New project management articles published on the web during the week of April 29 – May 5. And this week’s video: Harry Hall tells how to plan project risk responses. 4 minutes, safe for work. This is the first of a series of four short videos on the general topic of managing project risk; the others are How to respond to project threats, How to respond to project opportunities, and How to respond to overall project risks.

Business Acumen and Strategy

Glenn Fleishman reports on the current state of artificial portrait generation: one more technique for internet fraud. 9 minutes to read.

Noah Smith says that while blockchain technology might surprise us and change the world someday, your skepticism is completely justified. 4 minutes to read.

Greg Satell reminds us that the future is not something that will happen, it is something that we will make. 4 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Glen Alleman conducts a root cause analysis using the publicly available information on the Hertz Rental Car lawsuit against Accenture following their failed website redesign. 9 minutes to read.

Glen Alleman conducts a root cause analysis using the publicly available information on the Hertz Rental Car lawsuit against Accenture following their failed website redesign. 9 minutes to read. Mike Clayton explains the use of a variation order in a contractual relationship. Video, 3 minutes, safe for work.

Eric Smith shares his techniques for making daily stand-up meetings as effective as possible. 4 minutes to read.

Leigh Espy gives us an introduction to Edwards Deming, the father of modern quality improvement, and his 14 points (no relation to Woodrow Wilson). 9 minutes to read.

Michael Wood revisits the history of Total Quality Management and notes some of the lessons we’ve learned since then. 8 minutes to read.

The nice folks at Team Clarizen tell us how to identify project constraints before they become major issues. 3 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of agile content, from “budgeting” an agile project to technical debt to managing the emergence of architecture. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Rich Mironov explains the microeconomics of industrial hardware and enterprise software—two very different categories of products where synergy is achievable but challenging. 10 minutes to read.

Johanna Rothman closes out her series on agile product roles. 4 minutes to read.

Cesar Abeid interviews Dr. Mik Kersten, author of Project to Product. Podcast, 39 minutes, safe for work.

Dan Ashby posted a series on a different approach to testing, based on the types of product risks. Here is part two and part three. 15 minutes to read all three.

Jean-Pierre Lambert reports on his experiment with a one-day Sprint. This seems like an interesting approach for getting the team from storming to performing. 7 minutes to read.

Keith Foote gives us an overview of in-memory database architectures, for transaction processing in real-time systems. 6 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Sharlyn Lauby reminds us to set a good example for those we manage: unplug . 2 minutes to read.

Sharlyn Lauby reminds us to set a good example for those we manage: . 2 minutes to read. Madhumita Murgia and Siddarth Shrikanth report on the struggles Big Tech is having with their approach to managing the ethical implications of AI. 5 minutes to read.

Emmanuel Goossaert reflects on reputations: how they are formed, how to verify them, and how to help bring them closer to reality. 8 minutes to read.

Research and Insights

Eleonore Pauwels reports on an AI-driven malware created by researchers that hacks CT scans; call it data poisoning. 5 minutes to read.

Jennifer Zaino describes the emerging concept of DataOps—automating data delivery with the appropriate levels of security, quality, and metadata. 5 minutes to read.

Edd Gent summarizes new research by BloombergNEF that projects electric car prices will fall below internal combustion engine car prices by 2020. This isn’t just a business opportunity for electric car manufacturers. 3 minutes to read.

Working and the Workplace

Jade Emmons rounds up a variety of projections about the future of networking. Will mixed-reality and AI replace wine and cheese parties? 4 minutes to read?

Jade Emmons rounds up a variety of projections about the future of networking. Will mixed-reality and AI replace wine and cheese parties? 4 minutes to read? Sabina Nawaz tells us what to do after an uncomfortable conversation with a co-worker. Choose to live with the person, not the guilt. 4 minutes to read.

Art Petty coaches us on moving from the idea that we need to do something different with our careers to taking action. 4 minutes to read.

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