New project management articles published on the web during the week of October 10 – 16. And this week’s video: TechRepublic explains DevOps in less than two minutes. Safe for work.

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Nick Pisano sees a common trend in widely publicized data breaches: lack of attention to operational security. Nick includes four lessons learned for your review and action.

Sue McLean provides an attorney’s point of view in analyzing the root causes of the DAO blockchain hack that bled away $60 million.

Karen Chovan puts the three themes of the PMI Global Congress 2016 – North America into perspective: Anticipate. Influence. Elevate.

Established Methods

John Goodpasture extracts key points on the unintended consequences of metrics from an article in the Journal of Defense Software Engineering.

Harry Hall recommends three books that each teach a different leg of the PMI Talent Triangle.

Elizabeth Harrin collected her experience at the Digital PM Summit 2016 in San Antonio in a series of vlog posts. Here are parts 1 and 2.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Dr. David Hillson on applying the stakeholder analysis to reduce project risk. Just 26 minutes, safe for work.

Grace Windsor tutors us on the SWOT analysis.

Henny Portman reviews “The Good Sponsor,” by Jim Sponsor.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers compiles his weekly round-up of Agile-related content.

Johanna Rothman begins a new series on the roles Agile coaches and managers play in facilitating collaboration.

Mike Cohn anticipates flu season with a list of which Scrum meetings can (and cannot) be re-scheduled in the event someone cannot attend.

Dave Prior interviews Juuka Lindstrom on his efforts to transform Cargotec into a digital organization, and what he’s learned along the way. Just 32 minutes, safe for work.

Ramesh Pala examines the nature of unplanned work and explains a few approaches to planning for it.

Chris Savoie tells how Agile methods made his IT teams happier.

Applied Leadership

Laura Barnard summarizes the transition to leading: stop doing!

Venkatesh Rao interviews Kim Malone Scott on radical candor, the subject of her forthcoming book. Just 38 minutes, some harsh language.

Art Petty notes that the principle barrier to our career transformation is our own inertia.

Technology and Techniques

Keith Duncan explains how integrated product development roadmaps help communicate the strategic plan and how it will be executed.

Brendan Toner tells you how to pimp your pad – iPad, that is.

Ravi Shankar explains how to avoid messing up Big Data analytics.

Working and the Workplace

Soma Bhattacharya reviews the consequences of work-related stress, the stages we progress through, and the proven techniques for counteracting it.

Bruce Harpham shines a light on key statistics reported in the “State of Enterprise Work Report” from Workfront.

Elise Stevens interviews Scotia Lockwood on how to do your own career planning. Just 16 minutes, safe for work.

Bertrand Duperrin examines the extended enterprise, where the freelance expert is both more common and frequently in a leadership role, and makes the case for an HR role.

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