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Management Myth 13: I Must Never Admit My Mistakes
Managers are people, too. They have bad-manager days. And, even on good-manager days, they can show doubt, weakness, and uncertainty. They can be vulnerable. Managers are not omnipotent. That’s why it’s critical for a manager to admit a mistake immediately.
Did You Know That Your Product Portfolio Is in Trouble?
Based on his own work experiences, Anupam Kundu has found some patterns (or anti-patterns) that explain why product managers and product teams have a hard time managing their portfolios.
Making Agile Work for Government: Addressing the Challenges of Agile Adoption
Erich Knausenberger and Raj Shah examine the challenges of implementing earned value management and program management to implementing agile for government IT. Then, the authors propose a “blended-approach” by which government and other large entities can address these and other challenges.
Making Agile Work for Government: Challenges to Agile Adoption
Erich Knausenberger and Raj Shah examine three perceived challenges to agile adoption in the government space and explore how the "blended approach" to agile adoption offers an effective response to each.

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Better Software Magazine

Lean Portfolio Management: Guiding IT Projects with Business Value
Improving your software development process is only valuable if it fills the highest priority needs for your business clients with speed and quality. Lean principles provide guidance on how to create a structure that lets business priorities drive the selection of the right products for creation and enhancement.

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Interviews

Project Portfolio Management: An Interview with Johanna Rothman
Johanna Rothman is a management consultant, regular StickyMinds.com columnist, and AgileConnection’s technical editor. In this interview, Johanna talks about the year in software, the rise of project portfolio management, and whether we will continue to see organizations adopt agile in the new year.

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