Multicultural Project Management

"An effective project manager will work with culturally diverse team members to overcome all cultural, perceptual and language barriers. In todays global economy, multicultural project management is key to the success of many multinational corporations. This is particularly true for manufacturers that assemble components and parts from many countries around the world."

Mary Poppendieck on The Role of Leadership in Software Development

"In this 90-minute talk from the Agile2007 conference, Lean software thought leader Mary Poppendieck reviewed 20th century management theories, including Toyota and Deming, and went on to talk about "the matrix problem", alignment, waste cutting, planning and standards. She closed by addressing the role of measurement: "cash flow thinking" over "balance sheet thinking"."

The New PMBOK

"The draft release of the PMBOK 4th edition is out at the PMI website for review. I spent some time going through it yesterday and there aren't any radical changes. If you want to provide your input, you have until March 22."

Knowledge theory

"The knowledge management literature provides many definitions of knowledge, most of which build the concept from data, to information, to knowledge. Some of the literature even takes this one step further and expands knowledge to understanding and wisdom; however there is little agreement for a precise definition of knowledge. Unfortunately data and information are often used interchangeably, and information and knowledge are used as synonyms."

Agile progress report shows adoption has hit a wall

"Agile software development processes appear more effective than traditional approaches, but agile seems to have hit a wall as far as growth, according to an IBM official's keynote presentation Monday afternoon at the SD West conference in Santa Clara, Calif."

What Every Manager Should Know About Feedback

"A company president in her 50s remembered when her first manager told her she wasnt finishing her work. I was surprised, because I thought I was finishing, she said. He explained what he meant by ˜complete. As I listened, I realized he was describing a pattern that Id had all through school. Id get to a certain point with a project, and then Id lose interest and move on to something else."