New project management articles published on the web during the week of January 8 – 14. And this week’s video: Vijay Pande explains drug development and healthcare from an engineering perspective, including “technical debt” and other things that don’t sound like biology. 24 minutes, safe for work.

Must read!

Nancy Settle-Murphy talks up the value of civilized disagreement and explains how to pursue it. 6 minutes to read.

Henny Portman reviews The Startup Way—How Entrepreneurial Management Transforms Culture and Drives Growth, Eric Ries’s follow-up to The Lean Startup. 5 minutes to read.

The January 2018 edition of the Women Testers Magazine is now available. Not just for or by women! 4 minutes to scan the overview, but download and read the whole thing.

Established Methods

John Owen explains schedule risk analysis, including some excellent examples. 6 minutes to read.

John Owen explains schedule risk analysis, including some excellent examples. 6 minutes to read. Jeff Collins explores some of the benefits of a reliable project schedule. 5 minutes to read.

Elizabeth Harrin lists five ways to get tasks out of your inbox and make them trackable actions. 6 minutes to read.

Mike Clayton tutors us on the stage gate process and why it adds project management value. 12 minutes to read.

Leigh Espy shares a single-page format for a project status report. 6 minutes to read.

Billy Guinan describes ways to cultivate a successful project management culture. 6 minutes to read.

Lew Sauder tells us what a PMO does to add value. 4 minutes to read.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from troubled Agile transitions to building trust to what product strategy concepts are currently en vogue. 6 outbound links, 2 minutes to scan.

Will Fanguy curates the weekly design news roundup, with 5 outbound links. 2 minutes to scan.

Martin Eriksson tabulates ten product management articles you should have read in 2017. 1o outbound links, 7 minutes to read.

John Cutler notes that Agile done right is actually continuous design. 4 minutes to read.

Glen Alleman debunks some of the balderdash being passed around as verities. 5 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Bruce Benson notes that just because an unethical behavior seems to have become common does not mean it should be accepted. 3 minutes to read.

Bruce Benson notes that just because an unethical behavior seems to have become common does not mean it should be accepted. 3 minutes to read. Art Petty explains how to “survive to play another day” when reporting to a dictator-manager. 4 minutes to read.

Kerry Wills lists some examples of meeting invitations and other communications that don’t make expectations clear and actionable. 2 minutes to read.

Technology, Techniques, and Human Behavior

Nilay Patel went to CES and realized just how much the tech industry assumes that consumers understand—mind the gap! 4 minutes to read.

Kiron Bondale advocates the use of a Kanban to manage your personal development resolutions for 2018. OK, call it a plan, then. 3 minutes to read.

David Lavenda updates our expectations for AI delivering improved productivity and engagement in the coming year. 4 minutes to read.

Kritika Pandey lists some hacks and tools for team collaboration and productivity. 4 minutes to read.

Working and the Workplace

Martin De Wulf does a deep dive into the stress of remote working. 12 minutes to read.

Seth Godin points out the keys to good customer service are in the first 60 seconds of the encounter. 2 minutes to read.

Tommy Goodwin notes that the US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics has added “Project Management Specialist” to its Standard Occupational Classification and explains why it’s a big deal. 3 minutes to read.

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