New project management articles published on the web during the week of June 9 – 15. We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Recommended:

Portfolio Management

John Goodpasture repeats an excellent definition of “leadership is tight spaces.”

Martin Webster continues his series on leadership models with a peek at Michael Fullan’s pentagon model. Not to be confused with the military office building!

John Carroll provides his Taoist view of leadership, as an unobtrusive activity that few should notice.

Tony Adams shares his personal pursuit of authentic leadership.

PM Best Practices

Glen Alleman talks us through the estimating process for a proposal to deliver software, hardware, and operations research, using Agile methods.

Kenneth Darter covers the basics of estimating and planning for resource needs at the beginning of a project.

Ted Gorski examines four communication styles and how they apply to project communications.

Henny Portman reviews a new English translation of “Being the Project Sponsor” by Ten Gevers and Bart Hoitink.

Andy Jordan considers what makes the professional services project manager (sometimes called an engagement manager) a bit different.

Matthew Squair considers the programmer as man-child, eschewing the parts of the job that they don’t like. And the rest of us try to keep a straight face …

Rich Maltzman and Dave Shirley show how availability bias impacts our ability to objectively manage risk.

Allen Ruddock finds the wrinkle in our red-amber-green method of reporting status – it’s that accumulated work-not-done at the end, that we’ve realized wasn’t important.

Peter Saddington recommends a nifty, free chat room tool called Pie.

Pawel Brodzinski has a general skepticism of methods with too much detail – call them recipes.

Agile Methods

Curtis Guilbot explains why Scrum doesn’t work in the Fortune 500 enterprise.

Gene Gendel scales Scumban from the team to the enterprise.

Steven Crago compares his experience as a soldier with Agile methods, and realizes that the military was agile long before software was invented.

John Hill insists that acceptance criteria are required in order to size a user story.

Professional Development

Russell Whitworth reflects on his process for filling a project manager position.

Elizabeth Harrin shares her favorite project manager job interviewer questions.

Cheri Baker points out the connection between employee engagement and personal financial security: those living paycheck to paycheck aren’t there for the joy.

Gina Abudi provides a quick self-assessment for managers: how effective are you?

Podcasts and Videos

Cesar Abeid interviews Dorie Clark, on re-inventing your professional image. Just 35 minutes, safe for work.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Todd Williams on his consulting firm’s newest service: reviewing the statement of work. Just 35 minutes, safe for work.

Enjoy!

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