New project management articles published on the web during the week of June 6 – 12. And this week’s video: Ed Deci’s TED Talk on controlled motivation and autonomous motivation. Ed is the co-developer of the self-determination theory, which suggests that we should create conditions under which people can motivate themselves. Just 14 minutes, safe for work.

Must read!

Johanna Rothman presents the case for and against estimates, in parts 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5. This series should be sufficient justification for you to follow her blogs.

Nick Statt reports on Microsoft’s new project management app for Office 365, called Planner. Not a replacement for Project, but a collaboration and planning tool.

Brad Egeland provides one-page summaries for twelve project management, collaboration, and portfolio management software products.

Established Methods

Elizabeth Harrin collected insights from six PM’s on how they manage multiple simultaneous projects.

Pat Weaver looks into those cases where the critical path includes task dependencies other than Finish-to-Start links.

Clark Wimberly notes that proper preparation is required for a kick-off meeting which will pay dividends throughout the project.

Henny Portman reviews “PPM! Manage Your Organization Masterfully with Project portfolio Management.”

Cameron Conaway interviews Robin Kwong, Special Projects Editor at the Financial Times, who find clarity by beginning each project with the same question: What’s it for?

Kenneth Ashe explains how to create and use an Issues Log.

Rob England proposed two deliberately conflicting principles to guide a DevOps transformation, in order to create a dynamic tension. Which is how the world works, right?

Agile Methods

Dave Prior notes the untimely passing of Agile leading light Jean Tabaka by pulling two interviews from his archives. A total of 42 minutes, safe for work. She will be sorely missed.

Saumya Nigam explains estimation using story points.

Faisal Ansari uses the INVEST model to determine whether backlog items are well written, as the first step in splitting them into smaller stories.

Emanuele Passera continues his introduction to Kanban series with part 2.

Tom McFarlin considers Reid Hoffman’s quote, “If you’re not embarrassed by the first version of your product, then you’ve launched too late.”

Tami Flowers describes using Lean/ Agile methods to establish a data governance organization framework.

Bob Tarne explains the concept of “ready ready.” It’s where you need to begin in order to get to “done done.” You can say that again …

Applied Leadership

Suresh MK uses events from the life of Nelson Mandela to illustrate John Kotter’s eight-stage process of creating major change.

Kathleen O’Connor interviews Bart Engal on his book, “Leading Through Language: choosing Words that Influence and Inspire.”

Lysette Sutherland interviews Dave Hecker on effectively managing geographically distributed software development teams. Just 35 minutes, safe for work.

Elise Stevens interviews Gillian Klette on what to do when your project team hates each other. Just 18 minutes, safe for work.

Pot Pouri

David Manheim looks at complexity, reification, Goodhart’s Law, and why measurement is hard. So is spelling reification.

Travis Bradberry explains why you should work for 52 minutes, then take a break for 17 minutes. Got your timer ready?

Abby Wolfe shares an infographic on the high-impact LinkedIn profile updates you should make when job-hunting.

Seth Godin suggests we talk slowly, because “um” doesn’t add as much value as silence.

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