New project management articles published on the web during the week of February 10 – 16. We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! Thanks to Michel Dion at Project Aria for publishing my guest post on planning project human resources management. Recommended:

Trends

Zavain Dar invokes Immanuel Kant, to argue that Big Data is helping us move from logical analysis to a search for synthetic truths.

Lyndsey Gilpin summarizes ten key things to understand about 3D printing.

PM Best Practices

Kevin Korterud wants us to manage the procurement department as both a team member and as a project stakeholder.

Tony Adams revisits risk management, not as a list of things to avoid, but as a means to find opportunities we can exploit.

David Hillson answers three key questions about risk management in complex projects, and how the strategies of flexibility and resilience can make the difference.

John Goodpasture considers an innovative presentation by Glen Alleman as a three-body problem, and asks if there should be four, or even five?

Martin Webster notes five early warning signs of ineffective leadership.

Anya Faingersh identifies four drivers for schedule delays.

Project Governance

Tim Cushing summarizes the appalling state of the TECS upgrade project run by the U.S. Border Patrol and Immigration and Customs Enforcement agencies.

Chi-Pong Wong identifies the six critical success factors for PMO success.

Todd Williams reviews “Strategies for Project Sponsorship,” by Vicki James, Ron Rosenhead, and Peter Taylor.

Michel Dion notes that different types of projects have different definitions of success.

Agile Methods

Mike Griffiths notes, “Agile processes are an enabler for intelligent action, but not a guarantee of it.”

Johanna Rothman continues her series on the cost of delay, with the cost of indecision and the cost of technical debt.

Wayne Grant shares three more techniques for keeping retrospectives from getting stale.

Vijaya Kumar Bandaru explains Scrum through the metaphor of prescribing and adjusting your medication when sick.

Productivity

Joel Bancroft-Connors and Hogarth return from an eight-month absence with a post on [wait for it] … procrastination!

Lisa Evans makes the point that the office just might be the worst place to get things done.

Alina Vrabie reminds us of the origin of the eight-hour workday, and offers a few alternatives that might let us be more productive.

Michael Stanleigh lists twenty stress reducers for project managers.

Travis Bradberry explains how successful people stay calm.

Anita Bruzzese is on the warpath against bad Email practices.

Podcasts and Videos

Elizabeth Harrin tells how to employ a customer satisfaction-centric project management improvement process. Just 18 minutes, safe for work.

Cesar Abeid interviews David Sparks on how to tame the Email beast. Just 53 minutes, safe for work.

Mark Phillipy interviews Samad Aidane on how to apply neuroscience to understand cultural differences. Just 54 minutes, safe for work.

Enjoy!

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