New PM Articles for the Week of May 7 – 13

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New project management articles published on the web during the week of May 7 – 13, 2012.  Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to!  Recommended:

  • Elizabeth Harrin interviewed me during her visit to Las Vegas in February.  Thanks again, and hurry back!
  • Joel Bancroft-Connors gives us his all-encompassing description of what Agile “is.”  Not for your elevator ride, unless you work in a very, very tall building.
  • Tom Mochal advocates a slightly out of the mainstream idea: code reviews are Agile!
  • Will Kelly lists the top project management applications for the iPad.
  • David Taber uses monster metaphors to address the use of waterfall project methodologies for cloud deployments.
  • Peter Saddington recaps the history of Agile – the movers, the shakers, the influencers, and the drivers that got us here.
  • Glen Alleman asks: has your theory (of Agile) been battle tested?
  • Johanna Rothman explains what management really means when they say they want your team to increase their velocity (and how to do it).
  • Mike Griffiths expounds on how Agile projects address risk avoidance and risk reduction.
  • Jordan Bortz quotes Linda Rising, “Is Agile just placebo, and are its related benefits just due to the placebo effect?”
  • Nick Heath reports on Gartner Group’s recent findings on outsourcing trends.
  • Arras People, the UK project management recruitment specialists, have re-launched the Project & Program Management (PPM) Community blog portal.  It’s a good list of PM blogs.
  • Toni Bowers shares an infographic with the tell-tale signs of an over-worked employee.
  • Lonnie Pacelli describes the “good enough” leader.  One who knows not only when to start, but when to stop.  Like I always say, perfection is over-rated.
  • John Reiling says he’s a proponent of “breadth of experience.”
  • Jim De Piante offers some thoughts on managing the development of your project management career.
  • Josh Nankivel shares a “heat map” of where on your resume recruiters spend their average of six seconds.
  • Cyndee Miller summarizes Andy Craggs’ plenary address at the PMI Global Congress 2012 – EMEA in Marseille, France.
  • Bruce Benson has a run-in with the VP’s of Quality and Testing, who want to know why the Very Important Work of their teams isn’t producing the effect they expected.

Enjoy!

Interview with Elizabeth Harrin

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One of my favorite project management bloggers, Elizabeth Harrin, came to Las Vegas for a conference in February. Liz is a project manager based in London, and the author of the award winning blog, “A Girl’s Guide to Project Management,” as well as fours books. I reviewed her most recent book, “Overcoming Imposter Syndrome,” a few months ago.

I was excited about getting the chance to conduct my first blog interview with her, so we met at the Beat Coffee House on Fremont Street.  We talked about how things have changed for women in project management, about the differences in topics men and women write about, and what we’ll be writing about in three years.

New PM Articles for the Week of April 30 – May 6

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New project management articles published on the web during the week of April 30 – May 6, 2012. Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:

  • Paul Bruno illustrates Project Management lessons by looking at a daring true life escape from USSR in 1979.
  •  defines Earned Value Management and explains why accuracy in terminology is important.
  • Dale Myers shares 8 actions you can take to have people want to join your projects.
  • Samad Aidane interviews Benoit Hardy-Vallee on behavior-based project management.  Just 43 minutes, safe for work.
  • Elizabeth Harrin reviews Chrismon Nofsinger’s book on leadership, “The Shift from One to Many.”  I’ve downloaded the Kindle version, will read it this week.
  • Shim Marom gets literary on us, writing a “letter to a young project manager.”  Who probably replied with a Tweet …
  • Joel Bancroft-Connors and Hogarth remind us of the Abilene Paradox, where no one likes an idea, but they don’t want to rock the boat.  Especially if the captain is a gorilla!
  • Todd Williams recounts a story of a prospective client with an apparently toxic workplace.  Part two coming soon!
  • Patrick Richard reviews and summarizes Margot Halstead’s webinar on organizational change management (OCM).  Over an hour, safe for work.
  • Derek Heuther reports that the new PMI-ACP Community Guide project is off and running, using – what else? – Agile techniques.
  • Renee Troughton publishes a white paper on her newest achievement – Agile Achievements.  Think of them as process compliance milestones.
  • Johanna Rothman provides an example of an Agile life cycle for geographically distributed teams.
  • PMI has initiated a new community of practice focused on managing requirements.
  • Saritha Rai reports that the IT and BPO outsourcing industry’s need for talent is providing opportunities for women and cutting bias in India.
  • Jesse Fewell is back from two years in India, (1) doing Agile consulting and training (2) as a foreigner (3) in the developing world (3) starting up an (4) international (5) subsidiary.  Wow …
  • Craig Brown opens this week’s post with, “Being agile is not always important.” Eh?
  • Josh Nankivel offers some pointers on how to make a hiring manager want to work with you by asking questions.
  • Capella University announced their new online PhD in Business Management and the Doctor of Business Administration (DBA) will now offer specializations in Accounting, IT Management, and Project Management.  OK, I’ll think about it …

Enjoy!