Johanna Rothman of Rothman Consulting Group, Inc., consults, speaks, and writes on managing high-technology product development. As a consultant, she has assisted managers, teams, and organizations become more effective by applying her pragmatic approaches to the issues of project management, risk management, and people management. She’s helped Engineering organizations, IT organizations, and startups hire technical people, manage projects, and release successful products faster. Her action-based assessment reports have helped managers and teams improve their projects, products, and financial results. She is a sought-after speaker and teacher in the areas of project management, people management, and problem-solving.

Johanna has written over 100 articles and papers and is a frequent contributor for Fast Company’s online career center, Software Development, Better Software, Computerworld.com, and StickyMinds.com.

Johanna’s upcoming book is Successful Project Management: Modern, Pragmatic Techniques that Work will be available April 2007. In addition, she is a coauthor (with Esther Derby) of the popular and pragmatic Behind Closed Doors, Secrets of Great Management. She is also the author of the highly acclaimed Hiring the Best Knowledge Workers, Techies & Nerds, and is a coauthor (with Denise Robitaille) of Corrective Action for the Software Industry. Johanna is also a host and session leader at the Amplifying Your Effectiveness (AYE) conference.

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