Welcome to the August 27, 2007 edition of carnival of project management. Over 25 entries this month! Here’s the pick of the most relevant and most interesting.
Craig Brown presents Better Projects: What we don’t know about project success posted at Better Projects, saying, “Dr. Peter W.G. Morris argues that the problem with the project management industry is that it’s too focused on the tools and techniques of the trade rather than on how projects can improve business success. He argues that research in the PM industry should be directed towards measures of success, or the processes of defining success for each project.” An interesting take on it, and while I haven’t read Morris’ article in full yet, I certainly agree with the idea that we’re too focused on tools and less on what business success looks like.
Pete Johnson presents Making yourself easy to be scheduled posted at Nerd Guru, saying, “Targeted at engineers but useful for just about anybody, this is my guide for how individual contributors can alter their behavior to make the scheduling process a whole lot easier on project managers (and how good performance evaluations fall out of that improved relationship).” This is part one of a series, a great start.
Jerry presents Finding the Exit posted at Voice Over The Wall, saying, “Management is often faced with the decision to funnel more money into an unsuccessful project or to cancel it outright.” Very interesting, if long, article on failing projects – a subject I’m focusing on too at the moment.
Ivan Rios presents Mistakes Happen: How Do You Respond? posted at artofleading.net. This is a short article, but it’s interesting to try to spot how you and your team members react when things go wrong.
Phil B. presents 13 Steps to be Productive « Phil for Humanity posted at Phil for Humanity, saying, “Ever wonder why some people are so productive all of the time while other people never accomplish anything?”
Louise Manning presents He who fails to plan, plans to fail. posted at The Human Imprint. A cliche but true. Louise has also written a good article on facilitation.
CA presents Hey, where are the bugs anyway? posted at Atlantic Canada’s Small Business Blog, saying, “Quality – whose responsibility is it anyway?” More relevant to the IT PMs among you.
edithyeung presents Steps You Must Take to Run a Successful Meeting and Say Goodbye to Boring Meetings posted at Edith Yeung.Com: Dream. Think. Act.. Short, practical tips for making your meeting run better. Go Edith!
Matt presents Getting Constructive Feedback from People posted at Realigned Living, saying, “Sometimes you need some honest advice about how your project is coming along. The article goes into tips on how to receive constructive feedback from people.” This is really interesting because most articles I’ve read of feedback concentrate on how to give it, not how to get it.
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