New project management articles published on the web during the week of April 22 – 28. Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:
- Tom Hammell applies some of Daniel Kahneman’s work on thinking fast and slow to project management decisions.
- Elizabeth Harrin concludes her interview with Dr. Wilhelm Kross, on risk communication.
- Kyle Roozen explains the four-step approach his Scrum team uses to estimate timelines.
- Donna Reed shares a recording of a presentation by Star Dargin, “Coaching Skills for Project Managers.”
- Samad Aidane answers a common question, “How do I motivate my team?” His uncommon answer, “Don’t try. You don’t need to.”
- Kailash Awati presents a noir satire of the PMO as the methodology police.
- Patti Gilchrist takes a look at how the PMO is evolving from process policeman to innovation advocate.
- Andy Jordan notes that, just as every project needs an issues log, so does every PMO.
- Bruce Benson figures that a manager who insists on a “personal commitment” to achieve a deadline is probably working with an unrealistic schedule.
- Brad Egeland suggests that we listen to our team members carefully, rather than uncritically.
- Margaret Meloni wants you to bring your inner child to work. Why? Well, because children ask, “Why?”
- Cyndee Miller reports from the PMI Global Congress 2013 in Istanbul, where keynote speaker Avinash Chandarana noted, “Culture eats process for lunch.”
- Robert Bell offers a few more reasons to pull team members from around the globe.
- Glen Alleman responds to a post on TechWell on Agile and the federal government.
- Chuck Morton begins a new series on project change management (as opposed to organizational change management, or systems change management).
- Mike Griffiths has a story of fragmented, part-time teams taking an Agile approach, and succeeding.
- Soma Bhattacharya has some suggestions about making the transition to Agile methods.
- Kelsey van Haaster learned a lot about making the transition from non-agile to Agile, by visiting a website devoted to mastering housework.
- Todd Wilms shares a slide deck with ten leadership lessons he wishes he had learned in his twenties.
- Patrick Gray looks at the recent controversy (and firings) that grew out of the tweeting of tasteless remarks at a Python developer’s conference.
- Penelope Trunk has been coaching her husband, the farmer. Big insight: your approach to dealing with mistakes defines your success.
Enjoy!