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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 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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Posted in Accountability, Communication, Cost Budgeting, Customers, Global, Leading, Lessons Learned, Organization, PM Books, PM Links, PM Podcasts, PM Websites | 5 Comments »

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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What we can learn from “Undercover Boss”

February 9, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
What we can learn from “Undercover Boss”

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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Podcast episode 052: it’s okay to be RACI!

January 16, 2010
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 052:  it’s okay to be RACI!

If you like us, give us a 5 star review in iTunes! In Episode 004 and Episode 051 we discussed the Work Breakdown Structure and how it can help you as a team to clearly document your project’s deliverables.  But once you have completed your WBS, what’s next?  Well the next step is to develop...
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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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Podcast episode 049: event chain project management

October 24, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 049:  event chain project management

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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Podcast episode 048: Announcing Mindjet Catalyst

October 5, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 048:  Announcing Mindjet Catalyst

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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Podcast episode 047: schedule killers – bad multitasking

September 29, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 047:  schedule killers – bad multitasking

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. Today we continue our series on Schedule Killers – those tendencies and traits of project teams that cause us to miss our deadlines!  In Episode 045,...
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Podcast episode 046: schedule killers – parkinson’s law

September 11, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 046:  schedule killers – parkinson’s law

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. Today we continue our series on Schedule Killers – those tendencies and traits of project teams that cause us to miss our deadlines!  Last episode we...
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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 045: schedule killers – student syndrome

August 22, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Podcast episode 045:  schedule killers – student syndrome

Today we will be starting a series on Schedule Killers – those tendencies and traits of project teams that cause us to miss our deadlines! And the first schedule serial killer of project teams that we will be discussing is called… “The Student Syndrome!” In this episode we cover: 1.) What is Student Syndrome? 2.)...
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The PM Podcast PMO Roundtable

August 3, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
The PM Podcast PMO Roundtable

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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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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Are You an Artist or a Producer?

February 24, 2009
By Ron Holohan, MBA PMP
Are You an Artist or a Producer?

  “It has been said that artists never actually finish a song.  That is why we need record producers.  On your project, are you an artist or a producer?” - Ron Holohan
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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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