New project management articles published on the web during the week of July 16 – 22. And this week’s video: a quick review of recent changes to Microsoft Visio, followed by a demonstration of how to integrate Visio with Microsoft Project. 26 minutes, safe for work.

Business Acumen and Strategy

Bill Taylor focuses our attention on three reasons why Netflix is successful. And focus is the key word here. 4 minutes to read.

Greg Satell revisits the failures of Blockbuster, Kodak, and Xerox. The root cause of each of their failures was not just disruption. 5 minutes to read.

Dan Kopf summarizes a report from the OECD on what higher tariffs might mean for economic growth. It’s not all about the retail price of manufactured goods. 2 minutes to read.

Managing Projects

Satya Narayan Dash tutors us on contingency reserve and management reserve. 9 minutes to read.

Satya Narayan Dash tutors us on contingency reserve and management reserve. 9 minutes to read. John Goodpasture explains David Hulett’s approach to integrating the risk register and the project plan. 2 minutes to read.

Elise Stevens interviews Karlene Agard on value management in mega-projects—reducing cost without reducing value. Podcast, 16 minutes.

Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy delivers a very detailed mini-course on project stakeholder management, from identification to creating a Register. 16 minutes.

Mike Clayton provides detailed instructions on how to get the most from our next “lessons learned” meeting. 12 minutes to read.

The folks at Clarizen share their thoughts on milestones—on both good and bad practices. 3 minutes to read.

Managing Software Development

Stefan Wolpers curates his weekly list of Agile content, from Beyond Budgeting to why open floor plans suck to results of the scrum master survey. 7 outbound links, 3 minutes to read.

Raffaela Rein describes inclusive design as removing barriers to access for the disabled, from the deaf to the color blind and beyond. 5 minutes to read.

Erik Dietrich describes seven types of testing (beyond functional testing) that you should be doing. 5 minutes to read.

James Kobelius considers what it might mean to certify an AI product as “safe.” 6 minutes to read.

Janelle Shane gives us a practitioner’s view of why artificial narrow intelligence is more achievable than artificial general 5 minutes to read.

Alex Aitken questions the predictive value of velocity. 3 minutes to read.

Applied Leadership

Alexander Maasik curates his weekly list of leadership articles, from fairy tales and fables to accurate data to being compassionate. 5 outbound links, 4 minutes to read.

John Yorke explains the concepts exemplified by Herbie, a key character in The Goal, by Eliyahu Goldratt. This is a novel that introduces the Theory of Constraints. 7 minutes to read.

Mary Jo Asmus points out some of the upsides to delegating. 2 minutes to read.

Research and Insights

Mike Griffiths catalogs some of the AI assistant applications we should look forward to as project managers. 7 minutes to read.

Mike Griffiths catalogs some of the AI assistant applications we should look forward to as project managers. 7 minutes to read. Max Steinmetz collates some recent statistics on Agile adoption and results. 3 minutes to read.

Alison Coleman previews a new report from PMI: Next Practices: Maximizing the Benefits of Disruptive Technologies on Projects. 5 minutes to read.

Oliver Staley reports on a new study from a business school in Madrid which compared formal and automated communication with informal communications at work. 2 minutes to read.

Working and the Workplace

Elizabeth Harrin shares an extract from her excellent new book, Project Manager, which describes three ways to get that first job as a PM. 5 minutes to read.

Berta Melder explains why serotonin is important to our happiness and productivity and identifies daily activities that can help us produce more of it. 4 minutes to read.

Kerry Wills reminds us to observe a few simple workplace courtesies—like keeping your calendar updated. A minute to read.

Enjoy!

Share this: Tumblr

Pinterest

Twitter

Print

Facebook

Pocket

LinkedIn

Reddit



Like this: Like Loading...