New project management articles published on the web during the week of September 8 – 14. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Glen Alleman summarizes the Government Accounting Office’s findings on the root cause of the HealthCare.gov website problems. “Ineffective planning and oversight …”

Bruce Benson also reviews the problems identified by the GAO and comes to a different conclusion: they need brutal honesty in order to establish realistic expectations.

Russell Whitworth says the key to successful projects is to identify success criteria, and then monitor and manage to them.

Michel Dion articulates three keys to project management: identify the intended results, be decisive, and take action.

Harry Hall helps us get past the terminology gap, between what we know about project management and what our sponsors and stakeholders don’t

Johanna Rothman explores the relationship between cost, value, and investment for portfolio management in a new series.

Henny Portman shares an article on building a project portfolio prioritization model, to be part of his upcoming book.

Mike Griffiths has a few suggestions for managing the Millenials, in the modern world of frequent job changes and unrealistic expectations.

Kerry Wills touts the virtues of planning a schedule from left to right; in other words, calculating the end date, rather than having one imposed as a constraint.

Elizabeth Harrin reviews Glip, a project collaboration site with instant messaging and some interesting integrations with other commonly used tools.

Agile Methods

Shim Marom shares the slide deck from his Australia PMI conference presentation, “Transform Yourself From Traditional to Agile Project Manager.”

Dave Prior constructs a self-assessment tool for “recovering PM’s” who are embracing Agile, and want to measure their progress. “Recovering?” Egad …

Mike Cohn explains that the primary benefits of story points is a standardized measure of effort, independent of the skill level of the programmer.

Meghana Niranjan presents Poka-Yoke 101, or for us non-Japanese speakers, an introduction to mistake proofing. The examples are more than enough reason to read this.

Aby League clarifies how the Pomodoro Technique works, and how such a personal time management approach can fit in with Agile teams.

John Goodpasture assigns ownership of delivering the value described in the business case to the product manager.

Following the Trends

Janet Wagner provides a current-state view of cognitive computing and identifies several companies producing cognitive apps.

Zach Watson sees opportunity for project management in the Internet of Things.

Peter Saddington reports on research linking social collaboration and the evolution of brain size.

Bertrand Duperrin interviews Manuel Diaz on the intersection of the customer experience and digital models.

Kailash Awati interviews organization psychologist Dr. Neil Preston on exchanging the hero myth for an ethical approach to organizational change management.

Podcasts and Videos

Venkatesh Krishnamurthy shares a video from Masaaki Imai, founder of the Kaizen Institute, on continuous improvement across the organization. Just 5 minutes, safe for work.

Cesar Abeid interviews Shawn Dickerson of AtTask on the future of project management, and re-connects with Farnoosh Brock. Just 35 minutes, safe for work.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Joan Vincent on how the Wideman Education Foundation develops project management skills in young people. Just 25 minutes, safe for work.

Margaret Meloni expands on her last post, on strategic reserve time, to show how to avoid starting off behind schedule. Just 7 minutes, safe for work.

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