New project management articles published on the web during the week of November 24 – 30. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

PM Best Practices

Patti Gilchrist has prepared a checklist of essential skills required in order to manage a Big Data project.

Kailash Awati tutors us on the Issue-Based Information System; how it has evolved, and how Glyma implements IBIS.

Glen Alleman lists the critical success factors from a 2010 IBM report on managing complex projects and programs.

Elizabeth Harrin summarizes James Brown’s presentation on organizational change management at Synergy 2014.

Ryan Ogilvie explains the numbers used to express availability and uptime.

James Clifton does a quick overview, including pros and cons, of four digital project management apps: Wrike, Mavenlink, Clarizen, and ProWorkflow.

Mario Trentim points out that the key to stakeholder management is managing for the benefit of the stakeholders.

Henny Portman shares his updated stakeholder register.

Bruce Harpham publishes another one of his resource lists: 33 conflict management resources for project managers.

Allen Ruddock recommends that the PMO start with governance and work backwards from there.

Emanuele Passera applies the law of diminishing returns to explain why no solution is infinitely scalable.

Harry Hall reduces the “lessons learned” session down to three key questions.

Agile Methods

Johanna Rothman shares some recommendations for tackling complex, “wicked” problems.

Esther Derby considers the question: Has Agile crossed the chasm?

John Goodpasture summarizes key points from Scott Ambler’s presentation at a PMI event in Orlando. Not a receptive audience for this message, I’d guess.

Pawel Brodzinski relates the “happiness metric” used to gauge team morale with blood pressure, as a metric for impending damage to the organism.

Derek Huether reports that a patent for sale by Penn State might be the basis for future infringement suits, if you happen to be using certain common collaboration tools. Like a whiteboard and Post-it Notes.

Podcasts and Videos

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Elizabeth Larson on using time management approach to improve our ability to manage project requirements. Just 17 minutes, safe for work.

Craig Smith interviews Gojko Adzic on Agile methods ranging from XP to impact mapping to hamburger slicing. Just 45 minutes, safe for work.

Becoming More Effective

Seth Godin contrasts the last minute with the deadline, and notes that they are two different things.

Mike Girdler lists five keys to achieving a rhythm of continuous improvement.

Soma Bhattacharya won’t tell us her New Year’s resolution, but she does share her strategy for keeping it.

Tony Adams channels Nathaniel Hawthorne, on the difficulty of getting the message just right, for the intended audience.

Kerry Wills invokes Stephen Covey and Bruce Willis with the admonition, “SFTU or STFU.”

Enjoy!

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