New project management articles published on the web during the week of January 27 – February 2. Congratulations to Pete Carroll and the Seattle Seahawks! Recommended:
The Future Starts Tomorrow
- Daniel Burrus notes that the ever-advancing portable phone is going to change our lives (even more) over the next decade.
- Lyndsey Gilpin reports on alternative energy developments that may influence how we power our technology, including solar-powered laptops and phones.
Leadership
- Gideon Kimbrell shares four project management lessons we can learn from Steve Jobs.
- Martin Webster explores the critical differences between leadership and management.
- Cheri Baker tells how to confront a slacker co-worker. You guys know that they’ve legalized marijuana in Washington, right? Seattle is going to get interesting …
PM Best Practices
- Kalash Awati deconstructs the fallacy of technique-based project management, by examining the way in which we handle ambiguities.
- Andrew Makar shares a few status reporting anecdotes on adapting the message to the stakeholder, project by project.
- Steven Levy recounts an old lesson learned from the late Pete Seeger – don’t forget the small stuff. Especially the obvious small stuff.
- Shaun Russell explains what a data integration hub is, and why you need to establish a data privacy model before you start to build one.
- Scott Berkun tells how to overcome the unexpected in public speaking.
- Allen Ruddock prompts us to prepare for negotiations, by determining what we ideally want, what we intend to actually get, and what we must have.
- Alina Vrabie explores the Peltzman Effect, risk compensation, and the need to nurture our team’s ability to take risks.
Project Governance
- Mike Clayton has some suggestions on how to conduct project governance properly. Part one of two.
- Deanna Earle characterizes good and bad project governance, with an eye toward organizational culture.
- Aaron Smith interviews former PMI CEO Gregory Balestrero on his new book, “Organizational Survival,” sustainability, social responsibility, and driving positive change.
- Lynda Bourne reminds us that we need to select our KPI’s carefully, or risk unintended consequences.
- John Goodpasture reacts to an assertion that there exists an “asymmetrical understanding of the risk” between customer and supplier.
Podcasts and Videos
- Cesar Abeid interviews Klaus Falbe-Hansen, PM of the Øresund Bridge construction project. Just over an hour, safe for work, and a nice break from IT projects.
- Mark Phillipy hosts a meeting with five project managers who took his “project management challenge” via a Google+ Hangout. Just over an hour, safe for work.
Agile Methods
- Pawel Brodzinski reviews some of the literature on the optimum size for a team, and decides that maybe it doesn’t matter.
- Bruno Collet gives his thoughts on the value and meaning of his PMI-ACP credential.
- Ajay Kabra explains why the Scrum product owner needs to be good at strategic thinking.
Pot Pouri
- Elizabeth Harrin recaps the news in the world of project management, for January.
- Kevin Simler contrasts the underlying differences between western and Chinese worldviews, to get to a better understanding of technical debt. No, really!
Enjoy!
Thanks again for the mention Dave! I’m glad I could give you a break from IT!
This is a great list, Dave! Many thanks for the mention.
Cesar, thanks again for the re-tweets and all the support. Your interviews are definitely first class.
Alina, thanks for posting such great articles!