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Johanna Rothman

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I provide frank advice for your tough problems in my non-fiction. I write about tough, smart women in my fiction. My heroines have more guts than I do...

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I consult, speak, and write on managing high-technology product development. I've helped managers, teams, and organizations to become more effective by applying my pragmatic approaches to their issues of hiring, project management, risk management, and people management. I write a monthly email newsletter, the Pragmatic Manager. Please review back issues and sign yourself up.

I'm known for my wacko sense of humor and frank approach. My clients appreciate both!

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	Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management by Johanna Rothman (Goodreads Author), Esther Derby (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 1,002 ratings — published 2005 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management 3.87 avg rating — 212 ratings — published 2007 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Manage Your Project Portfolio: Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects 3.71 avg rating — 200 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Agile and Lean Program Management 3.66 avg rating — 82 ratings — published 2015 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Predicting the Unpredictable 3.68 avg rating — 80 ratings — published 2014 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiring Geeks That Fit 3.91 avg rating — 53 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams: Collaborate to Deliver by Johanna Rothman (Goodreads Author), Mark Kilby 3.93 avg rating — 42 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Hiring The Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds: The Secrets & Science Of Hiring Technical People by Johanna Rothman (Goodreads Author), Gerald M. Weinberg 3.52 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Practical Ways to Manage Yourself: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 1 4.40 avg rating — 25 ratings — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver 4.15 avg rating — 26 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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How Interview Questions Reveal the True Organizational Assumptions & Culture, Part 5

I started this series with many specific concerns about a particular interview question:

“The product owner and dev team cannot decide on a sprint goal, even after hours of discussion. They (the team) feel that the tasks for the sprint are too varied to manage to a single sprint goal. What should the Scrum Master do?”

(Note: This is a terrible interview question because it's hypothetical. See the Gl

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The Ideal Man (Buchanan-Renard #9)

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“Budgets may count Full-Time Equivalents (FTEs), but great teams count on people.”
― Johanna Rothman, Behind Closed Doors: Secrets of Great Management

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“Create an opening to deliver feedback. Describe the behavior or result in a way that the person can hear. State the impact using “I” language. Make a request for continued or changed behavior.”
― Johanna Rothman, Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver

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“as an organization, you incur capability debt, because people (managers and technical staff) can’t improve their capabilities when they’re overburdened with too much work to do.”
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