New project management articles published on the web during the week of May 15 – 21. And this week’s video: a short clip from “Mr. Blandings Build His Dream House,” where Cary Grant learns what happens when you make a decision when you don’t understand the alternatives and don’t bother to ask for clarification. Just a minute, safe for work, as long as you aren’t standing under the lintels.

Must read!

Bertrand Duperrin casts a critical eye on ROI, business cases, and lying with numbers.

Martin Seligman and John Tierney report on recent research that indicates the human mind is built to spend a lot of time considering the future—planning if you will.

Ian Whittington explores the history of managing complexity in projects from the Iron Bridge constructed in the 18th century to today’s software systems with emergent behaviors.

Established Methods

Glen Alleman explains measures of effectiveness and measures of performance as different points of view when examining a proposed product capability.

Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy digs into the details to tutor us on managing stakeholder engagement, in a strategic way.

Elizabeth Harrin interviews Kate Morris—convener of the PMI Australia Conference 2017 and practicing project manager—on managing a project manager’s conference.

Michel Dion outlines the project closure report.

Mike Clayton explains the Project Goal, a simple concept with profound implications. Just over two minutes, safe for work.

Harry Hall suggests some effective ways to improve our communication skills.

Elise Stevens shares lessons learned from alienating a key stakeholder in their first meeting.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers curates his list of Agile content with a focus this week on team building, plus observations on the relationship between product discovery and product delivery.

Stefan Wolpers curates his list of Agile content with a focus this week on team building, plus observations on the relationship between product discovery and product delivery. Mike Cohn describe four possible career paths for the accomplished Scrum master.

Eli Woolery recaps five key insights gained from the inaugural Design Leadership Camp.

The Clever PM conducts one of his “ten questions” interviews with Paul Jackson—product manager, user-centered design practitioner, and newsletter publisher.

Renee Troughton describes the three patterns she has seen used for Agile delivery pipeline management at scale.

Applied Leadership

Jeff Collins lists a half-dozen qualities of strong project leaders.

Pat Weaver describes practical wisdom, “working out the right way to do the right thing in a particular circumstance.”

Krister Ungerboeck reflects on the toxic legacy of Steve Jobs and his “wretched asshole” leadership style.

Alex Puscasu describes Connie Gersick’s punctuated equilibrium model of group development. There’s more than just forming-storming-norming-performing-adjourning.

Technology, Techniques, and Human Behavior

John Goodpasture points out the complexity that is inevitably required to enable simplicity.

James Sanders shares the smart person’s guide to ransomware.

Paramita Ghosh lays out the currently expected use cases for artificial intelligence.

Working and the Workplace

Art Petty critiques IBM recent announcement that it is ending remote working arrangements.

Grace Windsor reminds us that until recently, leisure time was a marker of success. Then we decided that constant busyness indicated professionalism.

Tom McFarlin reflects on managing the tension between work and vacation. As my Dad used to say, “You don’t own the business; the business owns you.”

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