New project management articles published on the web during the week of December 8 – 14. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Elizabeth Harrin interviews author Jeff Furman on what’s changed in the second edition of “The Project Management Answer Book.”

Allen Ruddock reminds us that project problems are nearly always people problems.

Kelsey van Haaster explains the hierarchy of laws, theories, and hypotheses, and thus why Conway’s Law is no such thing.

Bruce Harpham addresses a persistent form of workplace evil: reports. Well, the ones that no one ever reads are evil, if you have to prepare them.

Nick Pisano refines the thoughts on extracting and analyzing data across projects that he expressed in a recent post.

Michael Ipsaro identifies three key knowledge resources for those engaged in either procuring or delivering IT services to the U.S. federal government.

Ryan Ogilvie points out the need to begin a service level management initiative with the development of a service catalog.

Saar Bitner demonstrates the problems of using Excel for data analysis, and proposes BI software as the more sustainable alternative.

Agile Methods

Mike Cohn notes that, although the team needs to select their own sprint duration, sometimes the Scrum Master has to step in and make the decision.

Johanna Rothman suggest that there are times when you need to move away from iterations, and toward flow. Insert Kanban and Scrumban advocacy remarks here.

Charles Settles summarizes three popular team collaboration products, for non-traditional projects.

Looking Ahead

Paul Baumgartner speculates on how project management, as a practice and a profession, will evolve over the coming years.

Jelani Harper identifies the business drivers for the Internet of Things in 2015.

Brad Egeland shares his “wish list” for project management in 2015.

Risk Management

Glen Alleman explores managing in the presence of uncertainty, as expressed in Tim Lister’s statement, “Risk Management is project management for adults.”

Kailash Awati defines internally generated risks, and explains why they make risk management more difficult.

John Goodpasture shares the mixed metaphor of Black Elephants.

Eric Anderson summarizes the diplomatic aspects of enterprise risk management, as outlined in an article by Lawrence Quinn.

Being Effective

Adriana Girdler lists her guiding beliefs, and argues that our beliefs drive our decisions and behavior.

Harry Hall notes the common reasons that people avoid goals, and tells us why we should set new ones and try once again to reach them.

Smita Mishra advises other women: forget about a mentor, and find yourself a sponsor.

Rich Maltzman shares a discovery: TuneIn.com, a site which allows you to discover and listen to radio content and podcasts from anywhere in the world.

Pot Pouri

Scott Berkun notes that what you say is more important than what you think.

Adam Shostack addresses a pernicious trend: “It’s easier to snark than to contribute.”

Adrian Fittolani recalls how he learned to work long hours. And how he learned not

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