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Unemployed Agilists: How to Move from a Staff Role to a Line Job, Part 2

Johanna Rothman

And even if you can find an agile coaching or Scrum Master job, the pay is so terrible, you don’t want to take it. That’s because these managers think agile coaching and Scrum Mastering is a staff job, not a line job. But I’ve consulted for a long time. Worse, many staff jobs are commodity positions.

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Unemployed Agilists: How to Increase Your Value to Get a Great Job, Part 3

Johanna Rothman

That part discusses why managers see agile coaches and Scrum Masters as staff positions, not line jobs. This post is about your deep domain expertise, first in product, then in agility. Assess Your Product Subject Matter Domain Expertise There are at least two kinds of domain expertise: the product itself, and agile/lean expertise.

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Ship Decisions: Use Value to Decide When to Experiment and When to Finalize

Johanna Rothman

As a consultant, I create many kinds of information products: both writing and speaking. However, too many organizations don't differentiate between what they need to ship as experiments and when to finalize the product. That feedback arises from my writing, speaking, and consulting. I use that feedback to build more MVPs.

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Pre-Product Market Fit: Ten Great Books for Product People

The Product Coalition

Competitive analysis: “Blue ocean” (Kim, Mauborgne) Don’t get stuck into consulting matrixes. It gives you a way to identify your value propositions to differentiate. ??????????? Work with engineers: “Agile Product Management with Scrum” (Roman Pichler) There are zillions ways to apply scrum.

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Speed and Substance: How To Innovate Consumer Insights

The Product Coalition

But we also have a research consulting team. It’s also about connecting the right audience to your project, because if you [the consultant] ask the wrong people, you’ll get bad answers,” he continued. Source: Agile Alliance Stefan agreed, acknowledging the influence of Blank’s work. That’s one part,” Stefan explained.

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Creating a culture of innovation: the future of organizational design

Modus Create

They will help you design an organization that drives competitive differentiation through innovation, no matter your industry. We employ agile methodologies to manage work in iterations, prioritize tasks, and adapt to changing requirements. Part of our success is attracting a diverse global network of digital talent.

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Manage Interruptions with Defensive Project Portfolio Management

Johanna Rothman

See Aging Fun with Drunk Agile.). See Create Your Successful Agile Project for more ideas.). If possible, differentiate the truly urgent from the important. The post Manage Interruptions with Defensive Project Portfolio Management appeared first on Johanna Rothman, Management Consultant. Make the Work Transparent.