New project management articles published on the web during the week of January 12 – 18. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

Must read!

Chuck Cohn points out three cloud-based collaboration tools that you might not think of as project management apps.

Chloe Green gives us an overview of what’s happening in cognitive computing, and how business will benefit from natural language processing.

Soma Bhattacharya interviews Samad Aidane on how neuroscience research is producing insights into human behavior with significant applications to project management.

PM Best Practices

Kailash Awati describes an alternative to the entity – relationship “search for objective truth” approach to data modeling, based on emergent design principles.

Glen Alleman notes that project management includes adjustments to the plan, throughout execution of the project.

John Goodpasture addresses the question of when we need to re-baseline our project schedule.

Elizabeth Harrin reviews Mark Phillip’s new book, “Reinventing Communication.” It sounds like his scientific approach might not be workable outside the laboratory.

Craig Brown created an interesting diagram of actions and feedback, starting with “Something bad happens.”

Andy Jordan cites a case study in what happens when a sponsor stifles a creative approach to delivery.

Phillip Smith contemplates Kaizen, which means more than just “Good change.”

Nick Pisano continues his multi-blog contemplation and conversation with me on finding a lingua franca for project management data.

Kerry Wills reminds us not to get too comfortable with our understanding of the issues and risks we see in our projects.

Pat Weaver outlines the challenges of comparing failed projects, or even conducting a root cause analysis.

Michael Lopp suggests that interruptions introduce a greater cost in lost productivity than the financial savings of an open office.

Ryan Ogilvie uses the metaphor of a sieve to talk about identifying the issues that should drive your service strategy.

Agile Methods

Johanna Rothman considers the relationship between optimism and success at implementing Agile methods.

Don Kim argues that Agile is based not on iteration, but recursion. You can say that again …

Vandana Roy gives us a detailed comparison of Scrum, Kanban, and Scrumban.

Shivakanth Velishala defines DevOps, and describes the three pillars that support continuous delivery.

Looking Ahead

Alistair Croll returns from Las Vegas (thanks for supporting our economy!) with insights on how wearables and the Internet of Things will rely on Big Data.

Lance Ulanoff reports on a personal robot, funded by Kickstarter, which may be under your tree for Christmas. The face resembles ice queen Elsa, with a new hairdo. Let it go …

Lyndsey Gilpin forecasts 2015 developments in renewable energy: generation, storage, and utilization, as well as changes in the business itself.

Christopher Romani looks at trends that will affect federal government acquisition and program management in 2015.

Kevin Korterud looks all the way out to 2025, to envision what PMO’s will be like ten years from now.

Podcasts and Videos

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Frank Parth on the PM lessons learned from mega projects. Just 21 minutes, safe for work.

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