Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
Episode 95 – Making Sense of Agile, Shu Ha Ri, and Disciplined Agile
Hear how to support your team’s success when transitioning to Agile. The adaptation of the Aikido principle of Shu Ha Ri, as well as more info on Disciplined Agile. Table of Contents 00:58 … Meet Alan 02:07 … Defining Agile 04:20 … Shu Ha Ri 08:26 … Non Traditional and Non Profit uses of Agile. […]
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Using Technology To Manage Your Project Isn’t Enough
Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
Using Technology To Manage Your Project Isn’t Enough
Sure, it’s great to have the technology available to support you in capturing ideas and providing information to your team, but don’t forget the value of the personal factor. Connecting with your team members in a meeting, celebration, for coffee or lu…
What Is A Project?
My belief is that we don’t look at a project as something that is set up to manage change and this is what creates difficulties. If we ground ourselves in first understanding what the change is that the business wants, then the process for us making th…
Episode 94 – Hiring the Best
The podcast for project managers by project managers. Hiring the best is a significant undertaking. Our guests Don Lang and Laura Butcher offer excellent advice on how to approach filling a critical position, and choosing a candidate who is a right fit for your organization. Table of Contents 00:48 … Meet Don and Laura 02:03 […]
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How Committed Are You and Your Team To Your Project
I know it’s a crazy question and yet I’m going to guess that at least some of your project team aren’t fully committed to the project. How do I know that? They aren’t performing, they aren’t even really bought into what it is that you’re doing on…
How Do You Solve Your Project Problems?
You may not think about the people around you, or that you know who could help you solve any major problem on your project that you haven’t faced before. People like another Senior Project Manager, for example; or a Project Coach. Consider the pe…
Episode 93 – The American Chestnut Tree Project
The Podcast for Project Managers by Project Managers. In the 1900’s, a fungal pathogen which causes chestnut tree blight destroyed 90% of nearly 4 billion American chestnut trees. In this episode Dr. Bill Powell shares his vision and research processes which bring hope to this majestic tree. Table of Contents 01:10 … Meet Dr. Powell […]
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Don’t Start a Project For the Wrong Reason
Do you notice that a number of projects in your business/organization are started because someone has a budget to spend and someone else comes up with a bright idea? The very worst reason to start a project. Let’s talk about why that’s the case.
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Does Project Size Matter? [PM Insights Episode 133]
Does it matter how large or small your project is in relation to how you manage it, or what it means to manage it? My opinion is no, it doesn’t. Argue with me if you like.
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Does Culture Affect Project Team Performance? [PM Insights Episode 132]
The answer is ABSOLUTELY because the culture is the way that a TEAM engages and interacts with each other. Unless there are strong open, honest and trusting relationships built then it will definitely impact team output.
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What Should the Relationship Between PM and Project Sponsor Be? [PM Insights Episode 131]
What should the relationship between the Project Manager and the Project Sponsor be like? It would say it needs to have trust, honesty, openness and clear communication at the core of it.
Let’s explore this relationship more.
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How to Manage Unhappy External Stakeholders
Sometimes your external stakeholders aren’t happy (your vendors or customers) so here are some ways to turn the relationship relationship around when they become unhappy.
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3 Ways to Manage Your Stakeholder Relationships
Stakeholder relationships can sometimes be tricky to manage, so here are three tips to make that job easy. The key is to finding out what your stakeholders want and giving that to them. Not so easy to do sometimes.
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3 Ways to Lower Your Stress Levels
As a Project Manager stress is one of the common things you experience, right? Here are three ways that you can support yourself and lower your stress levels.
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Don’t Create a Budget Just To Get a Job Managing a Project
Did you create the project budget in your business case, just so you’ll get the job? And yes, it does happen. Maybe not all that often and yet when you create an unrealistic budget, that’s just what it looks like. Let’s explore why this is not valuable…
How To Handle Unrealistic Project Time Frames
Let’s talk about the best way to handle unrealistic time frames, both from what you need and how to educate and get the truth from your stakeholder. After all it’s about you successfully delivering the project.
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3 Warning Signs Your Project Is Off Track
There are warning signs that your project is heading off track, some obvious, some not so. Let’s talk about those warning signs and what you can do to bring your project back on track. If your project is off track reach out to me and let’s talk about h…
How Is Your Relationship With Your Project Business Owner?
One of the key relationships any Project Manager has is with the Business Owner of the project. They are the person that you will deliver the completed project to, once it is complete. They usually have a lot of skin in the game because bus…
What To Do When You Lose a Key Project Resource
Losing a key resource or resources off your project will have a big impact. What can you do and how urgently? Be clear on the impact on your delivery schedule of these missing resources and find ways to replace those resources as quickly as possible. H…