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The Project Management Podcast™
Are you ready for the challenge of Project Management? Companies increasingly depend on Project Management skills to take their business to the next level. And now, improving your personal Project Management skills has never been easier. Just put on your headphones and listen...
The Project Management Podcast™ looks at how Project Management shapes the business world of today and tomorrow and helps you achieve the level of skill you will need to succeed. We offer free, regular episodes in the format of a traditional radio program that are automatically delivered to your MP3 player. No player? No Problem. You can listen to the program via your computer speakers or have the episodes delivered to you via email .
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Last week's discussion with Bas de Baar on "Everything a Project Manager should know about Social Media" largely focused on how you as a project manager can use social media for career growth. We also touched upon how social media can be used in your projects.
In this Premium Episode we welcome Elizabeth Harrin (Author of Project Management in the Real World) to look more in depth into how a project manager can use Project Management 2.0 and Social Media on your projects. We discuss if and how we should use these tools, how confidentiality plays into this, how the increasing availability of easy to use online project management tools will turn the "technical" project management skills into a commodity and we touch upon the presentations that Elizabeth gave at the BPUG and APM on these topics.
The number of social media websites is sheer overwhelming. There are Twitter, Facebook, Friendfeed, Myspace, Skype, Google Chat, Plurk, Bebo, Xing, Hi5, Orkut, Pownce and LinkedIn. And these are just the more popular ones. But why should you as a project manager care about this?
Bas de Baar (http://blog.softwareprojects.org/) thinks you should. Bas argues that social media will help you personally by growing your visibility within the worldwide community of project managers and he also argues that social media helps your worldwide, virtual project team to grow together faster and deliver better projects.
As we were recording the interview we requested live questions from our Twitter followers. Three of them responded in time and the questions from @CobPEZ, @CoachM and @jgodfrey were answered right there and then. It's the start of integrating social media into The PM Podcast as well.
Companies and project managers have believed for years that their only responsibility was mainly a financial one – maximizing value for shareholders and finish your projects on time and on budget. Sustainability is a new idea, where the corporate sector incorporates social and environmental concerns in its strategies and plays a more responsible role in the world.
But why should project managers care about it?
Our guest today is Jennifer Russell, PMP (www.mastodonconsulting.com) who argues that with some effort and foresight, sustainability can be integrated seamlessly in the goals of almost all projects and organizations. Furthermore, it is not necessarily the chief executives who must always initiate and implement sustainability. Project managers have the ability to introduce sustainability in their work and promote social good within the firm. If properly understood and executed, sustainability is a win–win strategy that benefits the project, the company, as well as society.
In our Gizmo's section we talk to Kay Wais who is the creator of the Project Risk Board Game, a fun way to get your mind in shape for project risk management. We are giving away to copies of the game - listen in to hear how to participate.
Have you ever seen Microsoft SharePoint? And after you saw it, did you feel like this was a tool that you’d like to use in order to manage your projects? If the answer is no then you are like most companies who don’t understand MS SharePoint’s power and use it simply to share documents or spreadsheets. That is where the book “SharePoint for Project Management” comes into play. It demonstrates how SharePoint can also help you organize and manage complex projects.
In today’s episode we welcome Dux Raymond Sy, who is the author of SharePoint for Project Management. It turned out that in the interview we talked less about the book and more about the fact that the most important factor of solid project management are the processes that need to be in place first and that the book & SharePoint are just tools to help you eliminate waste.
We also talk to Jennifer Girdish who is the content editor of our Gizmo: PM Boulevard.
Many aspects of culture are invisible, yet culture has an enormous impact on our projects. If ignored, these aspects can lead to misunderstanding, stress and conflict. Alternatively, if attention is given to the invisible aspects, it can enhance productivity, improve project teamwork and create more joy on the job.
Dealing with cross cultural issues on a multi-national projects can be like trying to control an invisible elephant. The issues are real and crucial as we journey into the new era of increasing globalization.
That is why I am very happy to welcome Tom Verghese (www.culturalsynergies.com) on The Project Management Podcast. Tom is the author of the book The Invisible Elephant - Exploring Cultural Awareness. We are going to discuss, what culture is, how cultural awareness and cultural intelligence will help you to better deal with your project teams, and Tom will give you some very specific tips on how to increase cultural synergies on your projects.
In this episode we are giving away 2 copies of his book, 1 copy of his CD "Raising your cultural IQ" as well as 2 copies of his CD/DVD "Sourcing Across Cultures". Listen in to learn how to participate.
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What Topics does The Project Management Podcast™ discuss?
The Project Management Podcast™ is created by and for Project Managers. This is real project management! Whether you are a PMP who favors the PMI Methodology, a Prince2 Practitioner, IPMA certified or a RegPM certified project manager, you will find topics of interest. Because in the end it doesn't matter if you practice IT Project Management or Construction Project Management - our issues are all the same.
In every episode we bring you either an interview with a practitioner from around the world or we discuss a topic in-depth. So far, we have discussed Project Management 101, Project Management Software, Project Management Training, Project Portfolio Management, Project Risk Management and we have not only talked about the CAPM Certification and the PMP Certification but have reviewed PM Certifications from around the world. We have also introduced you to several PMI Specific Interest Groups (SIG), have looked at PM Soft Skills in three episodes and we have again and again returned to Project Management Offices (PMO) and Project Management Methodologies like Agile or Waterfall. And every week we introduce you to new Project Management Tools & Project Management Templates that you can find in the Helpful Resources. For a complete listing of the past topics please view our Episode Overview page.
In the future we plan to look at Intercultural Project Management, look at some Project Management Software, help you with Project Planning and we'll keep coming back to PMOs and methodologies because we like them... If you find that "your" topic is missing then please write to us and we will try and fit it in.
Listening to The Project Management Podcast™ will improve your project management competency and help you gain valuable PDUs. And did we mention that it's completely free of charge?