New project management articles published on the web during the week of November 3 – 9. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Gary Nelson presents an interesting case study in cost-benefit analysis.

John Goodpasture offers low-cost definitions for a couple of ten-dollar words used by risk management thinkers – epistemic and aleatoric.

Matthew Squair offers an intriguing (if slightly nerdy, even for me) example of trading one risk for another.

Mike Clayton notes that power is fragmented across most organizations; thus, the need to influence.

Bruce Harpham exposes ten sources of project conflict, and a few statistics that put workplace conflict in perspective.

Andy Jordan reports from the PMI Global Congress in Phoenix. It sounds like we should plan to go to the one in Orlando, next October.

Agile Methods

Mike Cohn concludes his series on velocity-driven versus commitment-driven sprint planning, by explaining his preference.

Pawel Brodzinski explains the Kanban approach to portfolio management. “WIP limits … underscore available capabilities as a scarce resource.”

Chuck Snead makes the case for creating a project charter as part of Sprint Zero and walks us through the process.

Shawn Dickerson advocates for the marriage of Agile methods with a Waterfall approach.

Satyajit Sarangi shares some ideas for applying Lean concepts to your practice of Scrum.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Dave Cornelius on his new program, teaching high school students Agile methods as life skills. Just 12 minutes, safe for work.

Book Reviews

Elizabeth Harrin reviews Thomas P. Wise’s new book, “Trust in Virtual Teams,” a guide to explaining and building trust … well, you get the idea.

Henny Portman reviews Rod Snowden’s book, “MSP Survival Guide for Business Change Managers,” where MSP = “Managing Successful Programmes.”

Michel Dion summarizes Susanne Madsen’s upcoming book, “The Power of Project Leadership.”

Toby Elwin reviews Warren Berger’s new book, “A more Beautiful Question: The Power of Inquiry to Spark Breakthough Ideas.”

Glen Alleman shares a list of books on estimating software projects.

Trends

Peter Saddington casts a dubious eye on “Recruiting 3.0” as described by Ron Thomas. The quality of user-generated content does not predict job performance.

Teena Hammond shares the results of a survey of IT decision makers, in an attempt to predict which of the emerging trends will actually matter.

Joe Panettieri reports on the relatively disappointing ROI of Big Data projects. Well, it took heavier-than-air flight a while to become commercially viable …

Jelani Harper explains the concept of “Data Lakes,” and why it might be a good fit for organizations with a disciplined approach to data governance.

Professional Development

Coert Visser reinforces the idea that coaching is not about the coach, and you don’t have to understand the subject matter in order to be an effective facilitator.

Suzanne Lucas summarizes results of a survey by recruiting software house iCIMS that confirms recruiters and hiring managers are not communicating very well.

Cheri Baker observes that, as small companies succeed and grow, many of the long-term employees grieve for their old culture.

Alina Vrabie suggests some strategies for the introverted leader.

Enjoy!

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