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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Tags: complex projects, Geoff Crane, papercut, papercut edge, papercut pm, planning, Risk Management, scope
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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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Tags: Communication, cranky middle manager show, monitoring and controlling, pm software, PM Video, remote team, Teams, virtual team, wayne turmel
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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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Tags: al dunlap, apple, authors, auto manufacturers, chevrolet, Chrysler, Ford, GM, google, Honda, ibm, in search of excellence, johnson&johnson, nike, Nissan, quality, recall, safety, starbucks, the little big things, thriving on chaos, tiger woods, tom peters, toyota
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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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Tags: budgeting, Customers, jason westland, pm goals, pm software, Requirements, Scheduling, Teams
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In this episode, I continue my discussion on the Project Management Office with one of the world’s leading experts on PMOs, Mr. Gerard Hill, PMP. If you have not listened to Part 1 of our discussion, you will definitely want to go back and listen to Episode 054 before continuing to listen to part...
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Tags: gerard hill, pmo, project management office, the complete pmo, the complete project management office handbook
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Because the Project Management Office is such an important topic, today we are digging deeper into what a PMO is with one of the world’s leading experts in PMOs, Mr. Gerard Hill, PMP. Gerard “Jerry” Hill is an internationally-recognized consultant, author and speaker with professional expertise in the discipline of project management. He brings emerging project...
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Tags: gerard hill, pmo, project management office, the complete pmo, the complete project management office handbook
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Okay, so I just got around to watching the debut of the new CBS reality show, Undercover Boss, which I recorded after the Superbowl on Sunday evening. I am really not a fan of reality shows, although I did watch the first season of The Apprentice back in 2004 since it had project managers...
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Tags: Accountability, cbs, jobs, Larry O'Donnell, morale, superbowl, Teams, The apprentice, undercover boss, waste management
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In today’s episode, we talk with Alec Satin of the Alec Satin on People, Projects, and Process blog, about how we can make our email more efficient, and even the future of email. Alec is a project manager and organizational expert with a passion for fixing workplaces. As a trained therapist, entrepreneur and Information...
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Tags: alec satin, decade, email, tips
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I am happy to announce that Genius Inside has become a paid sponsor of The pm411.org Project Management Podcast. Genius Inside, creators of Genius Project, one of the leading project portfolio and project management solutions built on the IBM Lotus Notes and Domino platform, is also the maker of Genius Project for Web and...
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Tags: genius inside, lotus notes, pm software, saas, sponsor
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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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Tags: Communication, josh nankivel, mindmapping, monitoring and controlling, planning, pmstudent, project lifecycle, training, wbs, wbs coach, work breakdown structure
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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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Tags: collaboration, Communication, software, Teams, wrike
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Today we talk with Lev Virine, PhD. Lev is president and co-founder of Intaver Institute, a Calgary (Canada) based research, software development, and consulting company. Lev has twenty years of engineering and project management experience in information technology and construction industries and is author of more than thirty scientific papers and patents. Lev’s current...
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Tags: bayesian, event chain, intaver, lev virine, mitigation, monte carlo, risk, riskyproject, software
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Today I am extremely excited about a major product announcement from Mindjet, the makers of MindManager mindmapping software. In today’s podcast I talk with Mindjet CEO Scott Raskin about a new collaborative Project Management 2.0 tool from Mindjet that is the only platform that combines mindmapping with secure online document and file sharing, secure workspaces, integrated...
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Tags: catalyst, mindjet, mindmanager, mindmapping, online collaboration, pm 2.0, project management 2.0, scott raskin, virtual teams
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We are pleased to announce that we at the pm411.org Project Management podcast now offer 3 new tools to help you pass the latest version of the PMP Exam, which covers the 4th edition of the Project Management Book of Knowledge (PMBOK).
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Cornelius Fichtner, PMP, host of The PM Podcast, once again invited Shawn Futterer, PMP, of The ICPM website, and myself to a roundtable project management podcast discussion. In this roundtable discussion we focus on the Project Management Office (PMO).
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Tags: cornelius fichtner, pmo, shawn futterer
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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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Tags: aspiring pm, josh nankivel, new pm, pmstudent.com
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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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Tags: josh nankivel, PM Resources, PM Websites, pmstudent.com
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BCS Books has signed a deal to distribute its titles in the US and Canada, making it even easier for project managers to get their hands on Elizabeth Harrin’s practical guide to project management, Project Management in the Real World. “I’m really pleased that it’s now easier for US and Canadian project managers to...
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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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Tags: cornelius fichtner, jerry manas, pm opinions, PM Reviews, rita mulcahy
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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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Tags: blogs, books
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