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The truth about PRINCE2: uncovering common fears

June 13, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
The truth about PRINCE2: uncovering common fears

This guest blog post is by Heather Buckley, photographer and director of Silicon Beach Training, a Brighton UK based training company who offer a wide range of Business, Management and IT training courses including PRINCE2 Training. Heather blogs regularly on all things Project Management, Social Media and Photography for her own blog. On the...
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Podcast episode 059: the pdu podcast with Cornelius Fichtner

May 14, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 059: the pdu podcast with Cornelius Fichtner

Today I welcome back to the show Cornelius Fichtner of the world famous PM Podcast and the PM PrepCast to unveil a new product of his available through pm411.org, called The PDU Podcast. You can earn 15 PDUs for free by simply listening to The pm411.org Project Management Podcast episodes and then learning to claim...
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The 5 Goals of a Project Manager

March 28, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
The 5 Goals of a Project Manager

Our guest blogger today, Jason Westland,  has 15 years experience in the project management industry. From his experience he has created software to help speed up the management process. If you would like to find out more information about Jason’s online project management software visit ProjectManager.com. As a Project Manager, you need to manage people,...
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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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Pmstudent.com interview

July 20, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Pmstudent.com interview

Recently Josh Nankivel, PMP, of the pmstudent.com blog and I swapped interviews. PMStudent readers were interested in finding out more about what recommendations and advice I had for aspiring and new project managers.
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Managing Change in Agile Environments

February 22, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Managing Change in Agile Environments

Today we welcome back guest blogger, Lisa Grant, who is the CEO of  EPM Solutions, which specializes in leading companies to a consistent and effective projectized model through the use of a diverse group of experts.  She has influenced and improved project management processes in various industries and functional areas such as Knowledge Management,...
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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 040: mindmanager pro 8 browser features

December 28, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 040:  mindmanager pro 8 browser features

Today we continue our look at some of the new features of the latest version of Mindmanager Pro 8.0 mindmapping software from Mindjet.  In our second video in a series, we take a look at some of the new web integration features within Mindmanager Pro 8.0. Project teams can now fully leverage the incredible...
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Podcast episode 039: new task features in mindmanager pro 8

December 7, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 039:  new task features in mindmanager pro 8

Write a review of the pm411.org Podcast in iTunes! Today we look at some of the new features of the latest version of Mindmanager Pro 8.0 mindmapping software from Mindjet.  In this episode we take a look at some of the great new schedule task features. Now you can get a quick overview plus...
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Avoid the Same Old Mistakes by Focussing on Lessons Learned

November 1, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Avoid the Same Old Mistakes by Focussing on Lessons Learned

Our guest blogger, Duncan Haughey, PMP, is an experienced IT project manager (certified PMP and PRINCE2 Practitioner) with a proven track record in designing and delivering complex project portfolios and programmes to utilise IT and drive business growth. Particular areas of expertise are online strategy, search engine optimisation, enterprise content management, project portfolio management...
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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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The State of Project Management in Ethiopia

August 3, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
The State of Project Management in Ethiopia

  Our guest blogger, Mr. Getachew Teklemariam Aleum, is an International Correspondent for PMForum and PM World Today based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Mr. Alemu is also an Infrastructure Projects Expert in the Development Projects Department of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Development, government of Ethiopia. This department is responsible for studying and...
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The front fell off

March 23, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP

Communicating bad news is usually not easy.  Matter of fact, it never is.  But, it is a imperative to be able to communicate bad news to your stakeholders without trying to paint an unrealistic rosy picture.  Through communicating bad news with honesty and sincerity, you and your team can grow and learn from your mistakes or...
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Podcast episode 022: team collaboration with central desktop

January 20, 2008
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 022:  team collaboration with central desktop

In episode 022 we feature our first pm411.org Project Management video podcast.  The decision to use video as the medium for this episode is to be able to show you some of the great features of a free team collaborative web application from one of our sponsors called Central Desktop.  It’s the collaboration tool...
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