New project management articles published on the web during the week of January 18 – 24, and we’re just sittin’ on top of the world. Recommended:

Must read!

Aaron Smith identifies ten strategy execution trends that will impact the way we manage projects in 2016.

Bruce Harpham retrieves six principles for success from Ashlee Vance’s biography of Elon Musk. If you’re going to admire a billionaire, this might be the guy.

John Goodpasture analyzes the idea that we should make mistakes early and often. Not all mistakes are created equal!

Established Methods

Aaron Smith summarizes three critical questions posed by Patrick Stroh, author of “Advancing Innovation,” to assess which ideas are worth pursuing.

Henny Portman reviews “Executive Sponsor Research Report,” from The Standish Group.

Glen Alleman describes capabilities-based planning, for software-intensive systems to be built for government customers, using Agile methods.

Gene Gendel points out the limitations of Red-Amber-Green status reporting.

Harry Hall details the operational risk management plan and the various sources of operational risk.

Ryan Ogilvie examines the part of IT that faces the customer, the service request system, from both the customer perspective and the IT perspective.

Women Testers Magazine for January 2016 is available for download. Not just for women and not just for testers – highly recommended.

Agile Methods

Renee Troughton considers a critical question for hiring a Scrum Master: what is the minimum viable Agilist?

Mike Cohn addresses the rationale behind the frequent question, “Does a Scrum team need a retrospective every sprint?”

Vikram Singh describes the most common methods used to gauge the level of effort required for each story in sprint planning.

Bart Gerardi describes the role of the Agile executive in changing the organization’s culture.

Kaushik Saha analyzes Kanban as a queue, using Little’s Law.

Applied Leadership

Elizabeth Harrin interviews Sarah Coleman, co-author of “Project Leadership.”

Cesar Abeid interviews Don Smith, “The Speech Wiz,” on the life and career value of developing your public speaking and communication skills. Just over an hour, safe for work.

Liane Davey explains how to create a sense of accountability in the people who report to you.

Kailash Awati shares his presentation on improving decision-making in situations with high ambiguity, using IBIS notation for issue mapping. About 48 minutes, safe for work.

Art Petty notes that leading drains the spirit, and offers some ideas on how to refuel.

Gina Abudi proposes creation of a team charter, articulating the purpose, mission, and goals of the team.

Other

Jamie Condliffe lists the 25 most popular passwords, gleaned from over two million stolen and leaked on the internet.

Thor Olavsrud reports on efforts to apply artificial intelligence to problems where not all of the information is visible. For example: Heads-up No-limit Texas Hold ’em poker.

Brad Rach extols the virtues of a paper notebook. His choice: Moleskine.

Johanna Rothman shares a few tips on the process of writing.

Enjoy!

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