I’ll be back next year with some new book reviews and other great project management stuff, so until then,
wishing you happy holidays.
Elizabeth

There won’t be a Carnival in December.
Instead, submit your articles for a New Year special.  The next Carnival will be up on 28 January, so plenty of time to get your submissions in.
Go to Blog Carnival and submit online.

Each week Computing and Computer Weekly rehash old material about how important it is to get more women working in IT and how terrible it is that there is unfair treatment in the workplace. I’m sure there is unfair treatment in many workplaces, although I’ve been fortunate enough never to experience any. And [...]

Looking for a present for the PM in your life? She might appreciate some of these gifts:

Vouchers for Starbucks or her local coffee shop – for keeping going when steering group reports are due
A subscription to Shattered
A retractable powder brush, so the inside of her handbag doesn’t get messy, and a fix-all-hide-all powder from [...]

I listened to Rich Maltzman talking about his forthcoming book Fiddler on the Project (co-authored with Ranjit Biswas) on Controlling Chaos, way back in July. We’ve been corresponding since, trying to find time to talk about project management and authoring. I finally got round to asking him some questions last week, and from [...]