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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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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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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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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Finally the Olympics are over and I can get back to producing podcasts again on a more regular schedule. Today’s episode is part 2 of a roundtable discussion held not too long ago with Cornelius Fichtner of the Project Management Podcast ( www.thepmpodcast.com) and Shawn Futterer of the International Community of Project Managers (www.theicpm.com) on...
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Today’s post is part 1 of a roundtable discussion held recently on managing small projects. I am happy to welcome back to the show Cornelius Fichtner of the PM Podcast at www.thepmpodcast.com. Congratulations to Cornelius who recently celebrated his 100th episode on The PM Podcast with an interview with legendary producer and musician Alan Parsons. Also...
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Recently I interviewed Nayan Patel, PMP, who works as a Corporate Manager of Portfolio Management for a major Healthcare Network. I talked to Nayan about his role in creating and supporting project management, project management reporting tools, and project governance within his organization. Nayan Patel, a 16-year veteran of Information Technology, currently serves as...
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In today’s podcast we talk with Suzanne Babb of the Let’s Talk Organizing podcast to find out how project managers and their teams can become more organized. For over 20 years, Suzanne has been helping people organize their lives so that they can spend more time and energy doing the things that are most...
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