094 - Agile vs Waterfall Smack-Down!
For the first time, Kate and Kim find an Agilist brave enough to join them on the podcast to talk about some really hard questions about working Agile vs Waterfall. Let's get it on! We ask the questio...
14 Maj 20241h 11min
093 - Rising from Tactical PM to Strategic Advisor, with Gregg Richie and Ralph Kliem
Project Management is weird. You can have the same job title and be a very tactical execution-minded project manager - which is the way most of us start. Or you can be a strategic part of the leadersh...
16 Apr 20241h 8min
092 - Goblins in the room! Managing meeting misbehaviors, with Rich Maltzman
Meetings. Love them or hate them, they are core to what we do as project leaders. We need to pull people together (real or virtually) to discuss, plan, check-in, and get things done. But as we know, w...
16 Feb 20241h 1min
091 - The Perfect Status Report: How to measure percent complete
"What percent done are you?" Status reporting is a core skill (and responsibility) of project managers. It is an opportunity for you to check in with your team, and to build rapport and engagement w...
26 Dec 202347min
090 - How to tell other people what to do
Being a project manager is tough. You are assigned a team of people who may never have with each other (or you) before, and you need to lead them to accomplish a task, solve a problem, or create a new...
19 Sep 202342min
089 - Reorgs and Restructurings: sailing the waves of organizational change chaos
It can be hard getting a project started correctly: getting the right executive and stakeholder sponsorship and support, getting them all to agree on the scope and approach, getting funding, approvals...
10 Aug 202347min
088 - The CHAOS Report: Measuring project failure
Projects are hard. And a lot of them - maybe most of them - fail to live up to their expectations. Missed timelines, quality issues, budget overages, customer dissatisfaction - it seems sometimes like...
6 Juli 202341min
087 - Creative decision making: do you have the right 4 voices in the room? with Teresa Lawrence
Creative decision making is key to what we do in all our projects. According to FourSight, there are 4 distinct voices in the decision making process. Do you have these voices in the room when you mak...
17 Maj 20231h 8min
