Overview of my year 2017 book reviews and QRCs

2017 was a fruitful book year. I wrote many book reviews including corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management and I wrote two books Scaling agile in organisaties, and Agile with a smile.

• Scaling agile in organisaties, Henny Portman, Van Haren Publishing (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/14/boek-launch-scaling-agile-in-organisaties-wegwijzer-voor-projectmanagers-en-agile-leads/
• Agile with a smile, Henny Portman, Dion Kotteman, Bert Hedeman, Van Duuren (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/08/10/agile-with-a-smile/

Agile portfolio management

• AgilePfM, Agile Portfolio Management (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/12/15/review-agilepfm-agile-portfolio-management/
• Manage your portfolio (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/10/18/review-manage-your-project-portfolio/
• Portfolio Canvas (English, Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/07/05/portfolio-canvas/ https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/07/13/portfolio-canvas-2/

Agile

• Agile HR (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/10/10/recensie-agile-hr-de-onmisbare-rol-van-hr-in-wendbare-organisaties/
• The Scrum Culture (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/09/27/review-the-scrum-culture/
• Goal Driven Agile (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/09/03/goal-driven-agile/
• Lean UX (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/08/12/review-and-summary-lean-ux/
• The Scrum Guide (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/11/08/2017-scrum-guide-revision/
• The principles of product development flow (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/05/24/book-review-the-principles-of-product-development-flow/
• The agility shift (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/03/21/book-review-the-agility-shift/
• The Devops handbook (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/02/15/book-review-the-devops-handbook/
• SAFe 4.5 for Lean Enterprises (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/scaled-agile-just-released-safe-4-5-safe-for-lean-enterprises/

Project management and PMO

• ICT-leverancier: van vijand naar vriend (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/11/25/recensie-ict-leverancier-van-vijand-naar-vriend/
• Global Standards and Publications, Van Haren Publishing (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/11/16/global-standards-and-publications-edition-2018-2019/
• Projectmanager in transitie (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/11/14/boekrecensie-projectmanager-in-transitie/
• The PMO Value Ring (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/12/pmo-value-ring-methodology/
• Shake-it – een design thinking-spel voor innovatie en transformative (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/07/06/boekrecensie-shake-it-een-design-thinking-spel-voor-innovatie-en-transformatie/
• Vakblad projectmanagement, KWD Resultaatmanagement (Dutch)                             No. 1. https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/15/nieuw-vakblad-projectmanagement/                                                                                                               No. 2. https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/10/31/recensie-vakblad-projectmanagement-nr-2/
• Vijf frustraties van projectmanagers, (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/07/02/boekrecensie-vijf-frustraties-van-projectmanagers/
• PRINCE2 2017 Update (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/10/prince2-2017-update-the-same-but-better/
• A new kid on the PM methodology block: The Half Double Methodology (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/02/27/a-new-kid-on-the-pm-methodology-block-the-half-double-methodology/
• Kick-off (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/02/boekrecensie-kick-off-methode-voor-het-maken-van-je-projectplan-op-een-pagina-waarbij-je-meteen-tot-de-kern-komt/
• How to do projects – A Nordic flavour to managing projects (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/02/25/review-how-to-do-projects-a-nordic-flavor-to-managing-projects/
• 77 werkvormen voor projectmanagement (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/04/12/boekrecensie-77-werkvormen-voor-projectmanagement/
• Bedtime stories for project managers (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/28/review-bedtime-stories-for-project-managers/
• PM2 Guide (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/29/eu-commission-released-new-pm-methodology-pm2-guide/
• Trends in projectmanagement (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/12/trends-in-projectmanagement-het-projectmanagement-aanzien-van-2016/

Organization

• De opdrachtgever – Nieuw leiderschap binnen de overheid (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/04/17/boekrecensie-de-opdrachtgever-nieuw-leiderschap-binnen-de-overheid/
• Engage – reisgids voor veranderavonturen (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/17/engage-reisgids-voor-veranderavonturen/
• Organization mindset (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/06/24/organisation-mindset/
• De responsive enterprise (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/01/20/recensie-de-responsive-enterprise/
• De kunst van het overtuigen (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/05/11/boekrecensie-de-kunst-van-het-overtuigen/
• That’s not how we it here (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/03/02/book-review-thats-not-how-we-do-it-here/
• Zo doen we het hier niet (Dutch): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/03/01/boekrecensie-zo-doen-we-dat-hier-niet/
• Together is better (English): https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2017/03/09/book-review-together-is-better/

Quick Reference Cards:

• QRC AgilePfM
• QRC P3M3
• QRC Best Value Project Management
• QRC How to do projects – A Nordic flavour to managing projects
• QRC Manage your project portfolio
• QRC Goal Driven Agile
• QRC De Team-ontwikkeling-schijf
• QRC Overtuigen
• QRC The agility shift
• QRC The Relational Web
• QRC Lean UX