My 60 seconds of WIP for November 2, 2023 The transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for November 2, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a science fiction short story, which does not yet have a […]
My experiment continues. My cold is better, but I needed an outtake for this one. Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for October 26, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a short story, currently titled “A
My experiment continues, even with my terrible cold. (Just a cold.) Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for October 19, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from a short story, currently titled “Underdog Party,” which will be
The experiment continues. My weekly 60 seconds of some writing in progress (WIP). This one is from a short story. The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of Johanna’s WIP for October 12, 2023, where I read an excerpt of just a minute of some writing in progress. This excerpt is from
When I saw the McKinsey report on “developer productivity,” I shuddered. First, that makes no sense in a collaborative team. Second, there’s no way to measure such a thing as developer productivity, despite what McKinsey says. (I’m not linking to the report, because the advice is so bad.) Then I read Lorin Hochstein’s brilliant assessment
My weekly 60 seconds of WIP: This one is also from the project lifecycles book. The Transcript: I’m Johanna Rothman, and this is 60 Seconds of WIP for October 5, 2023, where I read an excerpt that I hope is just a minute of some book in progress. This excerpt is from the currently-named Project
I had a terrific time speaking with Jeff and Chad on the Agile Wire: Successful Independent Consulting with Johanna Rothman. (That’s the video link.) We discussed many things: Fees and why some clients want us to float their money and what to do instead. Marketing is an ongoing and continual activity Jeff has a hack
I am thrilled to announce a book birthday: Successful Independent Consulting: Relationships That Focus on Mutual Benefit. People often ask me how long it takes me to write a book. Every book takes the time it takes. But this one took much longer than I expected. Here’s the story of the consulting book. In the
Do you struggle with writing? You’d like to write more and faster, but things are just not working for you. I can help. I have opened the Q2 2023 Free Your Inner Writer workshop for registration. If you want to write easier and faster, read the book. If you want my support in your writing,
How to Describe All the Value When You Want to Influence Do you ever wonder how to describe the value of the changes you’ve led or want to lead? Fred, a project leader, needs a new job. His company—despite his project’s success—laid him off. He needs to influence hiring managers to look at his resume