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The Must-Read Reading List for Project Communication and Collaboration

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Jean Tabaka: Addison Wesley, 2006. Lots of real-world advice on coping strategies, focusing really around thinking through what you are going to say and making it relevant. Strategies for Project Sponsorship. In fact, it instantly made me feel better about my bad day when I started reading in on the Tube. ISBN: 9780321630056.

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Practical Fibonacci: A Beginner's Guide to Relative Sizing

Scrum.org

2006, Jørgensen and Grimstad). Along the way, revisit the Big View of the organization to ensure that strategy continually informs development. When more is unknown than known, use relative sizing. . Unfortunately, humans are phenomenally bad at estimating and even worse when working in a complex domain like software development.

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Systems Thinking in Organizational Coaching

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Small changes can produce big results—but the areas of highest leverage are often the least obvious (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006). Over time, the capabilities for the fundamental solution may atrophy or become disabled, leading to an even greater reliance on the symptomatic solution (Peter Senge, The Fifth Discipline, 2006).

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Creating a Risk-Adjusted Backlog

Leading Answers

I wrote about these ideas when I started blogging in 2006 as  Risk Profile Graphs. Later in 2006, I wrote about  risk adjusted backlogs  and  Agile Risk Management , explaining how to insert threat avoidance and threat reduction activities in the backlog. When threats occur, they create negative value impacts.

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In-Depth: What a Social Systems Perspective Teaches us About Change

Scrum.org

Morgan (2006) explores the roots of this mechanical perspective?—?or Morgan (2006) draws attention to its deeply reductionist nature. Being, and remaining, part of a social group has always been an important survival strategy for our species. or the “machine metaphor”?—?and and attributes much of it to scientific management.

2012 155
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Return On Invested Capital Definition for Strategic Project Managers

The Strategic Project Manager

Return On Invested Capital, or ROIC, is a common metric used as an input for developing strategy, selecting projects, and measuring project, program, and business performance. This post explores the definition of ROIC, how to compute it, and its usefulness in strategy and project management. Return On Invested Capital Definition.

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How to Create and Energize a Fan Base

LiquidPlanner

Tod’s track record includes leading the Seattle Seahawks to the franchise’s first ever NFL Super Bowl appearance in 2006 and taking the Tampa Bay Lightning to the NHL Stanley Cup Finals in 2015. It’s an exciting time for Tod, the NHL and, of course, hockey fans in Seattle.

2006 137