The Product Roadmap is Not the Project Portfolio
The Product Roadmap is Not the Project Portfolio By Johanna Rothman I keep seeing talks and arguments about how the portfolio team should manage the epics for a program. That conflates the issue of...
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Becoming a Leading Manager
Becoming a Leading Manager By Johanna Rothman My most recent article, We Cannot Choose Between Management And Leadership, has struck a chord. That’s the good news. The bad news is I have not defined...
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets – Part 1
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets – Part 1 By Johanna Rothman Almost every manager I know wants to know when a project will be done. Some managers decree when a project will be...
Which Program Team Are You Managing?
Which Program Team Are You Managing? By Johanna Rothman Some program managers whose organizations are transitioning to agile are not always clear on which program team they are managing. Sometimes, that’s because the organization...
When You Have No Product Owner At All
When You Have No Product Owner At All By Johanna Rothman What happens when you have no product owner at all? How does a team know what features to develop in what order? Several...
Choose an Appropriate Project Lifecycle
Choose an Appropriate Project Lifecycle By Johanna Rothman If you haven’t thought about lifecycles, consider the differences between these kinds of lifecycles: Linear: Waterfall and waterfall with feedback Iterative: Spiral, where the whole product...
The People Factor in Software Projects
The People Factor in Software Projects By Johanna Rothman The two most important factors for successful software projects are the ability of the managers to manage and the people to understand the domain of...
Characteristics of Great Project Managers
Characteristics of Great Project Managers By Johanna Rothman I’ve had the pleasure of meeting great project managers, and some not-so-great project managers. Here’s my list of necessary skills for great project managers: Non-technical qualities,...
Breaking Free of Legacy Projects
Breaking Free of Legacy Projects By Johanna Rothman If you’ve never been a victim of medieval software project management, wow, I’m impressed. You don’t have to read the rest of this article. But if...
Why Your Senior Managers Like Serial Lifecycles
Why Your Senior Managers Like Serial Lifecycles By Johanna Rothman Serial lifecycles have lots of downsides. They don’t manage technical, schedule, or cost risk, they increase the duration of the project, and they don’t...
