New project management articles published on the web during the week of September 22 – 28. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Tad VanderVorste lays out a detailed approach to managing the development of integrations between systems that consume each other’s data.

Cindy Wilkins articulates the content and value proposition of a contract management plan, for you government folks.

Elizabeth Harrin summarizes a presentation on how Glaxo Smith-Kline adopted and then refined their portfolio and project management tool.

Barry Otterholt extols the virtues of milestones, from the perspective of the project sponsor.

Allen Ruddock tells of how he got from pencil and paper to EverNote, and how he’s using it to manage the information his project generates.

Glen Alleman notes that making complex choices in the absence of all desired information requires some estimates to fill in the gaps.

Aaron Smith interviews Leslie Pratch on her use of personality assessments to identify what she has found to be a crucial leadership quality – active coping.

Coert Visser identifies the two factors that enable growth: a growth mindset, powered by autonomous motivation.

Peter Saddington explains the power of affinity, which consists of three core elements: leadership, environment, and culture.

Laura Burford tells how to bond with your project sponsor.

Kerry Wills lists his techniques for dealing with difficult people.

Andy Jordan considers the costs associated with the “new normal” of excessive workload and long hours.

Agile Methods

Don Kim introduces us to the notion of Anti-FrAgile, as “introducing targeted disruptive shocks, which are enough to induce and promote growth and innovation.” Without killing the patient!

Johanna Rothman describes an experiment for organizations that have people segregated into component teams to collaborate on one backlog.

Mike Cohn shares a lesson learned from a user story that he wrote, which didn’t get the desired result.

Peter Saddington shares an Email describing an appallingly bad start to a software project.

Following the Trends

Kevin Coleman identifies five emerging technologies (OK, a couple of them are trends) that will soon appear in our project charters.

Duncan Haughey lists five project management trends already changing the way we do business.

Conner Forrest introduces the terminology, characteristics, and value model of Big Data.

Jelani Harper breaks down the science of data management, expressed by CMMI in their Data Management Maturity model.

Professional Development

Cesar Abeid introduces a new series of interview podcasts in support of his new book, “Project Management for You.” Just ten minutes, safe for work.

John Goodpasture shares some excellent advice on public speaking.

Cheri Baker recounts an anecdote on the importance of eye contact, as a way to communicate respect.

Liz Staplefoote shares some statistics on the IT hiring situation. Key statistic: the unemployment for people with IT experience is around 3%.

Suzanne Lucas gives us some pointers on refreshing our resumes (even if we’re not looking for a job right now).

Enjoy!

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