New PM Articles for the Week of February 3 – 9 - The Practicing IT Project Manager

New project management articles published on the web during the week of February 3 – 9. We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Michael Wood takes a comprehensive look at the challenges and benefits of virtual teams.
Glen Alleman announced that his new book, “Performance-based Project Management,” is available on Amazon in hardcover and Kindle versions.
Martin Webster considers wicked problems and clumsy solutions.
Michel Dion examines the business case for project information management, and best practices.
Carl Manello shares what he learned from using earned value metrics (badly) to manage a project.
Michael Lopp thinks we need to improve the universally hated status report. His solution: context. And a bit of snark, of course.
Geoff Crane looks at a project that went horribly over budget and over schedule, yet was unarguably a success.

Project Governance

Aaron Smith extracts key points from the PMI 2014 Pulse of the Profession survey: to be competitive, organizations must focus on people, processes, and outcomes.
Johanna Rothman introduces an opportunity cost metric: the Cost of Delay. Here’s part two.
Mike Clayton concludes his series on project governance.
John Bauer continues his series on how to pitch your favorite project. There’s more than just a business case.

Jo Ann Sweeney considers the nature of communication in a joint venture.
Ben Ferris coaches us on our negotiation practices.
Patti Gilchrist explores the recent Duck Dynasty controversy, from the perspective of stakeholder management.
Susanne Madsen analyzes resistance to change, at the emotional level.
Melanie McBride explains how to conditionally say ‘yes,’ in order to buy time to say ‘no.’

Cesar Abeid interviews Chuck Frey, author of “Up Your Impact!” Just 51 minutes, safe for work, with a short comment from Peter Taylor near the beginning.
Cheri Baker interviews Richard Sherman on how to manage your management career, from his perspective as a recruiter and coach. Just 48 minutes, safe for work.
Cornelius Fichtner explains how to earn PDU’s by listening to the PM podcast. Just six minutes, safe for work.

Aakash Srinivasan tells how to get the most value from a retrospective.
Catia Oliviera shares her FAQ on velocity
Rohit Ratan Mani continues his series on resistance to Agile adoption in the organization.

Greg McKeown explains how to capture the “joy of missing out.” Simplify!
Amy Morin explains how we can apply the psychology of color when choosing paint for our office. New from Sherwin-Williams: “Joyful Yellow” and “Bored Pink.”
PMI has published a graphic novel (comic book, for us older folks) telling a tale of how an Agile practitioner saves the day in a blizzard. No, really!

Enjoy!