Johanna Rothman: 17 books
You Really Liked That?
Stories from Pulphouse Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2019
The readers, the fans, the reviewers all weighed in over the first year of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine. Five issues, almost 100 stories. They raved about some stories, liked others, and found some eye-opening, shall we say?
And editor Dean Wesley Smith kept track.
So now, as promised...
Fiction River Special Edition: Spies
An Original Anthology Magazine
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2019
In this third Fiction River Special Edition, award-winning editor Kristine Kathryn Rusch proves a master of intrigue with a wide variety of spy stories. Ranging in tone from satire to serious, from touching to brutal, from light to oh-so-very-dark, these fifteen stories illuminate the secret world...
Pulphouse Fiction Magazine
Issue #5
Language: English
Release Date: February 28, 2019
The Cutting Edge of Modern Short Fiction
A three-time Hugo Award nominated magazine, this issue of Pulphouse Fiction Magazine offers up fifteen fantastic stories by some of the best writers working in modern short fiction. No genre limitations, no topic limitations, just great stories. Attitude,...
Heart’s Kiss: Issue 15, June-July 2019: Featuring Anna J. Stewart
Heart's Kiss, #15
Language: English
Release Date: May 30, 2019
A Magazine Celebrating Romance:
Love romance? Love discovering the best new writers with bite-sized stories? Or maybe you prefer to treat yourself by escaping into a sure-to-please favorite author's world now and again, but don't have the time to read a full-length novel. Heart's Kiss magazine...
by Johanna Rothman
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: July 22, 2013
Hiring a person for your team is the single most important decision you can make. It has long-lasting impact, whether you are the manager or a team member. Would you like to learn to hire great people? Not sure how? You need this book.
Great geeks are not the same as skill-based staff. You...
by Johanna Rothman
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 13, 2015
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A job search is an emergent project. How do you handle an emergent project? By creating a system that allows for serendipity and flexibility: personal kanban and one-week timeboxes.
Once you have a system, you can use the tips in Part 2 to prepare for your job search: choose your...
Create Your Successful Agile Project
Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2017
You think agile techniques might be for you, but your projects and organization are unique. An "out-of-the-box" agile approach won't work. Instead, unite agile and lean principles for your project. See how to design a custom approach, reap the benefits of collaboration, and deliver value....
Agile and Lean Program Management
Scaling Collaboration Across the Organization
Language: English
Release Date: March 3, 2016
Scale collaboration, not process.
If you’re trying to use agile and lean at the program level, you’ve heard of several approaches, all about scaling processes. If you duplicate what one team does for several teams, you get bloat, not delivery. Instead of scaling the process, scale everyone's...
Diving for Hidden Treasures
Uncovering the Cost of Delay in Your Project Portfolio
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2016
Does your organization value and rank projects based on estimation? Except for the shortest projects, estimation is often wrong. You don’t realize the value you planned when you wanted. How can you finish projects in time to realize their potential value?
Instead of estimation, consider using...
by Johanna Rothman
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2013
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Do you want to hire great people? Not sure how? Read this book.
Knowledge workers -- your geeks -- are different from skill-based staff. So, you should hire them differently. You need to analyze your situation, determine the problems you have, understand your culture, and then...
Manage Your Project Portfolio
Increase Your Capacity and Finish More Projects
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2016
You have too many projects, and firefighting and multitasking are keeping you from finishing any of them. You need to manage your project portfolio. This fully updated and expanded bestseller arms you with agile and lean ways to collect all your work and decide which projects you should do first,...
Manage It!
Your Guide to Modern, Pragmatic Project Management
Language: English
Release Date: June 7, 2007
This book is a reality-based guide for modern projects. You'll learn how to recognize your project's potholes and ruts, and determine the best way to fix problems - without causing more problems.
Your project can't fail. That's a lot of pressure on you, and yet you don't want to buy into any...
Predicting the Unpredictable
Pragmatic Approaches to Estimating Cost or Schedule
Language: English
Release Date: June 14, 2015
If you have trouble estimating cost or schedule for your projects, you are not alone. The question is this: who wants the estimate and why?
The definition of estimate is “guess.” But too often, the people who want estimates want commitments. Instead of a commitment, you can apply practical...
From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams
Collaborate to Deliver
Language: English
Release Date: March 18, 2019
Distributed agile teams have a terrible reputation. They don’t deliver “on time,” and too often, they don’t deliver what the customer needs. However, most agile teams, have at least one remote team member. And, agile approaches are here to stay.
Don’t blindly apply agile practices...
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