New project management articles published on the web during the week of August 14 – 20. And this week’s video: Erica Olsen gives us a fast tutorial on how to conduct a SWOT analysis. Just over 5 minutes, safe for work.

Must read (or Watch)!

Dave Prior interviews Mike Griffiths and Johanna Rothman on the soon-to-be-released PMI Agile Practice Guide. Johanna defines “Agile project manager” 14 minutes in and nails it. Video, 21 minutes to watch.

Jayanth Reddy and Pankaj Tiwari dig into the global changes disrupting India’s IT industry and ecosystem. A 15-minute read, but India is not a small country.

Established Methods

Elizabeth Harrin extracts 6 key principles from Louise Worsley’s new book, Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the way we manage projects. 2 minutes to read.

Elizabeth Harrin extracts 6 key principles from Louise Worsley’s new book, Stakeholder-led Project Management: Changing the way we manage projects. 2 minutes to read. Harry Hall walks us through the process of creating a stakeholder register. 3 minutes to read; accompanying video is 4 minutes long, safe for work.

Elise Stevens interviews Catharine on managing diverse stakeholder groups. Podcast, 14 minutes.

Grace Windsor gives us a detailed class on how to work effectively with your project’s sponsor. 6 minutes to read.

John McIntyre points out half-dozen cognitive biases that PMO professionals should be aware of and be defending against. 6 minutes to read.

Barry Hodge tells us why our project will be canceled, and what we can do to prevent it. 3 minutes to read.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of all things Agile, from “business Agile” (bad) to system resilience (good) and beyond. 12 outbound links, 3 minutes to scan.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Joseph Flahiff, who claims that more projects are using Agile methods than ever before. Podcast, 29 minutes, safe for work.

Mike Cohn references the work of Richard Hackman on how authority can be distributed to teams, to support his definition of self-organizing teams. 3 minutes to read.

Kaysie Garza explains what to prioritize for a successful, scalable design process. 4 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Esther Derby shows why we need the virtue of patience when driving complex organizational behavior changes. 3 minutes to read.

Esther Derby shows why we need the virtue of patience when driving complex organizational behavior changes. 3 minutes to read. Ron Rosenhead presents an anecdote that illustrates the need for self-awareness. You can’t change what you don’t realize needs changing. 3 minutes to read.

Mike Clayton provides a detailed overview of effective team communication. 10 minutes to read.

Technology, Techniques, and Human Behavior

Adrian Bowles presents a webinar on organizing data and knowledge using taxonomies and ontologies. 61 minutes, safe for work.

Kimberly Crawley interviews cybersecurity consultant Cheryl Biswas on the flawed state of readiness for cyber-attacks in small and medium-sized businesses. 10 minutes to read.

Karen Smith reflects on the power of questions. Is your question an invitation, a request, or a weapon? 4 minutes to read.

Working and the Workplace

Oliver Burkeman makes the case for the four-hour working day (like we needed to be convinced). 2 minutes to read, leaving you 238 minutes to work.

Patrick Allen suggests that your morning routine is just fine, but your unstructured afternoon needs work. 4 minutes to read.

Kat Boogaard reminds us what to do after meeting someone at a networking event. That’s why you went, right? 3 minutes to read.

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