New project management articles published on the web during the week of November 11 – 17. And this week’s video: Mike Clayton tabulates his list of essential project documentation, from absolute minimum individual documents to second-tier documents and document types to third-tier broad document categories, as needed based on the size and complexity of the project. 12 minutes, safe for work.

Ethics, Business Acumen and Strategy

Roger Swannell gives us a short course on the business models of the 21 st century and what makes them competitive. 9 minutes to read, 24 references to investigate.

century and what makes them competitive. 9 minutes to read, 24 references to investigate. Leigh Espy recaps five short examples of the way that creativity made all the difference in a business opportunity. 7 minutes to read.

Greg Satell references previous periods of disruption in his prediction of how evolving technologies will disrupt business and daily life over the coming decade. 5 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Alexandra Nekrasova lists five project management books, as recommended by five experienced project managers. 4 minutes to read.

Alexandra Nekrasova lists five project management books, as recommended by five experienced project managers. 4 minutes to read. Sarah Hoban explains the difference between solutioning and project management. Yes, it is apparently a word, more’s the pity. 3 minutes to read, or 4 for the podcast.

Rob England warns that industrial manufacturing paradigms such as Lean and Theory of Constraints have their limits. 2 minutes to read.

Angeliki Koumani describes three project success metrics that enable mid-course corrections. 3 minutes to read.

Bruce Harpham outlines a five-step on-boarding plan for new project management professionals. 4 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from alignment and autonomy to the coaching mindset to next year’s product conferences. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Mike Cohn shares ten tips for more effective daily scrums. 5 minutes to read.

Jesse Houwing recommends that we focus on what was done and the remaining backlog during the Sprint review, rather than comparing to what was planned. 4 minutes to read.

Alan Crouch explains the ScrumMaster’s role in team communication. 2 minutes to read.

Taros Tymoshchuck reports on mobile application development to follow in 2020. 6 minutes to read.

Victoria Bezsmolna lists seven benefits of automated testing. 4 minutes to read.

Chris Colosimo tells us how to transition from test automation to continuous testing, which is exactly what it sounds like. 8 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Marcus Blankenship and Jennifer Jones-Patulli discuss conflict management within teams and the larger organizations. Conflict can be productive. 41 minutes, safe for work.

Marcus Blankenship and Jennifer Jones-Patulli discuss conflict management within teams and the larger organizations. Conflict can be productive. 41 minutes, safe for work. Catharine Perloff profiles Dave Duffield, founder of software giants PeopleSoft and Workday, among others, and his focus on creating a culture based on shared values. 7 minutes to read.

Kiron Bondale notes the disconnect between individual performance evaluation and the need for teamwork. We get more of the behaviors we reward. 2 minutes to read.

Charlotte Blank and colleagues report on their research into the use of proactive time, where employees set aside time for work that is important but not urgent. 5 minutes to read.

Cybersecurity and Data Protection

Adam Shostack introduces us to managed attribution threat modeling and explains the CAKED acrostic. With links to more details at Ntrepid. 3 minutes to read.

Sarah Peters suggests eight questions to ask yourself about your organization’s backup and recover capabilities. 5 minutes to read.

James Briers gives us some tips on preparing for a data migration. 4 minutes to read. Or if you want to dig deeper, read my book on the data conversion cycle.

Pot Pourri

Adam Rogers anticipates that Generation Z could make corporate culture more transparent in ways that may make older generations uncomfortable … at first. 4 minutes to read.

Adam Rogers anticipates that Generation Z could make corporate culture more transparent in ways that may make older generations uncomfortable … at first. 4 minutes to read. Peter Taylor entices us to move past the challenges of a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) business environment. 3 minutes to read.

Suzanne Lucas reports on her conversations with several HR technology companies at Unleash World in Paris on the business problems they’re trying to solve. 4 minutes to read.

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