Project Pulse Journal

APRIL 15, 2024

Since its inception, XP has significantly influenced the software development industry, advocating for practices that prioritize technical aspects and excellence, close customer involvement, and the ability to adapt to changing requirements, shaping the way modern software is developed and delivered.

Software Review 52

Software Review Technical Review Agile SCRUM 52

Online PM Courses

JANUARY 22, 2018

How to influence and persuade others, and win arguments. The Influence Agenda: A Systematic Approach to Aligning Stakeholders in Times of Change. No serious project manager should be ignorant of the range of stakeholder analysis tools, how to plan your communication campaign, and the fundamentals of influence at all levels.

Influencer 68

Influencer Technical Review 2007 Communications Management 68

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 20, 2020

The 7 important behavior types for project managers are (from most important to least important): Influence Inspirational motivation Intellectual stimulation Managerial skills Individualized consideration (treating project team members as individuals, not ‘resources’) Attributed charisma Contingent reward (i.e.

Leadership 415

Leadership 2007 Influencer Defining 415

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 8, 2016

The company culture has a lot of influence over what is done and what is ignored not followed up. Reviews of Project Management in the Real World Health Informatics Now, Sept 2007 Rating: 9/10 Elizabeth Harrin uses her extensive experience in this book to show how projects in the real world can. Is it that they don’t have time?

PMO 150

PMO Governance Government 2007 150

Planio

JULY 9, 2020

There’s a reason startups are obsessed with “community” and influencers tell you to find your “tribe”. And since 2007, that community has included the Planio team! The Planio team has been contributing directly to Redmine since 2007 and know the system inside out. Even software.

2006 88

2006 2007 Closing Agile 88

Herding Cats

MAY 10, 2019

Taking Out the Garbage – How to Get Good Risks into Your Risk Tool,” Vikki Parker, INCOSE Advanced Risk Management Seminar , November 9, 2007. On IT Project Performance,” Chris Sauer, Andrew Gemino, and Blaize Horner Reich, Communications of the ACM , November 2007. INCOSE, November 8 & 9, 2007. 2277, 16 March 2007.

Risk Management 38

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 38

Herding Cats

MAY 11, 2019

Taking Out the Garbage – How to Get Good Risks into Your Risk Tool,” Vikki Parker, INCOSE Advanced Risk Management Seminar , November 9, 2007. On IT Project Performance,” Chris Sauer, Andrew Gemino, and Blaize Horner Reich, Communications of the ACM , November 2007. INCOSE, November 8 & 9, 2007. 2277, 16 March 2007.

Risk Management 35

Risk Management Risk Technical Review 2002 35

Scrum.org

FEBRUARY 3, 2020

A while ago, I received an interesting scientific article from Gunther Verheyen titled “Getting Things Done: The Science Behind Stress-Free Productivity” (Heylighen & Vidal, 2007). Good examples are wikipedia and open-source projects (Heylighen, 2007). 2007): Getting Things Done: The Science behind Stress-Free Productivity.

2002 194

2002 SCRUM 2007 2003 194

Scrum.org

APRIL 7, 2022

There is also the Dynamic Organic Transformation (DOT) team model for high-performance teams (Courtney, Navarro & O’Hare, 2007) or Kozlowski’s process model for team development (1999). The influence of shared mental models on team process and performance. 2007, August). In Agile 2007 (AGILE 2007) (pp.

Underperforming Technical Team 160

Underperforming Technical Team 2007 2006 2009 160

Planio

APRIL 4, 2018

Selling high-priced cloud storage space made sense back in 2007. Even crazier, the physical size of your font can influence how we feel about it. Where is the market headed? Just like you need to know your competition, you need to know where the market is going in general. When you’re setting a price, you’re sending a signal.

2007 134

2007 Manufacturing Influencer Software 134

Scrum.org

JUNE 24, 2022

Its earliest members, like Herzberg, started to investigate how the psychological processes of workers influenced their motivation. Hackman and Oldman also recognized that personal differences influence this effect; particularly the “need for growth”. What motivates teams? Motivation through the design of work: Test of a theory.

SCRUM 180

SCRUM 2002 2006 2007 180

Scrum.org

AUGUST 17, 2020

Initially coined by cognitive psychologist Lee Ross (1977), it happens when people underestimate the influence of the situation on the behavior of others while overestimating the influence of their personal traits and beliefs (Berry, 2015). Precision of the Anchor Influences the Amount of Adjustment, Psychological Science, 19(2), pp.

2015 215

2015 2014 2004 Influencer 215

Herding Cats

DECEMBER 4, 2017

Reinventing Project Management , Aaron Shenhar and Dov Dvir, Harvard Business Press, 2007. An Open-Loop system, is a non-feedback system, where the output – the desired state – has no influence or effect on the control action of the input signal. . Let's look at the differences. Open Loop Control System.

2005 37

2005 Performance Measurement Closing Controlling 37

Wrike

SEPTEMBER 2, 2009

In 2006, Intel launched the IT@Intel pilot blog , and in 2007 it rolled out a full blog program called Blogs@Intel. Today, thanks to the influence of Enterprise 2.0 Can you name any other trends that influenced the appearance of Project Management 2.0? These quickly gained a large following. practices, Web 2.0

Agile 42

Agile 2006 2003 2001 42

Epicflow Blog

APRIL 19, 2021

Office politics can be defined as informal or unofficial activities performed by individuals who use influence and/or persuasion to affect the outcome of an event, decision, or strategic direction [1]. Leaders may use their authority to influence the decision-making process for their own benefit. . References.

2007 52

2007 Influencer Technical Review Software Review 52

Project-Management.pm

OCTOBER 11, 2017

When Cheryl Bachelder took over as CEO of Popeye’s Chicken in 2007 , the company was in trouble. Using influence rather than power, and “selling” rather than “telling,” does not diminish a leader’s role. Its stock had dropped from $34 to $13, and it needed a major infusion of new leadership and new strategies if it was to survive.

Leadership 84

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 2007 2015 84

Wrike

APRIL 29, 2008

Conference 2007, she gave a presentation on Social Project Management , where she pointed out several distinctive features of the new wave in the project management discipline. This environment lets team members’ ideas penetrate into project planning and influence managers’ and executives’ view on the project. At Enterprise 2.0

Technical Review 28

Technical Review 2007 Software Review Influencer 28

Leading Answers

JUNE 22, 2022

The Primary Colors Model offers ideas similar to those found in “ In Praise of the Incomplete Leader ,” a 2007 paper published in the Harvard Business Review. Does your team have people that can assist in the roles of Influencer, Relationship Builder,  Implementor, or Strategist? Of course it does, so tap into those abilities.

Leadership 193

Leadership Underperforming Technical Team Development Team Review Energy 193

Herding Cats

MARCH 11, 2018

The programmatic risks are within the control or influence of the Program Management or Program Executive Office, through managerial actions applied to the work activities contained in the Integrated Master Schedule. Dissertation, University of Maryland, 2007. Practical Risk Management: The ATOM Method , Management Concepts, 2007.

Software Developers 34

Software Developers Software Development Risk Management Risk 34

Velociteach

APRIL 27, 2023

One of the godfathers of influence, a guy named Robert Cialdini, has studied this. What you talk about in the TED Talk is strength and warmth, and how that influences a leader. This really came out of a piece of academic work called “Social Judgment Theory” that was codified around 2007 by Amy Cuddy, Susan Fiske, and Peter Glick.

Leadership 70

Leadership Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team Energy 70

Leading Agile

MARCH 11, 2020

Poppendieck was an influence for me, no doubt, and several others in those days. But sure, it was heavily influenced by Mary Poppendieck. . Okay, so one thing I wanna just give a nod to, it’s like somebody who’s heavily influenced our thinking on this was David Anderson’s stuff around the pre-Kanban stuff.

Agile 103

Agile Fractional CTO CTO Hire Influencer 103

Scrum.org

DECEMBER 23, 2021

2012, Li & Shatnawi, 2007). I suspect that time pressure and pressure from management have a substantial influence. Scientific studies have also shown that code smells increase the time it takes for developers to change code and the chance that bugs are introduced in that code (Khomh et. 2011, Politowski, 2020).

Software Review 176

Software Review Technical Review Underperforming Technical Team 2015 176

Planio

JULY 22, 2020

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. In this now-classic book, Dr. Robert Cialdini explains the 6 “weapons of influence” that you can use to change people’s minds. Published date: 2007. Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Author: Robert B.

2020 148

2020 Underperforming Technical Team Technical Review Software Review 148

The Tao of Project Management

DECEMBER 4, 2015

Political influence and disputes between the contractors and consultants marred the project and the project came to a halt on several occasions. Soon after construction started in 2007, delays and cost overruns started to accumulate. Needless to say the public aren’t happy with what they got for their money.

2014 35

2014 2003 2005 2007 35

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 5, 2018

The term “Black Swan event” has been part of the risk management lexicon since its coinage in 2007 by Nassim Taleb in his eponymous book titled The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable. For any system to be ergodic it has to be closed, with no outside influences. This is what it seems like in software development processes.

Software Review 34

Software Review Technical Review Estimate Software Developers 34

Herding Cats

MAY 7, 2019

Predicting Web Development Effort Using a Bayesian Network,” Emilia Mendes, EASE, 2007. “A 153, 2007 “Overspend? 3, March 2007. Software Estimation, Enterprise-Wide,” Vitalie Temmenco, IBM Developer Works, June 15, 2007. Galway, RAND Corporation, Project Air Force, 2007. & Zein, S.,

Estimate 40

Estimate Software Review Software 2012 40

PM That Works

APRIL 24, 2018

And so we have announced two new products off of the rickamorris.com Web site that are engineered for those that want to continue to grow their influence as a project manager. And it's also the bridge between your technical training and the soft skills that's necessary to grow your influence as a project manager.

2018 40

2018 Leadership Underperforming Technical Team 2007 40

Herding Cats

NOVEMBER 7, 2016

The Influence of Selection Bias on Effort Overruns in Software Development Projects,” Magne Jørgensen, Simula Research Laboratory & Institute of Informatics , University of Oslo. 1, January 2007. Modern Tools to Support DoD Software Intensive System of Systems Cost Estimation: A DACS State-of-the-Art Report, August 2007.

Estimate 64

Estimate 2006 2005 2013 64

The IIL Blog

DECEMBER 6, 2023

They] are obsessed with the pressure of new customer acquisition and meeting macro KPIs that represent little influence on customer behavior. Upper Saddle River: FT Press, 2007. Illuminating the Blind Spot “Most companies are still dominantly sales-centric and product-centric,” states Dr. Michael Lowenstein. Simply Psychology.

2016 78

2016 Sustainability 2007 2012 78

Herding Cats

APRIL 16, 2019

Building a Strategy-Focused IT Organization using Balanced Scorecard , A briefing given at the Society of Information Management Conference, Phoenix Arizona SIM, March 21, 2007. Influences on IT Strategy: How IT Strategy Impacts the Development of Systems Based on COTS Products , Strategy is creating fit among a company’s activities.

Technical Review 42

Technical Review Performance Measurement Underperforming Technical Team Governance 42

MPUG

OCTOBER 9, 2019

Are you on 2010, 2007, 2013. And again, the iterations are always around the solution of what you’re trying to get to. Let me look at John, I got him on camera here and I’m totally kidding, of course. John, that is a great question. So one of the questions I would ask is what version are you on?

Agile 40

Agile Technical Review Lean Underperforming Technical Team 40

ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 14, 2018

What’s amazing about people is, despite the external forces at play on our constitution, we can always be influenced by attitude. Bill Gates, Commencement Speech, Harvard, 2007. If your coworkers or managers can motivate you, suddenly that hidden resource is tapped, and you’re ready to get up and go again with renewed energy and focus.

2008 323

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