New project management articles published on the web during the week of June 23 – 29. We gather all of this stuff so you don’t have to search for it! Recommended:

Sports Metaphors

Conrado Morlan uses lessons from the Formula One racing circuit to illustrate risk management.

Kerry Wills explores the parallels between soccer and project management. Or, for those outside the U.S., football and project management.

Kevin Korterud finds project management lessons in effective World Cup coaching.

PM Best Practices

Agile Methods

Mike Cohn explains why guitar hero Alvin Lee, whose “I’m Going Home” was a high point of “Woodstock,” would be a great Scum team member. Crazy ‘bout my baby!

Pawel Brodzinski believes the best way to limit work in progress might be to make it harder to start new projects than to finish them.

Dele Oluwole notes that the tester has a substantial in the Scrum team.

Professional Development

Michelle Stronach tells how to be successful as a consulting project manager.

Simon Buehring interviews Lindsay Scott on the career prospects for women in project management.

Robert Wysocki and Joseph Matthews begin a series on how to succeed as an “occasional” project manager (as opposed to a “career” project manager).

Venkat Rao observes that complex debates are not about winning, but about “winning over” people to your point of view.

John Goodpasture describes an interesting approach to enforcing an honest debate: have the opposing sides summarize each other’s best arguments.

Podcasts and Videos

Cornelius Fichtner interviews David Blumhorst, who says project success is about achieving business goals. Just 24 minutes, safe for work.

Craig Smith and Renee Troughton interview visual facilitator Lynne Cazaly. Just 31 minutes, safe for work.

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