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Overview of my year 2020 book reviews

Henny Portman

2020 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. 11 – 2020 (Dutch) Recensie Vakblad Projectmanagement en agilemanagement (nummer 10) (Dutch) Recensie NR. 9 – 2020 Vakblad Projectmanagement (Dutch) Review Blue Striped Frog – The agile community – Magazine (1st edition) AGILE NXT 3rd edition. Agile related books.

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Seven Priorities for Project Managers in 2019

ProjectManager.com

I fully expect it to be a priority in 2020—and also in 2121. Related: Kanban vs. Scrum: Which is Better? The rise of small, compact, agile teams, who use scrum or scrum-like methodologies has had an important mirror. And you cannot even read a decent professional magazine in that time. Learn to Work Virtually.

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‘A new new bird’s eye view on the agile forest’, the final version

Henny Portman

This was the starting point for the development of Scrum by Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. Some years ago, you could say “ Scrum is agile ” and ask “ is Agile Scrum? ” In 1986 Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka published in the Harvest Business Review their article ‘ The New New Product Development Game’.

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Overseeing 135 book reviews, what stands out?

Henny Portman

I provided book reviews for all eight issues of a Dutch Project Management Magazine (Vakblad Projectmanagement). On request of this Dutch PM magazine, I was asked whether one or more common threads could be discovered in all these underlying books. I wonder if 2020 will change this. Finally, I pick out one last topic.

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

Scrum.org

like choosing for Scrum?—?they These norms range from very basic ones, like attending a Daily Scrum every day, to abstract ones like “work together towards a shared goal instead of working on your own tasks” and “delivery small, working bits of product frequently instead of huge chunks occasionally”. Why Is Change Hard? Drucker, P.,

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Why Soul is the Key to Success for Any Leader

International Institute for Learning

Copyright 2020 by Larry Robertson. Magazine, The Creativity Post, CEO World Magazine, SmartBrief, Fast Company, and other publications. Browse IIL’s Agile and Scrum Courses here! It’s the first key insight in Rebel Leadership , and the one out of which all the rest grow. He’s also a popular columnist with Inc.

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Project Management Software Comparison: A Strategic View

The Strategic Project Manager

Clarizen – HQ in San Mateo, California, USA, annual sales and employee count not separately available (acquired by Planview in 2020). Jira: Agile boards and scrum boards for iterative planning. The following video from PC Magazine provides a great overview and additional perspective in just over 3 minutes!