New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 16 – 22. And this week’s video: Harry Hall talks about the need to identify a risk owner along with the project risks you want to manage. 3 minutes, safe for work.

Ethics, Business Acumen and Strategy

Zorana Ivcevic and colleagues reports on results of a survey that found an alarming level of pressure to act unethically in US organizations. 5 minutes to read.

Ron Rivers examines the intersection of technology and labor, from early history to the near future. 13 minutes to read.

Adam Rasmi reports that COVID-19 is also impacting negotiations between the UK and EU on a post-Brexit free trade agreement. 2 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Mike Clayton explains how to manage multiple projects at once. Video, 15 minutes, safe for work.

Mike Clayton explains how to manage multiple projects at once. Video, 15 minutes, safe for work. Marina Pilipenko tutors us on project cost management. 7 minutes to read.

Peter Landau coaches us on making a procurement management plan. Part of it is a commercial, but you also watch television, right? 6 minutes to read.

Jory MacKay guides us through writing a communication plan. 9 minutes to read.

Brad Egeland walks us through the process of handing a project off to another project manager. 4 minutes to read.

The nice folks at Clarizen compiled a list of five books that every project manager should read. 3 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from what drives performance of a distributed agile team to disagreement in distributed teams to the magic of conflict. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Kiron Bondale argues that domain and organizational knowledge are the key requirement for prospective product managers. 3 minutes to read.

Tanay Agrawal suggests that product managers need to see their product like a new user, every single day. 5 minutes to read.

Henny Portman shows the difference between incremental and iterative Here’s Part Two, about ten minutes to read both parts.

Ankur Jain explains a diagram of the DevOps life cycle. 2 minutes to read.

Maximilian Bauer says that being smarter about test cases and how they are structured can save money in testing. 7 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

George Pitagorsky tells us how to manage fear and anger in projects. 5 minutes to read.

George Pitagorsky tells us how to manage fear and anger in projects. 5 minutes to read. Christine Trodella has some thoughts on managing newly remote workers, when you don’t know how long they’ll be working from home. 7 minutes to read.

Sharlyn Lauby uses the Marvel Cinematic Universe to illustrate keys points on how to manage the external workforce, both project-based and recurring. 4 minutes to read, plus a video interview, 10 minutes, safe for work.

Amelia Salyers curates a list of 22 articles for leaders from the past few years, published by venture capital firm Andreeson Horowitz. 5 minutes to read the synopses.

Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Curtis Franklin gives us a brief overview of how to quantify cybersecurity risks. 4 minutes to read.

Brenda Sharton sees plentiful opportunities for cybercriminals in the new “work from home” mantra of COVID-19. 4 minutes to read.

Pot Pourri

Elizabeth Harrin gives us some useful pointers for setting up our home office. 4 minutes to read.

Stephanie Vozza notes that generalists tend to be more successful, but only if they get really good at a few useful skills that combine to make them stand out. 3 minutes to read.

Sarath C P shares six tips for creating an effective elevator pitch. 5 minutes to read. You’ll need to find your own elevator …

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