New project management articles published on the web during the week of July 29 – August 4. We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:
- Esther Derby thinks the key to making teams of specialists work together is T-shaped people.
- Glenn Alleman gives his best rebuttal yet to the #NoEstimates movement.
- Jesse Fewell: “A key reason for estimating work is to discover throughput constraints, before the work begins.”
- Elizabeth Harrin interviews six women who returned to work after maternity leave, and finds that it isn’t always easy.
- Cheri Baker recommends that you fall in love with your job again. Or, take a week to not give a S*#t, if that works better.
- Shawn Kent Hayashi has a radical idea: criticism is a form of collaboration.
- Bertrand Duperrin observes that advanced analytics both support change and drive change.
- Peter Tarhanidis shares ten design principles we should use in preparing change management plans.
- Tristan Wember defines the RACI matrix, and how it should be used.
- Ian Webster illustrates how risk management strategies apply to roulette.
- Conrado Morlan addresses the needs of Generation Y in recording lessons learned.
- Bruce Benson notes that the customer needs you to say “no” from time to time.
- Martin Webster gets down to basics with the project communication plan.
- Zyma Arsalan shares an anecdote on a key project risk: poor quality of communication and collaboration.
- Shim Marom quotes “The Godfather,” to illustrate the idea that bad news needs to be communicated immediately.
- John Reiling explains the difference between production management and project management, and how they are intertwined.
- Scott Berkun lists some facts and myths about remote work.
- Robert Bell asks if you could manage projects from an office in your home? Sure, I’ve done it for years …
- Mike Griffiths does a comparison of the PRINCE2 and PMBOK approaches to managing projects.
- John Carroll reflects on how project managers need to master both the Yin (feminine) and Yang (masculine) aspects of leadership.
- Delwyn Ooi makes the point that the key to controlling your project control lies in controlling stakeholders, expectations, and team.
- Kerry Wills has a new book out, “Applying Guiding Principles of Effective Program Delivery.” He advocates taking a “consultative approach.”
Enjoy!