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You can't just create a PMO and expect everyone to jump on board to support it. Especially when 50% of PMOs fail the first time around. So, In order to get the resources and budget necessary for the PMO to be successful, you need to show the value that a PMO will bring...
I was saddened to hear that one of the greatest minds and teachers in Project Management, Eli Goldratt, has died.
Do you ever get tired of playing games? No. I’m not talking about Scrabble or poker or even Dungeons and Dragons Online in which incidentally, I am a current fourth level paladin. No, rather I’m speaking about the games that we get to play every day as project managers. What games you ask? Oh,...
Recently I spoke with Peter Taylor about his book The Lazy Project Manager and what it means to be Productively Lazy.
Well, today we welcome back to the show Josh Nankivel who shares some tips on how to network with other more experienced project managers through a new tool he has created called pmStudent e-learning.
I once described Geoff Crane's Papercut Edge blog like this: "Imagine if Project Management rode the scary rollercoaster and then threw up... That's what Geoff Crane's blog is like." And Geoff just so happens to also an expert on complex projects. Especially those projects where the exterminator needs to be called in....
Recently I spoke with the very smart, funny, and dare I say, Cranky, Wayne Turmel about virtual teams. Wayne Turmel is the president of Greatwebmeetings.com, as well as the host of one of the world's most successful business podcasts, The Cranky Middle Manager Show. The BBC, ABC and BusinessWeek Online have called...
I was recently joined by best selling author and Management guru Tom Peters to discuss his perspective on the Toyota recalls. Tom and I also talked about where other major companies such as Dell, Starbucks, Nike, Apple, Google, GM, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, and Honda fall on that elusive spectra known as "Excellence"....
Guest Blogger Dana Larson from OnePlace shares how a project management system can help your business be more successful.
Get the pm411.org Project Management Podcast Newsletter delivered by email for free! – Your email address and personal information are confidential and will never be sold or rented. Way back in Episode 004, I discussed one of the key building blocks of a successful project, known as the Work Breakdown Structure or WBS. However,...
Today we talk with Andrew Filev. Andrew has been managing software teams since 2001 with the help of new-generation collaboration and management applications. His best practices are based on implementation of Enterprise 2.0 software in project management. Now Andrew is an expert in project management, a successful software entrepreneur and the CEO at Wrike.com,...
Communication is 90% of a project manager’s job. As such, we need to be sure to share ideas and network with each other in order to stay current in our industry. Each of our free forums below allow members to post, network, and share ideas with each other. Click on any of them to...
Josh Nankivel, PMP, recently interviewed me for his pmStudent.com website, and he was willing to return the favor and he let me interview him last weekend for this pm411.org podcast. During the interview, Josh and I discuss all kinds of great stuff including his past and current projects, the pmStudent.com website, the PMP...
I am here to tell you about a great new Project Management Resource called PM Opinions (www.pmopinions.com) that allows you, as a project management consumer, to read reviews from other people on
Lisa Grant, PMP, provides a guest post on The pm411.org Project Management Podcast website on the importance of creating a Project Management "elevator speech" on your responsibilities and your personal brand.
Today I speak with Jagdish Mirani, the Product Marketing lead for Mindjet Corporation. His professional experience spans the areas of Development, Product Management, and Marketing over a twenty-five year period. Prior to Mindjet he was VP of Product Management and Marketing at Business Objects (acquired by SAP). Before that, he was responsible for positioning...
Today’s guest blogger, Brian Buck, is an Organizational Improvement Consultant and Project Manager in the healthcare industry. He is studying for the PMP and hopes his three year experience requirement kicks in before the new PMBOK comes out (or else he will have to study some more)! He specializes in Lean improvements and loves...
Get the pm411.org Project Management Podcast delivered by email for free! – Your email address and personal information are confidential and will never be sold or rented. I recently had the opportunity to speak with author and blogger, Elizabeth Harrin, of London, England. Elizabeth is the author of the book Project Management in the...
Lazymale is our first guest blogger on pm411.org. But don’t let his name fool you – he keeps busy as a Program Manager at a software services firm where he manages a team of 50 people both offshore and in the United States. Yet he still has time to keep up his own blog at...
LinkedIn now offers LinkedIn Groups, a new way for groups to bring value to their members. Many professionals advance their business goals by counting on professional groups, alumni groups and workgroups to make vital new business contacts which will enhance their trusted connections. Now the pm411.org Project Management Podcast has it’s own free LinkedIn group...
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