Your Programs? is up. Please do comment over there.
agile, MPD
Failed Fast at Agile 2011, Learned a Lot
I prepare for my speaking and workshop engagements. This year, I’ve been all over the world. I’ve had a great time, and my clients and audiences have had a great time, too. Well, except for this past week at my session, “The Budgeting Black Hole: Predicting the Unpredictable” at Agile 2011. There, I bombed. I
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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
agile, MPD
How Agile Architects Lead
Lisa, Vin, and Derek in their comments on Agile, Architects, and Programs were concerned about how an architect might lead the test architecture work. They have good reason to be concerned. I hadn’t expressed how I see architecture working in an agile program, and they haven’t been to my talks, where I have discussed it.
agile, MPD
Agile, Architects, and Programs
When I was on vacation, I realized that lots of people already know that we need development architects on complex programs. And, lots of people forget that we also need test architects on complex programs. The more complex the product, the more you need integrated testing, so the more agile makes sense for your product.