New project management articles published on the web during the week of September 5 – 11. And this week’s video: Alison Krauss and Union Station performing “Gravity” on Austin City Limits. I’m writing this in the kitchen of the house I left at 17, and this song just seemed to fit the mood.

Must read!

Pawel Brodzinski presents the case for empathy and respect as the core competencies for successful teams.

Michael Lopp provides a detailed tutorial on how to recruit the best people for your team. You just have to be willing to spend up to 50% of your time on it.

Mike Cohn asks (and explores a complex answer to): What is a product?

Established Methods

Olivier Cothenet lists ten “lies” common to failing projects reporting a green status.

Kerry Wills makes a point about reporting project status in the context of the associated milestones.

Mike Griffiths notes that the output of the certification process includes more than simply a certification.

Laura Barnard advocates taking an hour each day to reflect, plan, manage, and make progress on improving your productivity.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers shares his weekly Food for Thought Agile content round-up.

Dave Prior interviews Lyssa Adkins on the role of Agilists as agents of social revolution. Just 17 minutes, safe for work.

Johanna Rothman describes three ways to size defect fixes.

Alex DiPasquale explains how the definition of done is the right place document compliance with the corporate software development life cycle.

Applied Leadership

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Bruce Harpham, who describes ways to make virtual work more productive. Just 34 minutes, safe for work.

Lisette Sutherland tells us how to “take the temperature” of our virtual team. Just 8 minutes, safe for work.

Nancy Settle-Murphy and Lynette Van Steinburg help us self-diagnose: am I the weakest link in my virtual team?

Ravindra Wankar shares some techniques for brainstorming with a remote team.

Art Petty points out a “pure” leadership model, practiced by those who lead in dangerous situations: first responders and warriors.

Suzanne Lucas explains why Millenials struggle as managers (because they’re young) and how they might become the best managers ever.

Technology and Techniques

Jon Pilkington explains the use case for combining self-service with self-service data preparation.

Adam Shostack contemplates the use of diagrams in software analysis for threat modeling.

Ryan Hewitt describes the “How Might We” technique for group brainstorming.

Mike Clayton tutors us on the Perceptual Positions technique for understanding other points of view, as originated by John Grinder and Judith DeLozier.

Working and the Workplace

The Clever PM describes a strategy for how to spend your first 90 days as a product manager (or in any other role).

Soma Bhattacharya interviews The Lazy Project Manager, Peter Taylor, for her “This Is How I Work” series.

Elizabeth Harrin tutors us on meeting management techniques.

Brendan Toner follows up his review of Todoist for Windows with a review of the $29 / year Android version.

Enjoy!

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