People and Teams
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Five Elements for Creating a Healthy Project CultureIn a healthy project culture, people work together to accomplish the goal. It doesn’t matter what approach is used—phase gate, iterative, incremental, or agile; health is key. Read on for five elements of a healthy project culture that can help set up your program, small or large, for success. | 
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Can Failed Software Projects Be Black Swans?The black swan theory is used to describe an event that comes as a surprise and has major disruptive consequences. Given the long history of flawed and failed projects and plenty written on lessons learned, can any software disaster come as such a surprise that it’s called a black swan event? | 
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Career Planning—Climbing a Ladder or Navigating an Obstacle Course?Is climbing a ladder the best analogy for how you manage and plan your career? Anuj Magazine looks at different ways you can view career planning: climbing a ladder, navigating an obstacle course, and building a pyramid. | 
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IT’s Conflicting Goals: The Data Center vs. Software DevelopmentConflicting goals within IT are in many ways a very good thing. If managed correctly, positive conflict can create motivated employees, innovative solutions, and cost-effective, high-quality results. Eric Bloom looks at the conflicting goals of the data center versus software development. | 
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Tools and Techniques to Help You Be an Efficient Product OwnerVenkatesh Krishnamurthy writes on tools and techniques product owners can use to do their jobs more efficiently. Remember, the product owner is responsible for building a valuable, usable, and feasible product. | 
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How to Hold a Productive Project Status Meeting Status meetings let team members report what they’re doing and whether they’re hitting targets, and they help the project manager identify weaknesses early and make adjustments. Unfortunately, all too often these meetings are boring. They don't have to be! Read on for tips on making them productive. |
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The Positive Impact of Negative ThinkingAncient philosophers and spiritual teachers spoke of the need to balance the positive with the negative, optimism with pessimism. In fact, we may be more successful in our work and personal lives when we give some attention to things that could lead us to fail. This "mental contrasting" is useful. |
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Some Companies Using Software to Monitor Their EmployeesNew reports coming out detail just how far companies have gone in using software that monitors their employees' behaviors—all in the name of productivity and safety. These new tools lead us to question which is more important—workplace efficiency or employee satisfaction? | 
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