SPaMCAST 635 - Practical Ways to Manage, A Conversation with Johanna Rothman

<p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Cue the music . . . Happy Birthday, Software Process and Measurement Cast!  Today we begin year 15 with a visit from Johanna Rothman.  We talked about her THREE new books:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Practical Ways to Manage Yourself: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 1</span> <a href= "https://amzn.to/2LXKkiQ"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/2LXKkiQ</span></a></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Practical Ways to Lead & Serve (Manage) Others: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 2 -</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/39Viwnj"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/39Viwnj</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Practical Ways to Lead an Innovative Organization: Modern Management Made Easy, Book 3 -</span> <a href="https://amzn.to/3qS90Z3"><span style= "font-weight: 400;">https://amzn.to/3qS90Z3</span></a><span style= "font-weight: 400;"> </span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We of course covered more ground.  For example about 2/3rds of the way through we talked about why the word experiment is a dirty word in most organizations. This is a longer interview, but when I grow up I want to be just like Johanna (I am serious).  Here is her bio:</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">Johanna Rothman, known as the “Pragmatic Manager,” offers frank advice for your tough problems. She helps leaders and teams do reasonable things that work. Equipped with that knowledge, they can decide how to adapt their product development.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">With her trademark practicality and humor, Johanna is the author of 18 books about many aspects of product development. Her most recent books are the Modern Management Made Easy series, From Chaos to Successful Distributed Agile Teams (with Mark Kilby) and Create Your Successful Agile Project: Collaborate, Measure, Estimate, Deliver.</span></p> <p><span style="font-weight: 400;">See all her books, blog, and other r