110 - Are you defining project success wrong? Most PM's do! With PMI's Dave Garrett
Are you defining project success the wrong way? Most project managers are — at least according to PMI's Dave Garrett. Project Management Happy Hour hosts Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson sit down with ...
15 Okt 202547min
109 - Top Shelf Replay: The Wolf - how to take over broken projects
Ever been dropped into a troubled project that's already gone off the rails? Welcome to life as "The Wolf." Inspired by the fixer from Pulp Fiction, Kim and Kate revisit one of our most popular episod...
30 Sep 202553min
108 - Why Risk Management? Future You Will Thank You
Why bother with risk management when you can just deal with problems as they happen? In this episode, Kim and Kate dig into the heart of that question—and the answer might just save your future self a...
16 Sep 202538min
107 - Top Shelf Replay: The Closer - Avoiding Project Acceptance Exception
Please. Let it end. PLEASE! A defining characteristic of a project is that it ends. Finally. Just finish it, right? If it were only that easy! In another Top Shelf Replay, Kate and Kim revisit one of...
2 Sep 202546min
106 - Finish Strong: Why the End of Your Project Matters Most
Projects aren't remembered for how they started—they're remembered for how they ended. In this PM Happy Hour episode, Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson unpack why finishing strong is critical to your re...
26 Aug 202541min
105 - Top Shelf Replay: How to Deal with Stupid Executive Asks
Ah, executives. They fund your project, cheer you on, and sometimes… ask for things that make you want to slam your head into your Gantt chart. Like: "The project's almost done—let's change everythi...
22 Jul 202555min
104 - The one meeting that will make or break your project
"Well begun is half done" — Aristotle (or Mary Poppins, depending who you ask) The beginning of a project is a time when all stakeholders THINK they know what they want, and maybe the team thinks th...
2 Jul 202544min
103 - Lessons not Learned: State of Maine HR System Project Debacle
Think your project's on fire? 🔥 Come hear how Maine tried to swap a 30‑year‑old COBOL HR/payroll system for something cloud‑friendly … and wound up with six years, two vendors, and ± $35 M spent—with...
4 Jun 202551min
