New project management articles published on the web during the week of May 30 – June 5. And this week’s video: A parody of lousy incident management, “BP Spills Coffee.” Three minutes, not safe for work (especially if you work at BP or Haliburton).

Must read!

Fadi Shawtah describes political risk management for cross-border operations, which includes exposure to everything from currency risk to sovereign risk, to transfer risk.

Michael Kassner quotes Michael Hayden, former director of the CIA and NSA, on vulnerability management: “They’re going to get in. Get over it.” Focus on managing consequences!

Nancy Settle-Murphy addresses techniques for preventing culture clashes for “mixed” teams, after a merger.

Established Methods

Deb Schaeffer demonstrates how to get a better status on project activities by asking additional questions.

John Goodpasture walks us through the project balance sheet. Not a financial view, but a way to show how resources are being allocated to accomplish project goals.

Coert Visser explains the “circle technique,” a white board and Post-It Notes approach to analyzing goals, progress already made, and actions still required.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Fernando Remolina, who explains how to create a work breakdown structure. Just 22 minutes, safe for work.

Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy walks us through the steps to use the WBS efficiently.

Jody Markopoulos describes GE’s new approach, “Contemporary project management.”

Agile Methods

Mike Cohn describes a simple way to get a shared understanding of the level of effort represented by a story point before the team plays planning poker.

Johanna Rothman introduces the concept of Rubber Duck Debugging, which is explaining a problem to someone who doesn’t understand it and isn’t in management.

Muhammed Irfan Azam explains how Clear Code Day can put the focus on the Scrum team, rather than the ScrumMaster of product owner.

Bob Tarne describes the “sponsored user” – someone assigned to the development team when you need to hear the voice of the customer at all times.

Samantha Webb introduces the #pubretro movement, not necessarily because you should be drinking, but because getting out of the office might make all the difference.

Ryan Ripley interviews Jason Womack, author of “Get Momentum.” Just 15 minutes, safe for work.

Tony Ponton and Craig Smith interview James Shore, author of “The Art of Agile Development.” Just 43 minutes, safe for work.

Applied Leadership

Art Petty explores the Least Bad Option – which usually involves exposing the decision maker to greater risk.

David Bicknell excerpts a few examples from “The Dead Presidents’ Guide to Project Management,” by Jim Johnson.

Seth Godin says reading more blogs will help us become “smarter, more effective and more engaged in what’s going on.” If you are reading this, you agree.

Peter Landau posts the annual ProjectManager.com roundup of the best project management and leadership blogs.

See Tech Like an Exec

Mary Shacklett bullet points the critical considerations for running an internet of things project.

Tara Seals trots out some sobering statistics: information security issues are slowing or halting the majority of Big Data projects.

George Leopold reports on the next big constraint for Big Data: legal hassles, like the recent tussle between Apple and the FBI.

Jesus Rodriguez reports on the business side of artificial intelligence – not the applications, but the race to secure market share and future profits.

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