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Podcast episode 060: rats, snakes, and complex projects with Geoff Crane

May 31, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 060:  rats, snakes, and complex projects with Geoff Crane

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....
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Podcast episode 058: virtual team tips with the cranky middle manager

April 11, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 058:  virtual team tips with the cranky middle manager

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...
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Podcast episode 057: Tom Peters Speaks Out about Toyota Recalls

March 28, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 057:  Tom Peters Speaks Out about Toyota Recalls

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"....
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How Project Management Helps Businesses Increase Success

March 12, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
How Project Management Helps Businesses Increase Success

Guest Blogger Dana Larson from OnePlace shares how a project management system can help your business be more successful.
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Podcast episode 051: is the wbs just… bs?

December 12, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 051:  is the wbs just… bs?

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,...
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Podcast episode 050: wrike and pm 2.0

November 20, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 050:  wrike and pm 2.0

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,...
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Are you Connected?

August 30, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Are you Connected?

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...
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Podcast episode 043: interview with Josh Nankivel, PMP

July 23, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 043:  interview with Josh Nankivel, PMP

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...
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Podcast episode 042: PM opinions

February 1, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 042:  PM opinions

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
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What is your personal elevator speech?

February 1, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
What is your personal elevator speech?

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.
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Podcast episode 036: Mindmapping

September 21, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 036:  Mindmapping

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...
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How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables

September 6, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
How To Avoid “Stopping The Line” On Deliverables

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...
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Podcast episode 028: Project management in the real world with Elizabeth Harrin

April 14, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 028:  Project management in the real world with Elizabeth Harrin

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...
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Be accountable

March 25, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Be accountable

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...
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Join the pm411.org project management podcast LinkedIn group

February 25, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Join the pm411.org project management podcast LinkedIn group

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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Special: My Organization’s Product Development Process Episode

January 13, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Special:  My Organization’s Product Development Process Episode

Back in July, my friend Cornelius Fichtner from The Project Management Podcast, and I swapped podcast interviews.  Today’s special podcast episode is a part of that interview, brought to you by the Project Management Podcast, where Cornelius and I discuss how the company in which I am employed as a Program Manager is organized, what...
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Earn PDUs through PMI by listening to the pm411.org podcast

January 5, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Earn PDUs through PMI by listening to the pm411.org podcast

Yes – you can now earn up to 15 Professional Development Units (PDUs) per Continuing Certification Requirements cycle through www.pmi.org by simply subscribing and listening to the pm411.org podcast.  For every 1 hour that you listen to the pm411.org podcast, you qualify for 1 PDU through PMI.  More information on earning Category 2 Self-directed Learning...
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Podcast episode 020: E-projectmanagers website

December 28, 2007
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 020:  E-projectmanagers website

In today’s episode I talk with Dora Tarver of the e-ProjectManagers website, a great website for Project Management templates. Dora began her career as a Programmer / Analyst, soon becoming a technical leader and eventually a Project Manager.  She is a member of PMI, has published papers, and has spoken across the country for...
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Podcast episode 019: project management web resources

December 10, 2007
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 019:  project management web resources

In Episode 19, I have the great privilege of having two of the top providers of Project Management internet content join me in a roundtable discussion on various project management web resources. Shawn Futterer, PMP®, is a certified project management professional with a broad range of experience. He started his career in 1992 managing quality control projects for...
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The Project Management PrepCast PMP® Interview

October 10, 2007
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
The Project Management PrepCast PMP® Interview

I was interviewed a few weeks ago by Cornelius Fichtner, PMP®, of the Project Management PrepCast about my experience in becoming PMP certified.  He has posted the interview as one of his free PrepCast® episodes and hopefully it provides some good tips to those of you preparing to take the PMP® examination.  Below is Cornelius’ show notes and...
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