New project management articles published on the web during the week of April 8 – 14. Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:
- Will Kelly explains why the U.S. government is finding it difficult to get the results they expected from their Agile programs.
- Mike Griffiths looks at the wisdom of (self-organizing) teams, empowerment, and promoting shared leadership.
- David Taber explains why Agile project management methodologies need controls in order to be successful.
- Don Kim also looks at Agile governance, which might not really be an oxymoron.
- Andy Jordan draws real world examples of Accountability and Responsibility from the RACl chart.
- Johanna Rothman replies to a request for a self-assessment tool for transitioning to Agile.
- Jesse Fewell looks at the underlying structural factors that can make Agile estimating techniques unreliable.
- Michael Nir shares a chapter from his new book, “The Agile PMO.”
- Khaliphani Khumalo moved from a projectized to a weak matrix organization. He shares his adjustment challenges and behaviors critical for success.
- Kevan Hall looks at managing in a matrixed organization. This will be more useful for the entry level or “accidental” project manager.
- Glen Alleman recounts his experience as a coastal sailor as a metaphor for disciplined Agile.
- Puneet Kuthiala applies “The Art of War” in his new book, “The Project Management Battlefield: Sun Tzu’s Wisdom on Project Management.”
- Roz Baker talks execution, as in “getting it done.” Plans are great, but at some point, the team has to deliver!
- Dick Billows explains how to organize and manage virtual teams.
- Joel Bancroft-Connors and Hogarth want to cut through the confusion on an endless EMail chain. So they pick up the phone.
- Susan Harkins shares some advanced formatting techniques for MS Word. Definitely worth a look – there is at least one thing here you don’t know!
- Cyndee Miller argues for synching talent with strategy. As Jim Collins put it, getting the right people on the bus, in the right seats.
- Scott Berkun explains how to improve the quality of the feedback you get, by improving how you ask for it. Excellent post, Scott. No, really!
- Toni Bowers reports that more than half of the salary offers for technology jobs are simply accepted, without a counter-offer. Maybe IT folks need agents?
Enjoy!