New project management articles published on the web during the week of March 31 – April 6. We read all of this stuff so you don’t have to! And Elizabeth Harrin was kind enough to give me a guest spot on her blog, PM4Girls – thanks, Mum! Also recommended:

PM Best Practices

Glen Alleman explores the clever phrase, “Do it right or do it twice.”

Gary Nelson notes that there is an appropriate window of opportunity for change. After that, everything gets expensive or impossible.

Bruce Benson sings the praises of arguments, disputes, and debates.

Barry Hodge argues that Nozbe is the best “to do” list app for project managers, and gives five excellent reasons. I’m still not ditching Trello, though …

Dick Billows notes the advantages of using a software-based project scheduling tool, and shoots down the arguments against it.

Marian Haus recaps the three “traditional” techniques for overcoming project schedule constraints.

John Goodpasture shares a challenge question he puts to his risk management students, on how to assess the impact of a new technology, process, or vendor.

Tony Adams traces the link between the project charter and the engagement of the project sponsor.

Henny Portman links us to some great how-to videos for Excel – the project manager’s Swiss Army Knife.

Sue Geuens notes that incorrect data records can lead to some pretty serious consequences.

Agile Methods

Jeff Pierce addresses requirements gathering for those development projects with a lot of constraints.

Johanna Rothman continues her series on designing your own Agile project, with a look at dealing with the unknowns.

Cheri Baker looks into the post-success bounce, and why success is so often temporary.

Soma Bhattacharya talks about what to do once you’ve succeeded, and your Scrum team is successful, productive, and stable.

Dave Prior reflects on how he’s using (and benefiting from) his personal Kanban, as a follow-up to his interviews with Jim Benson.

Paulo Dias looks at the down side of starting a Sprint on a Monday.

Strategy and Governance

Martin Webster asks an interesting question: “Does strategy emerge or is it planned?”

Elizabeth Harrin reviews Georg Vielmetter and Yvonne Sell’s new book, “Leadership 2030: The Six Megatrends You Need to Understand to Lead Your Company into the Future .”

Michael Wood notes that the maxim “simpler is better” also applies to project portfolio management.

Your Career

Dennis McCafferty shares a slide deck that shows compensation and career prospects for experience project managers are looking very good, indeed.

Linky van der Merwe links us to a few resources for project managers looking to make a career move.

Michel Dion provides some tips for those preparing for a job interview.

Enjoy!

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