New project management articles published on the web during the week of February 25 – March 3. Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:
- Michael Nir says that the key to building better teams is the behaviors of the leader.
- Elizabeth Harrin shares a status report on The Parent Project, with a picture of baby Jack. And yes, he was born on schedule!
- Aaron Smith reports on a new global benchmarking study on the state of resource management and capacity planning.
- John Zappe says that despite lowered confidence in their ability to find a new job, demand for IT knowledge workers is skyrocketing.
- Jaime Petkanics explains what recruiters really want to see on your LinkedIn profile. I need a new picture …
- LeRoy Ward has some tips for avoiding “cotton mouth” during a presentation. Or as some folks call it, “Marco Rubiosis.”
- Samad Aidane interviews Ricardo Vargas, director of the Project Management Practice Group at the United Nations. Just 33 minutes, safe for work.
- Mike Griffiths found research that indicates the best way to lower test anxiety is write about it – immediately before the test!
- Johanna Rothman begins a series on organizing an Agile program. Not just a group of projects …
- Don Kim is starting a series of articles on Kanban and the growing sophistication of both the practitioners and the tools they use.
- Terry Bunio reminds us that Agile is about creating value, and “value” is defined by the customer, not the Agile Manifesto.
- Daniel Burrus says that time travel is really possible. See all those people, stuck in the past?
- Wiley just released four new PM titles, including the 11th edition of Kerzner’s “Systems Approach” and two PMBOK5 updates from Cynthia Stackpole.
- Toni Bowers reports that Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer has banned telecommuting. Wow … who knew that was what was broken?
- Scott Berkun says, “Any unilateral decision by an executive about how creative people work is a mistake.” And then defends Ms. Mayer.
- Kerry Will thinks Marissa Mayer might have the right idea, at least for project managers.
- Patrick Richard says a blanket order like Marissa Mayer’s “no telecommuting” rule demonstrates a significant lack of leadership.
- Penelope Trunk say Mariss Mayer is a hero, for forcing people to make choices – you can have a career, or a family.
- Jo Ann Sweeney explains the Communication Escalator, a model for moving stakeholders from awareness to commitment.
- Tristan Wember offers some ways to recognize and deal with psychological resistance to change, and ideological resistance to change.
- Chuck Morton concludes his series on advanced scheduling techniques with a look at estimate confidence.
- Steward Copper takes a few minutes to talk about time management.
- Bruce Benson argues that we should prepare for failure, in order to learn how to recover.
- Shim Marom presents an excellent case study on managing risks associated with sourcing some project work to off-shore resources.
- Roz Baker applies Dante Alighieri’s list of the seven deadly sins to project management. Lawyers sure love them some Latin …
Enjoy!