Is your team ever surprised by how long things take? Do you hear things such as: Team members say, “I've been waiting for code review for more than 2 days.” (See Measure Cycle Time, Not Velocity to see the various durations for solo, cooperative, and collaborative work. Cycle time is a team-based measure of feedback […] The post A Project Minute: Shorten All Feedback Loops to Prove and Disprove Which Features Matter appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| Johanna Rothman
In a recent conversation, an unemployed agile coach asked, “What's the point of a project manager, anyway?” Here's what effective project managers do: They create the environment for the team to succeed. Here's how effective project managers start: If the team does not yet have a project charter with the product goal, they facilitate or […] The post A Project Minute: Effective Project Managers Create the Environment for Team Success appeared first on Johanna Rothman.| 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