New project management articles published on the web during the week of July 24 – 30. And this week’s video: Paul Brown provides a brief introduction to organizational change management. Just nine minutes, safe for work.
Must read!
- NiMa Asghari lists some of the very real problems that drone delivery is going to solve. 4 minutes to read.
- Connor Forrest summarizes a report from Accenture naming the top five cyber security threats seen this year and recommended countermeasures. 2 minutes to read.
- Sean Gwaltney describes an interesting tool: the Purpose Breakdown Structure, which links strategic objectives, success criteria, and work packages. 6 minutes to read.
Established Methods
- Brendan Toner begins a three-part series on using the Critical Path method to deliver a project on time. 10 minutes to read.
- Elizabeth Harrin interviews Colin D. Ellis author of The Project Rots from the Head. Video with transcript, 4 minutes, safe for work.
- Barry Hodge takes the traditional 2 by 2 power and interest stakeholder matrix and maps each quadrant to an anthropomorphic animal. Embrace the metaphor! 6 minutes to read.
- Kerry Wills shares a model for how the share of a project manager’s four primary activities evolves over the life cycle of a project. 2 minutes to read.
- Vivien Goldstrong points out a few examples where cognitive computing might be useful in project management. 4 minutes to read.
- Craig Brown outlines twelve steps to project success. A minute or so to read.
Agile Methods
Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from why Spotify’s agile patterns work and why you shouldn’t copy them, to negotiation skills for product managers. 10 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.- John Goodpasture describes Agile methods as a series of nested planning cycles, each with a different horizon.
- Leigh Espey explains the difference between a project manager role and a Scrum Master role. 5 minutes to read.
- Regis Armel Asseman has compiled a few “diet tips” for a healthy software product. Yeah, it’s a gimmick, but a well-written gimmick. 6 minutes to read.
- Ron Jeffries realizes that he wrote legacy code yesterday. And he probably will again, tomorrow. 2 minutes to read.
- Valerie Senyk unpacks the implications of the Agile Manifesto’s fifth principle. 4 minutes to read.
- Elyse Stevens interviews Jase Clamp on how a product manager handles stakeholder engagement. Audio only, 17 minutes, safe for work.
Applied Leadership
- Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy explains Herzberg’s Two-Factor theory of motivation. 3 minutes to read. Includes a video—4 minutes, safe for work.
- Lex Laufer and Jeff Russell make the case for managing by moving about: getting out and talking to the people, looking at the results. 2 minutes to read.
- Lew Sauder describes the characteristics of the leadership personality. 3 minutes to read.
Technology, Techniques, and Human Behavior
Glen Alleman explains why merely having a data set is insufficient to support a position—you also need a model that explains why you should be seeing that data. 3 minutes to read.- Shuba Kathikeyan gives us a thumbnail of eleven programming languages suitable for DevOps. 4 minutes to read.
- Stefan Groschupf ruminates on what comes after Hadoop. Video, just over one minutes, safe for work.
Working and the Workplace
- Harry Hall lays out the critical steps to develop a successful buy – seller relationship. 3 minutes to read.
- Suzanne Lucas reports that the Japanese government is promoting telecommuting for several good reasons, including the 202 Olympics. Note: it’s not an event. 3 minutes to read.
- Jenny Blake provides guidelines on what tasks to delegate, illustrated with Cheap Trick’s Rick Nielson playing three guitars. 5 minutes to read.
Enjoy!
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New PM Articles for the Week of July 24 – 30
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New project management articles published on the web during the week of July 24 – 30
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Dave Gordon
The Practicing IT Project Manager LLC
