Overview of my year 2023 book reviews

In 2023 I reviewed many books and created several corresponding quick reference cards. In 2023 the English version of the book Agile Portfolio Management I wrote together with Rini van Solingen was published (order at Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0C6P8FS71). Also the new PRINCE2 7 guide was published (I was part of the author team and took the process chapters for my account). For the Project Management World Journal (PMWJ), I finished my series Sensemaking in the agile forest as well as the article Portman, H., van Solingen, R. (2023). Agile Portfolio Management, PM World Journal, Vol. XII, Issue VII, July 2023. For PeopleCert I wrote the whitepapers The PRINCE2 Agilometer: a tool to create agile projects, Escaping the sunk cost fallacy in projects, How M_o_R and P3M3 reinforce each other and The top five pieces of information that a project manager must always have available.

The counter till so far: 309 book reviews, 139 QRCs.

Book reviews 2023

Portfolio management

• De super product owner
• Willen kunnen en durven kiezen – Tien succesfactoren van portfoliomanagement met praktijkcases (+QRC)
• How to prioritize your product portfolio when disruption happens (planview) (+QRC)
• Portfoliomanagement factsheet onderzoek 2023 de verborgen waarde (+QRC)
• Resultaatgericht sturen op waarde
• Assurance workbook – portfolios and portfolio management (+QRC)
• Project programme and portfolio governance
• De agile portfolio management gids (+QRC) 

Agile

• DNA van agile management teams
• Het complete veranderboek
• 20 vragen en antwoorden over digitale transformatie
• Empowered agile transformation beyond the framework
• Beyond agile auditing
• Practical product management for product owners
• Inspirerend projectmanagement met agile
• Klant DNA (+QRC)

Project management

• Vakblad projectmanagement en agilemanagement nr 18 2023
• Vakblad projectmanagement en agilemanagement nr 19 2023
• Projectmanagement in beeld
• De projectsaboteur (+QRC)
• Projectmanagement voor hoger onderwijs
• PRINCE2 7th edition (+QRC)

AI

• Geavanceerd ChatGPT
• Productiever met ChatGPT

Management

• Thinking in bets (+QRC)
• Demings journey to profound knowledge

Quick Reference Cards (QRCs)

Overview of my year 2021 book reviews

2021 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 35 book reviews including 12 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management.

Agile/lean/coaching/transformation:

• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/12/24/review-cycles-the-simplest-proven-method-to-innovate-faster-while-reducing-risks/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/12/27/review-everything-wrong-with-agile/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/12/07/review-project-management-maturity-model-fourth-edition/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/11/23/recensie-clean-agile-terug-naar-de-basis/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/10/29/recensie-leiderschap-in-beeld/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/10/20/recensie-de-10-mythes-van-agile-werken/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/10/12/recensie-agile-beyond/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/09/30/recensie-data-waarde-creatie-zo-verdien-je-geld-in-het-digitale-tijdperk/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/08/15/review-successful-digital-transformation/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/06/09/recensie-uit-het-transformatiemoeras/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/05/18/recensie-toolkit-voor-agile-coaches-en-scrum-masters/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/05/14/recensie-superkrachten/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/04/17/recensie-kennismaken-met-lean/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/27/recensie-en-nu-wij/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/26/recensie-de-verfrissende-smaak-van-zure-appels/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/22/recensie-purpose-driven-people/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/17/review-12-5-years-agile-in-the-netherlands/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/14/recensie-hoe-boek-voor-wendbaarheid/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/09/recensie-agile-coaching/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/03/recensie-chaordisch-organiseren/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/22/recensie-rijnlands-organiseren/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/02/recensie-succesvol-digitaal-transformeren/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/01/28/review-leading-with-obeya/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/01/21/tweede-herziene-druk-van-agile/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/01/13/recensie-de-strategie-van-de-kreeft/

Project/programme management:

• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/01/06/review-standish-group-chaos-2020-beyond-infinity/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/09/recensie-essentie-van-programmamanagement-voor-opdrachtgevers/

Magazines:

• Recensie Vakblad Projectmanagement en agilemanagement NR. 14 – 2021
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/06/11/recensie-vakblad-projectmanagement-en-agilemanagement-nr-13-2021/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/recensie-vakblad-projectmanagement-en-agilemanagement-nr-12-2021/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/12/23/review-blue-striped-frog-the-agile-community-magazine-3rd-edition/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/01/24/review-blue-striped-frog-the-agile-community-magazine-2nd-edition/

Miscellaneous:

• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/06/16/recensie-linkedin-power/

Own articles:

• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/08/15/toah-and-programs/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/09/23/toah-e-programas/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/04/22/project-creature-articles-翻譯成中文/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/04/20/o-gerente-de-projeto-sobrevivera-no-mundo-agil/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/04/08/will-the-project-manager-survive-in-the-agile-world/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/15/culture-makes-or-breaks-your-agile-transition/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/03/12/incremental-versus-iterative/
• https://hennyportman.wordpress.com/2021/02/10/a-new-new-birds-eye-view-on-the-agile-forest-the-final-version/
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For Forsa Advies a wrote a series of blogs about agile (in Dutch). Next year expanded versions (in English) of these blogs will be published in the Project Management World Journal (Sensemaking in the Agile Forest):

• Wat is Agile?, 3 mei 2021
• Wat is Scrum, 22 juni 2021
• Wat betekenen iteratief en incrementeel in Agile?, 15 juli 2021
• Is Agile altijd beter?, 22 juli 2021
• De ideale product owner, 9 september 2021
• Is een agile team altijd autonoom, 30 september 2021
• Het Minimum Viable Product (MVP) ontrafeld, 21 oktober 2021
• Cultuur maakt of breekt je agile transformatie, 28 oktober 2021
• De ideale scrum master, 4 november 2021
• Prioriteren in een agile team, 17 november 2021
• Multitasken taskswitchen of monotasken, 2 december 2021

Overview of my year 2020 book reviews

2020 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 50 book reviews including 16 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management.

My own books, whitepapers and articles

• PRINCE2 and DevOps, a successful marriage or recipe for divorce? (whitepaper)
• How the PRINCE2 Directing Guide helps with decision latency (Book)
• An IPMA virtual mega project award assessment: what a challenge! (article)
• Project creatures that accelerate and enhance a portfolio of projects (article)
• Podcast: Directing Successful Projects with PRINCE2 (article)
• My “Bird’s eye view in the agile forest” article translated in Russian (article)
• PMWJ article: Are incremental and iterative the same phenomenon or not? (article)
• Too many rules makes agility impossible (article)
• Scaling agile in organisaties (book, Dutch)
• Whitepaper: Exploring the delta in AgileSHIFT (whitepaper)
• PM World Journal 2019 Editor’s Choice Awards

Agile related books

• The 2020 Scrum Guide launch
• Review Agile transformation
• Review Agile Conversations
• Review People Over Process
• Review True lean
• Review Leading the transformation
• Review 97 Things Every Scrum Practitioner Should Know
• Evidence-Based Management card deck
• Review: Team Topologies
• Review Rethinking agile
• Review: DevOps for the modern enterprise
• Review: The art of business value
• Review 10X Growth Machine
• Review Formula X
• Review DARE
• The SCRUM Fieldbook
• Recensie Nul mislukkingen voor Business Owners (Dutch)
• Recensie Lean basis (Dutch)
• Recensie Testautomatisering wendbaar organiseren (Dutch)
• Recensie En nu Agile! Elke dag een beetje beter.nl (Dutch)
• Recensie Hoe manage jij jouw agile transformatie? (Dutch)
• Recensie Agile Design (Dutch)
• Recensie Projectmatig werken in lokale besturen (Dutch)
• Recensie Agile transformeren (Dutch)
• Recensie: Purpose – Het verhaal van de moraal (Dutch)

Project/programme management

• Review Being a Project Manager
• Review Project Optimism Bias in Capital Investment Decision Making
• Review Engaging stakeholders on projects
• Review PMO Principles
• Review PMO Services and Capabilities
• Brief comparison between MSP 5th edition and MSP 2011 edition
• Review Project Excellence Baseline
• Recensie Het boomhutgevoel – Gids voor inspirerend projectleiderschap (Dutch)

Management

• Recensie Opdrachtgeverschap in negen paradigma’s (Dutch)
• Review Intention
• Review Moose heads on the table
• Review Introduction to Blockchain Technology
• Recensie Platformrevolutie (Dutch)
• Recensie Veranderprogramma’s die werken (Dutch)
• Review CHAOS Report 2018
• Recensie Futureproof (Dutch)
• Recensie Zet het op een bierviltje (Dutch)

Magazines

• Recensie Vakblad Projectmanagement en agilemanagement NR. 11 – 2020 (Dutch)
• Recensie Vakblad Projectmanagement en agilemanagement (nummer 10) (Dutch)
• Recensie NR. 9 – 2020 Vakblad Projectmanagement (Dutch)
• Review Blue Striped Frog – The agile community – Magazine (1st edition)
• AGILE NXT 3rd edition