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My Questions & Answers
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Self-assessment tool to measure agile maturity
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Where can I find lessons learned about testing in Scrum?
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Is it recommended or discouraged to have a QC member split between 2 agile teams?
My Contributions
Getting the Most Out of Your Geographically Distributed Agile Team
Management Myth 13: I Must Never Admit My Mistakes
From Agile Journal to Agile Connection: A Look Back at 2012
Management Myth #12: I Must Promote the Best Technical Person to Be a Manager
Management Myth #11: The Team Needs a Cheerleader!
Management Myth #10: I Can Measure the Work by the Time People Spend at Work
Building a Team Through Feedback
Transition to Agile: Large Technical Debt, Small Project
Coach New People to Success
Management Myth #9: We Have No Time for Training
Management Myth #8: I Can Still Do Significant Technical Work
Changing Iteration Contents Mid-Sprint
For Programs, Short Is Beautiful
Management Myth #7: I Am too Valuable to Take a Vacation
Visualizing All the Work in Your Project Portfolio
How Much Will This Project Cost - Agile 2012 Conference
Project Portfolio Management Workshop in Sao Paulo, Sept 10-11, 2012
Last Month’s Pragmatic Manager Posted: What is Okay to Discuss
Think of the People First
Hours, Velocity, Silo’d Teams, and Gantts
Management Myth #6: I Can Save Everyone
Webinar July 24, Noon EDT Agile Project Project Portfolio Management
Influence and Authority Slides Posted
Management Myth #5: We Must Have an Objective Ranking System
Becoming a Leading Manager
We Cannot Choose Between Management And Leadership
Malware is Gone and All is Well
Swarming Across Distance Posted at InfoQ
Programs and Technical Debt
Management Myth #4: I Don't Need One-on-Ones
Why Does Management Care About Velocity?
Overcoming Perfection Rules
Roll Your Own Posted on Gantthead.com
Thoughts on Infrastructructure, Technical Debt, and Automated Test Framework
Podcast about Transparency Posted
Leanpub Podcast Up
Dear Author
Management Myth #3: We Must Treat Everyone the Same Way
Book Review: Personal Kanban: Mapping Work | Navigating Life
Throughput or Productivity?
Belgium Testing Days Slides Posted
Tripped Up on Timezones!
Book Review: I’m Working While They’re Sleeping
Break the Email Chain
Management Myth #2: Only ‘The Expert’ Can Perform This Work
Pragmatic Managers Posted for Your Reading Pleasure
Who Is Agile? {Book Review]
Agile Project Portfolio Management Video Posted
Webinar for Geographically Distributed Agile Teams on Feb 15, Noon Eastern
Geographically Distributed Agile Teams Have Choices for Their Lifecycles
Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams: A Case Study
Why an Agile Project Manager Is Not a ScrumMaster
Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams: Using a Project Manager with Kanban, Silo'd Teams
Agile Lifecycles for Geographically Distributed Teams, Part 1
Pragmatic Manager and InfoQ Video Posted
Who’s Playing Agile Schedule Games Posted
Pragmatic Manager Posted: Are Your Shoulds Driving Your Decisions
Announcing Peer Project Portfolio Coaching
Management Myth #1: The Myth of 100% Utilization
Pragmatic Manager Posted & Update Site
Looking for Advice on Article Tagging
Kudos from GetAbstract for Manage Your Project Portfolio
Leadership, Management, Transitioning to Agile
Why Focus on Continuous Integration for Programs?
Is the Cost of Continuous Integration Worth the Value on Your Program?, Part 3
Is the Cost of Continuous Integration Worth the Value on Your Program?, Part 2
Is the Cost of Continuous Integration Worth the Value on Your Program?, Part 1
OOP Podcast Posted
Updated Agile Program Management Slides Posted
Slides Posted from “Northern Hemisphere Conference Tour”
Yak-Shaving and Many Appreciations
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets, Part 5
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets, Part 4
Estimating the Unknown: Projects or Budgets, Part 3
Estimating the Unknown: Projects or Budgets, Part 2
Estimating the Unknown: Dates or Budgets, Part 1
Edit Those Epics Posted
Edit Those Epics
Which Program Team Are You Managing?
Economics, Models, and Money
Do You Need Titled Architects for Your Agile Programs?
How Do We Compare?
Not Ready for Agile? Start Your Journey with Release Trains
I’ve Got Your Back
Measure Throughput, Not Utilization
Which Obstacle Should You Tackle Today?
Six Behaviors to Consider for an Agile Team
Transitioning to Agile Testing
Project Portfolio Decisions—Decisions For Now
Are You Making Progress or Spinning Your Wheels?
Working Together—Not Just Working Together
The Role of the Test Manager in an Agile Organization
Seeing Work in Progress
No: Such a Difficult Word
What's So Special About Specialists?
Decisions, Decisions, Decisions
Are Your Pants on Fire, or Do You Suffer from Split Focus?
Transitioning to Agile in the Middle of a Project
Lessons Learned in Project Management
Does Exploratory Testing Have A Place On Agile Teams?
What Are You Working On?
Make Your Mission Possible
What Project Managers Need To Know About Testing
Are Your Pants on Fire, or Do You Suffer from Split Focus?
Eliminating the 90 Percent Done Game
What's Your Project Vision?
Take a Stand-Yes or No, not Maybe
Codependent Schedule Games
Recognizing Agile Candidates
An Incremental Technique to Pay Off Testing Technical Debt
Feedback Before Firing
Sunny Skies or Storms?
Are We There Yet?
How Much Building Is Too Much?
Changing Minds About Context Switching
How Much Work Can You Do?
What's on Your Not-to-do List?
Implement by Feature
Implement by Feature
Estimating Testing Time
Detecting Great Testers Before the In-person Interview
Building Better Test Teams
Watching Testers in Action
By the Dashboard Light
Estimates: From Wrong to Real
So Many Tests, So Little Time
Two Candidates. One Position
No More Second-Class Testers!
Multiprojecting: The Illusion of Progress
When Enough is Not Enough
Congratulations! You're a Manager
Testers Shine on Agile Projects
Teambuilding at Work
When Should You Start Project Overtime?
Ready, Aim ... Hire
Improve Tester Performance
Clarify Your Ranking for System Problem Reports
What Does Your Title Say about Your Job?
What Testers Can Do about Technical Debt (Part 2)
What Testers Can Do about Technical Debt
Release Criteria: Is This Software Done?
No More Whining
What Do They Pay You to Do?
Adaptive Software Development
Software Requirements
The Influential Test Manager
Testing in the Dark
Taking a Risk
Advice on How to Hire Testers
What Does It Cost to Fix a Defect?
What Does Success Look Like?
Risk Analysis Basics
What to Do When the Right Person Doesn't Come Along
Testing Your Worth
e-Talk Radio: Rothman, Johanna, 11 September 2001
Measuring Up
A Test Manager's Output: What Is That?
Where's Charlie?!
e-Talk Radio: Rothman, Johanna - Test Management 101
A Problematic Truth
It Depends
What Do You Manage?
Successful Test Management
Shhhhhh! You Can't Say That!
Using Quality to Drive Project Lifecycles
Defining and Managing Project Focus