New project management articles published on the web during the week of November 28 – December 4. And this week’s video: children narrate a Museum of London video of a man demonstrating how to cast an axe head using Bronze Age technologies. Just four minutes, safe for work, and far more thought-provoking than anything on television.

Must read / view / listen!

Sathappan Chinnakaruppan reports on teaching project management terminology, processes, and skills to sixth-grade kids – including his daughter.

Elizabeth Harrin recommends eleven must-have gadgets for the office worker on your holiday gift list.

Mike Cohn makes the case for standards of excellence in Agile and stimulates a whole lot of comments.

Established Methods

Women Testers Magazine October 2016 edition is now available for download, and it includes a variety of excellent articles. Yes, I know – it’s December …

Scott Matteson details ten (non-mutually exclusive) ways to kill a zombie IT project. No edged weapons required.

John McIntyre explains why the US government’s Program Management Improvement and Accountability Act is a big deal.

John Goodpasture quotes John LeCarre in asserting that part of assessing the quality of data is identifying the source.

Kerry Wills demonstrates the value of managing expectations when failure is a distinct possibility.

Nick Pisano updates us on progress toward producing a user experience completely under user control.

Agile Methods

Stefan Wolpers shares his weekly round-up of all things Agile, from Scrum to Kanban, and from teams to customers.

Johanna Rothman explains why both pushing work (i.e. Scrum) and pulling work (i.e. Kanban) may be right for your team.

Dave Prior interviews Derek Huether on the Triangle of Productivity, his new theory on what makes us effective. Just 30 minutes, safe for work.

Ben Linders explains the Agile Self-Assessment Game, an interesting way for teams to discover how well they’ve embraced Agile methods.

Henny Portman reviews “The Product Samurai,” by Chris Lukassen, which maps the seven principles of the Samurai to product management. But no swords.

Shay Peleg debunks a half-dozen myths that senior management frequently believes about Agile methods.

Moira Alexander provides the smart person’s guide to Agile project management. Dummies need not apply.

Applied Leadership

Michael Wood identifies the critical “people realities” of project management, and the people skills we need to hone to deal with them.

Dmitriy Nizhebetskiy lists the “do’s” and “don’ts” of successfully managing your project team.

Laura Barnard deconstructs the instruction, “Be more strategic.”

Technology and Techniques

Jennifer Zaino reports from the Dataversity Enterprise Data World 2016 conference on the existential question: Is NoSQL the future of databases?

Jeff Boehm explains the notions behind NewSQL, which attempts to bridge the gap between traditional relational databases and NoSQL.

Nir Eyal tells how “multiple discovery theory” explains why great minds think alike, at about the same time.

Working and the Workplace

Rebecca Knight provides a detailed course of action in getting your manager’s respect.

Rebecca Knight provides a detailed course of action in getting your manager’s respect. Leigh Espy talks with Bruce Harpham about how to get project management experience through volunteer work.

Nina Semczuk points out three signs your communication skills might need some work.

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