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Project Management Intuition: Why Some Have It and How You Can Get It

ProjectManager.com

It seems to me that Gladwell’s book leans heavily on the work of research psychologist, Gary Klein. To a great mind, nothing is little,’ remarked Holmes, sententiously.” – Arthur Conan Doyle , A Study in Scarlet. Browse the web for interesting articles, visit a museum or read a magazine. From these it forms its judgement.

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#PMOT – Who are the Project Managers on Twitter to Follow?

Online PM Courses

PM Today Magazine: @ ProjectMToday. 59SecondsAgile gives quick hints & tips to the #AgileWay #Scrum #Kanban #Lean. Agilist, geek, blogger, interested in #Agile , #Lean , #scrum , #kanban , #cloud , #DevOps , #leadership , #technology , #blogging. Project Management Career and PMP Study Advice That Works. p3m.global.

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

Scrum.org

In the following century, it would give rise to modern-day practices like lean manufacturing, Six Sigma, and Gantt-charts. For example, Ross, Nisbett & Gladwell (2011) offer an extensive overview of studies that show how personality traits only explain a limited amount (usually between 10 and 30%) of variation in our actual behavior.

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Smarter Faster Better Book Review: 4 Lessons Learned

Project Management Hacks

Studies show that if a stretch goal is audacious, it can spark innovation. 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.

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The Project Management Starter Guide: for Non-Project Managers

Workzone

But maybe you’ve never created a mockup from this photoshoot, with this kind of copy, and for this month’s magazine of, say, Women’s Health. So be the rock your team can lean on. It’s a tricky topic that’s been the center of countless books, seminars, and management studies. You’ve built mockups, but not like this.

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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. WorkMatters.