New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 18 – 24. Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:
- Vincent McGevna think that project managers shouldn’t make all of the decisions. Instead, they should champion the team’s decision making process.
- Elizabeth Harrin interviews Kevin Baker, head of project and programme management at Airbus, and reviews Emily Bennington’s new book, “Who Says it’s a Man’s World?”
- Toni Bowers reports that the compensation gender gap has essentially disappeared in technology jobs, according to a Dice survey.
- Derek Huether thinks Marissa Mayer may have a point with her edict against working from home.
- Cheri Baker is at the other end of the work spectrum – she’s a “slasher.” Meaning consultant/professor/writer, and she’s trying to stay organized. Enter Kanban!
- Roz Baker doesn’t just manage projects – she manages stress, and so can you.
- Shim Marom adds to his recent thoughts on “Should you attend that meeting?”
- Scott Berkun interviews Phil Simon on his new book, “Too Big to Ignore: The Business Case for Big Data.”
- Peter Saddington presents a graphical depiction of what Agile looks like, from a UK government website. Astounded? Peter certainly was …
- Craig Brown presents an interesting dialectic: does a Scrum team need a product manager? The answer is not the immediately obvious one.
- Johanna Rothman deflates Management Myth #15: “I need people to work overtime.”
- Michiko Diby gives the developers on her project team the things they need – appreciation, communication, and trust.
- Dr. Bruce Piasecki summarizes eight key points from his new book, “Doing More with Teams: The New Way to Winning.”
- Glenn Alleman argues that learning from your mistakes isn’t as fruitful as learning from successes – your own, and others.
- Chuck Morton explains where to look for risks – from risk taxonomies, to the WBS, to your assumptions.
- Alison Smith recently took a first aid course, and found something she can apply to project management – the “Primary Survey.”
- Andy Jordan debunks the idea that a PMO has an easy time of annual planning. It’s a business process, and not an easy one.
- Brian Moran thinks annual planning is the wrong approach. We need to set goals and make plans twelve weeks at a time.
- Mary Shacklett lists ten common “sand traps” that IT departments face every day. And you don’t need a wedge to get out of them!
- Mark Norman breaks down the project brief. This list will also work for a basic Project Charter.
- Anna Schäfer provides a Project Charter checklist. There may be some surprises.
- Mandy McGill shares the deliverables and work required before a project launch and makes a very good case for formalizing the project launch.
Enjoy!