New project management articles published on the web during the week of June 16 – 22. We gather all of this stuff so you don’t have to search for it! Recommended:

Estimating

Glen Alleman uses Darrell Huff’s 1954 book, “How to Lie with Statistics,” to skewer the Standish Report and the #NoEstimates movement (again).

John Goodpasture pulls a quote from John Mandel’s “The Statistical Analysis of Experimental Data” to illustrate the dangers of inductive reasoning.

Bertrand Duperrin reviews a new book by James Sesil thattells how better analysis is improving the quality of HR decisions.

Nick Pisano notes the need for better integration between project schedule and project budget.

PM Best Practices

Agile Methods

Johanna Rothman on geographically distributed Agile teams: “Don’t do standups. Do handoffs.”

Saravana Bharathi diagnoses problems in the Daily Scrum.

Mike Cohn shares a few innovative ways to clean up the product backlog.

Greg Pfister, VP for Agile Practices at federal government contractor Agilex, explains how they embraced CMMI in order to be more Agile.

Professional Development

Mike Donoghue uses some analytical data from LinkedIn to identify words that appear in far too many resumes. Time for some synonyms!

John Carroll relates the Taoist virtues of compassion, frugality, and humility.

Mike Griffiths urges us to act on that desire to qualify for a new professional credential.

Chris Moody just completed his Certified Scrum Master exam, and he has an Agile Manifesto take on the value of certifications.

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