New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 25 – 31. And this week’s video: Harry Hall follows up on his video explaining qualitative risk assessment with one on using quantitative methods to determine risk exposure as a financial amount, so you can set your project reserve. 4 minutes, safe for work.

Brexit update: an online petition to revoke Article 50, the provision for the UK to exit the EU, now has over 6 million signatures; Goldman Sachs thinks there is a 40% chance of that happening. Meanwhile, Prime Minister May is considering yet another vote on a softer version of her negotiated agreement, after three rejections, as an alternative to holding a general election before the April 12 deadline. If you want to be a senior decision maker, learn to follow current events like a senior decision maker.

Business Acumen and Strategy

Eshe Nelson interviews MIT economist Erik Brynjolfsson on the development of a new economic metric, GDP-B, which tries to capture the value of things we don’t pay for, like Google Maps, Wikipedia, and YouTube videos. 8 minutes to read.

Paul Hockenos reports on the growing number of German homeowners installing storage batteries as a component of their solar energy systems. 8 minutes to read.

Chris Gilliard tells how an academic assignment to surveil unsuspecting strangers in public places raised questions on privacy, consent, and privilege. 6 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Elizabeth Harrin details 15 actions to take charge of your own professional development. 9 minutes to read.

Elizabeth Harrin details 15 actions to take charge of your own professional development. 9 minutes to read. Satya Narayan Dash describes a highly detailed project risk management framework. 9 minutes to read, plus a 5-minute video.

John Goodpasture makes the case for developing and following checklists, from the general to the specific. 2 minutes to read.

Gerri Poling reflects on what “continuous improvement” actually means: not just achieving quality goals, but moving beyond them. 3 minutes to read.

Any Jordan reminds us of the need to document and validate (or at least monitor for continued reasonability) the assumptions we use in planning. 5 minutes to read.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Sripriya Narayanasamy and Karthik Ramamurthy, authors of Say Yes to Project Success, a collection of short stories with comments by 108 project experts. Podcast, 33 minutes, safe for work.

Johanna Rothman describes milestone criteria, as used in agile methods for managing projects and programs. 5 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from agile values to splitting stories to why ‘done’ tends to clash with ‘validated.’ 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from agile values to splitting stories to why ‘done’ tends to clash with ‘validated.’ 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read. Angela Riggs tutors us on converting to automated software testing. 8 minutes to read.

Mike Clayton does a deep dive into PMI’s Agile Practice Guide, released with PMBOK version 6 a year and a half ago, from contents to controversy. 12 minutes to read.

Valerie Senyk suggests that the predecessor to those other certifications should be an Agile Manifesto certification. 3 minutes to read.

David Karlin indulges in a rant against unreliable and non-resilient software and support line hold messages that suggest maybe you should clear browser cookies. 4 minutes to read.

Kristin Jackovny follows up on her post on testing input validation with some thoughts on validating outputs. The examples include a sly reference to an old song. 4 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Anne Sugar describes three ways to handle planned meetings that will have too many attendees. 3 minutes to read.

Natalie Warnert leads us through a team vulnerability activity: name your trigger. An interesting way to help a small group become a functioning team. 4 minutes to read.

Suzanne Lucas provides short recaps for each of the five employment laws every manager of employees in the USA must know. 4 minutes to read.

Research and Insights

Susanne Madsen coaches us on Deep Work—the ability to focus without distraction on a cognitively demanding task. 5 minutes to read.

Curtis Preston argues that the Cloud is perfect for disaster recovery. 6 minutes to read.

Asaf Fybish explores three examples of implementing a Zero Trust network architecture—micro-segmenting and access verification—in large organizations. 8 minutes to read.

Working and the Workplace

The nice folks at Clarizen make the case against Email. It’s like oil: a little lubricates; too much collects dirt and clogs everything up. 2 minutes to read.

Libby Sander says that office clutter has been proven to trigger negative behaviors like snacking on junk food, sleep loss, anxiety, and depression. Clean your desk! 4 minutes to read.

Sharlyn Lauby shares survey results: “If you were to start looking for a new job today, what would be the number one reason?” 3 minutes to read.

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