New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 28 – April 3. And this week’s video: Coert Vissar diagrams the difference in motivation between our autonomous choices and those choices made for us. Complete with a slide guitar soundtrack; two minutes, safe for work.

Must read!

Johanna Rothman’s new book, “Agile and Lean Program Management,” is now available.

Harry Hall shares three brief videos on making and executing better decisions.

Nancy Settle-Murphy explains how to get a conversation going by asking the right questions. If you spend much of your working day on conference calls, be sure to read this!

Established Methods

Laura Barnard applies some lessons on stakeholder management learned from Fred Rogers.

Elise Stevens interviews Julie Goff on managing a team of project managers. Just 16 minutes, safe for work.

Elizabeth Harrin shares her recent reading list. What does work-life balance look like? Well, start here.

Klaus Nielsen applies lessons from Daniel Kahneman’s book, “Thinking: Fast and Slow” to project management.

Dave Wakeman articulates the five steps in putting a new process in place.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Joe Drammissi on Enlightened Project Management. Just 33 minutes, safe for work.

Nick Pisoni explains the difference between measuring progress against plan (earned value) and progress during development (technical performance).

Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy gets us back to basics in describing what to include in a project plan.

Glen Alleman adapts Jon Stewart’s final rant on “The Daily Show” to direct it toward his favorite target, the #NoEstimates movement.

Agile Methods

Mishkin Berteig lays out the four principles of refactoring. Sometimes, good software engineering can be a metaphor for life.

John Goodpasture introduces the notion of coupling to a discussion of architecture in an Agile approach.

The Clever PM (possibly) concludes his series, “Why Agile isn’t working for me.” This time, the focus is on individual actions.

Jake Bartlett points out some of the reasons Agile is hard to adopt.

Applied Leadership

Kathleen O’Connor interviews Ray Zinn, who founded and led semiconductor manufacturer Micrel for 37 years, on key lessons from his new book, “Tough Things First.”

Liane Davey shares a simple exercise that exposes each participant’s default reaction to change.

Peter Saddington shares a great infographic: 18 Things Mentally Strong People Do.

Scott Berkun uses the history of the Eiffel Tower to illustrate what it takes to drive real innovation and see it produce real change.

Eileen Burton says that great leaders are those who step up in a crisis.

Pot Pouri

Suzanne Lucas says that recruiters are good at spotting lies. Here are a few things that you really don’t need to lie about.

Jamie Hale gives us science-based recommendations on how to study. Key point: we best remember that which we best understand.

Steve Johnson identifies four “areas of expertise” that should drive what is (and isn’t) required in a job candidate.

Paul Sawyers opines on the market viability of an internet of consumer product things. Who needs a smart oven in the microwave society?

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