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New PM Articles for the Week of April 2 – 8

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New project management articles published on the web during the week of April 2 – 8, 2012.  Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to!  Recommended:

  • Ben Snyder describes the profile of a good project manager.
  • Don McAlister explains how micro relationships matter for “Project Management in the Matrix Crossfire”.
  • Steve Romero on “The Success of Canceled Projects”.
  • Joel Bancroft-Connors on the power of “And” to facilitate teamwork and communication.
  • Elizabeth Harrin reviews “The Language of Leaders,” by Kevin Murray, which he based on interviews with 60 CEO’s and business leaders.
  • PMI has announced the recipients of their academic research grants for 2012.
  • Tony Schwartz, author of “Be Excellent at Anything,” comes out against multi-tasking and in favor of focus.
  • Scott Lowe has five questions portfolio managers should ask before approving a project.
  • Margo Visitacion and Jerry Manas team up for a webcast on Wednesday, April 11 on how to focus your PMO on the big picture.
  • Geoff Crane finally publishes his white paper on the history of project management – twelve culturally significant projects over a period of 4500 years, focused on risk management.
  • Lynda Bourne clarifies: what does a project sponsor really do?
  • Andy Jordan has some ideas on how to bring a stakeholder who was “forgotten” until the last minute into the project.
  • Glen Alleman found an interesting quote: “Stop motivating people – they hate it.”
  • Derek Huether reports on the recent PMI Agile Community of Practice retrospective.
  • Terry Bunio shares an example of an Agile project  charter, based on user stories.
  • Peter Saddington reports on Scrum Wing 3D, an open source Scrum project management tool.  Holding stand-ups virtually, using avatars?  Wow …
  • Johanna Rothman addresses questions related to infrastructure investment and technical debt.
  • Shim Marom reviews “Blind Spots: Why We Fail to Do What’s Right and What to Do About It,” by Max H. Bazerman and Ann E. Tenbrunsel.
  • Kerry Wills looks at the importance of decisions, and understanding the consequences of those decisions.

Enjoy!

New PM Articles for the Week of February 20 – 26

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New project management articles published on the web during the week of February 20 through 26, 2012.  Dave and Sandra read all of this stuff so you don’t have to!  Recommended:

  • Elizabeth Harrin reports from the Pink Elephant ITSM Conference in Las Vegas, where she delivered two presentations.  Here’s part one of three video diary entries.
  • Eric Willeke concludes his series on applying a Kanban framework to project and portfolio management.
  • Samad Aidane interviews Shawn Kent Hayashi on the twelve fundamental conversations every project leader should master to be truly effective.  Just 32 minutes, and safe for work.
  • Jeff Haden says remarkable employees (as opposed to merely “great” ones) share eight qualities.
  • Toni Bowers has some recommendations for your resume.  You’ve already updated your resume this year, right?
  • Brad Egeland talks about different kinds of power as relating to the Project Manager practitioner.
  • Shim Marom casts a critical eye on the PMI Code of Ethics and Professional Conduct.
  • Chris Niccolls describes the historical evolution of the coffee shop as a project hatching ground and offers 5 steps to incorporate the innovative coffee shop environment into your PMO.
  • Lynda Bourne believes the key to project governance is asking the right questions.
  • Mike Donoghue talks about the advantages for a PM to develop Business Analyst skills for better project results and greater career options.
  • Joel Bancroft-Connors reviews Lyssa Adkin’s book, “Coaching Agile Teams.”
  • Derek Huether shares some usable definitions of “ready” and “done.”
  • Anastasia Chumakova reviews forming and managing an effective project team utilizing both soft skills and technical tools to achieve the goals.
  • Zohar Gilad describes how Precise, a 200-person software company spun off from Symantec, cut 70% from their IT budget by moving from premises-based applications to software as a service.
  • Peter Saddington shares three whiteboard depictions of “success.”
  • Bruce Benson insists that the Dilbert approach to project management has real value.  No, not the part about sarcasm and evil HR directors.  The part about saying out loud, “We’re doing silly things.”

Enjoy!

New PM Articles for the Week of December 12 – 18

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New project management articles published on the web during the week of December 12 –18, 2011.  We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to!  Recommended:

  • Ellen Gottesdiener tells us why “Agile requirements” isn’t an oxymoron.
  • Elizabeth Harrin reviews Peter Taylor’s new book, “Leading Successful PMOs.”
  • Michelle Symonds gives us a few reasons why an organization might need a PMO.
  • Abid Mustafa shares some considerations for those contemplating certifying their PMO under ISO 9001.
  • Joel Bancroft-Connors and his gorilla, Hogarth, look at Agile retrospectives from the perspective of learning Kendo.  Hey, so much of Agile is based on Japanese ideas – why not?
  • Johanna Rothman contemplates explaining to management teams why they can’t drive the establishment of self-organizing teams.
  • Derek Huether is now co-leader of the PMI-ACP Support Group, and he shares the numbers of folks who participated in the pilot program.
  • Peter Saddington interviews Jon Terry on the team behind LeanKitKanban, and ends up covering a lot of information on bootstrapping your own business.
  • Conrado Morlan explains how to coach and train new project managers from Generation Y.
  • Josh Nankivel outlines the five-step process of continuous improvement proposed by Eric Ries in “The Lean Startup.”
  • Patrick Richard has some positive comments on Phil McKinney’s “Killer Innovations” podcasts.
  • John Reiling has some thoughts (and some links) relevant to ethics.  He also re-tells a great old story about justified skepticism (and silver gravy ladles).
  • Brad Egeland shares some thoughts on presenting change orders to clients.
  • Glen Alleman looks at the catastrophic failure of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant subsequent to the March 11th earthquake, as an example of a “Black Swan” event.
  • Michael Wood looks ahead to IT spending in 2012, courtesy of a report from the Gartner Group and the CDW IT Monitor report.  It looks like a big shift in priorities!
  • Geoff Crane is working on an interesting series of posts: “Project Management in History.”  It grew out of a class assignment … Ah, I’ll let Geoff tell you.
  • Terry Bunio has too much time on his hands; thus, “12 Days of an Agile Christmas.”

Enjoy!  And Happy Holidays to you, your families, and your teams and clients!