New project management articles published on the web during the week of December 14 – 20. We give you a high-level view so you can read what interests you. Recommended:

Must read!

John Goodpasture explains the Hybrid Operating Principle: Agile projects are simultaneously strategically stationary and tactically iterative and emergent.

Adam Shostack derives design governance lessons from a presentation by the engineer responsible for the Death Star’s exhaust system. May the Force be aligned with your strategic initiatives!

Peter Saddington describes two keys to effective communication: active engagement and active listening. Side note: in addition to being a Scrum consultant, Peter has an MA in Counseling.

Established Methods

Braden Kelly unveils his Visual Project Charter, a poster-sized format for capturing and/or sharing project information in a team meeting. Better than a Word template?

Diana Eskander covers the process of stakeholder management.

Lynda Bourne addresses the meaning of corporate social responsibility, sustainability, and the triple bottom line, from a stakeholder’s perspective.

Susanne Madsen gets us up to speed on managing change, using John Kotter’s eight-step model.

Matthew Squair reviews the use of “Incredible” as a qualitative likelihood for risk management, when all the swans have been confirmed to be white.

Ryan Ogilvie shares a colleague’s story about an off-the-shelf application that was too heavily modified to ever be maintained.

Kailash Awati contemplates evolution and obsolescence, as they apply to enterprise architecture. Biology is destiny, even in metaphors.

Agile Methods

Johanna Rothman continues her series on Agile methods for hardware development.

Bob Tarne finds Gall’s Law reflected in certain Agile principles.

Robert Galen describes user stories as a “lifecycle of conversations,” using the example of building a better mousetrap.

Paul Goddard and Geoff Watts list ten tips for running an effective retrospective.

M.W. Settlemire posts an academic-looking treatise, “Effective use of Kanban for monitoring and controlling low-complexity projects in a high-volume project environment.”

Glen Alleman breaks down the definition of value into several units of measure.

Work Is Not A Place

Aaron Smith interviews leadership trainer Brady Wilson on his new book, “Beyond Engagement,” and workplace exhaustion.

Cornelius Fichtner interviews Jesse Fewell on his 2015 PMI Global Congress presentation, “Can you hear me now?” Just 23 minutes, safe for work.

Harry Hall lays out a plan for aching your project management career dreams.

Penelope Trunk helps her ten year old son realize that his job is becoming obsolete, that it happens to everyone, and he just needs to find a new one. Hilarious!

Seth Godin takes a look at the economics of smart phones, where the perpetual interruptions of beeping and vibrating trigger opportunity costs.

Trends and the New Year

Elizabeth Harrin shares her project management career retrospective for 2015.

Mike Cohn proposes 21 New Year’s resolutions for ScrumMasters. Definitely get more fiber. And cut back on the sodium.

Ramin Sayar notes five data analytics trends that will impact us in the coming year.

Per Holmlund has a few suggestions for improving teamwork in 2016.

Enjoy!

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