This is Johanna Rothman's June 2025 Pragmatic Manager newsletter. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. All my clients are dabbling with AI. They're using it to think about more, such as generating more features in a backlog so each person can do more. Or more code with vibe coding. Or even […]| Johanna Rothman
This is Johanna Rothman's May 2025 Pragmatic Manager newsletter. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Have you noticed that some teams seem to be more effective than others? Most of the time, they manage their WIP (Work in Progress). They learn together. Often, they collaborate across the organization. But the big […]| Johanna Rothman
This is the August 2024 Pragmatic Manager Newsletter, from Johanna Rothman. The Unsubscribe link is at the bottom of this email. Problems. They're always there, just waiting to pop up and say, “Surprise! Gotcha!” I don't mind new problems, but the sneaky problems, the ones that reappear after I thought I fixed them? I really […]| Johanna Rothman
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I continue to work with people who have trouble with their agile approach. They tell me their relative estimation isn't working for them. They continue to roll over items, from sprint to sprint. They've rolled over some items for six months or longer. The people feel demoralized. And the Scrum Masters or agile project managers […]| Johanna Rothman
When Mark, my husband, and I moved into this house a decade ago, we faced the problem many other people face: what to keep and what to toss (or recycle, etc.). Mark had a particularly difficult time with the kitchen drawer that held all the old baby dishes and utensils. I wanted to toss everything […]| Johanna Rothman