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Smarter Faster Better Book Review: 4 Lessons Learned

Project Management Hacks

Pick up a magazine for an industry or topic that you know nothing about and start reading it. An artist might pick up Popular Science, a non-profit leader might read FORTUNE and a project manager might find Success magazine helpful. I recall a great suggestion from one of Daniel Pink ‘s books. Overall, this is an exciting trend!

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The Urge to Strangle(The Strangler Pattern)

Leading Agile

If I may borrow an idea from the Lean school of thought, I might say there’s a tendency to optimize locally. Well, provided you stand just here , and you don’t open any doors, and you don’t lean against the structure, and it isn’t too windy, and you don’t look behind the curtain. Microservices?

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80+ Awesome Online Resources for Project Managers

Wrike

Watermark Learning courses are built on interactive case studies, to provide hands-on, practical learning opportunities. Thought-provoking articles on the current state of project management, Agile, Lean, and general collaboration by a group of professional project managers. Project Management Magazine on Flipboard.

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Software Estimating Resources

Herding Cats

Software Development Estimation Techniques in Industrial Contexts: An Exploratory Multiple Case-Study,” Zarour, A. Alexander, “Estimation of the New Agile XP Process Model for Medium-Scale Projects Using Industrial Case Studies,” M. & Zein, S., How I Estimate Software Development Projects,” Alvin J. 5, October 2013.

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Estimating is a Learned Skill

Herding Cats

Story Point Estimating,” Richard Carlson, ALEA, Agile and Lean Associates, 2013. 3, 2010, “Empirical Estimation of Hybrid Model: A Controlled Case Study,” Sadaf Un Nisa and M. Function Points, Use Case Points, Story Points: Observations From a Case Study,” Joe Schofield, Alan W. Lien, and Siw E. 30–41, 2012.