PMP Prep Podcast Poll

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I would appreciate your feedback on the poll below. Over the past few weeks, I have been playing with the idea of creating a PMP Preparation Podcast, that would support anyone interested in taking the PMP exam from start to finish. This would be a premium pocast, that you can subscribe to at minimal cost.

Please tell me, if you would consider subscribing to and paying for such a podcast. (Please be patient - it takes a while to react after you click the Vote! button)



Thank you!
Cornelius Fichtner, PMP

Episode 30: Applying the Triple Constraints (All four of them)

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If you look up the Triple Constraints in project management methodology books, you will find that they don't agree on just three, but that they list cost, schedule, quality and scope. In today's episode, we don't look at these from a purely theoretical point of view, but from the point of view of how you as a project manager can use the Triple Constraints to manage your customer's expectations. Like every week we have several great resources for you and our tip of the week tells you what you are supposed to do with your PM methodology book.

Helpful Resources, News and Events

- PM for Engineers offered by Marcus Evans in southeast Asia
- PMI events May 2006
- Project Management South Africa Conference 2006
- APM Body of Knowledge 4th Edition (*.PDF)
- Steve McConnel's "10 Deadly Sins of Software Estimation" (*.PDF)
- The CVR/IT Consulting Template Library

Thank you PMThink! for guiding me to the last 2 entries in this list!

Show 29: Conflict Resolution

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Show notes: As a project manager you will face conflict in your projects. Period. In today's episode of The Project Management Podcast we take a look at the fundamentals of conflict resolution and we feature an interview with Anthony Chan, PMP, who is talking to us about the conflict situations he had to face in his career, how he solved them and what his lessons learned are. These lessons learned and his key findings to resolving conflicts are available as a PDF document. Like every week, we have several great helpful resources and we announce the winners of our book giveaway.

And the winners of our giveaway of two copies of Jerry Manas's new book Napoleon on Project Management (Amazon Link) are: Mariusz Matrejek from Poland and Eric Vale from Brazil. Congratulations!

Helpful Resources, News and Events

- PM Connection's PMP Web links (PMP info, free sample questions and more)
- PMI Project Management Scholarships
- What's Project Portfolio Management (PPM) & Why Should Project Managers Care About It? PDF Version. HTML Version.

House for Rent in Tucson, AZ

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This has nothing to do with The Project Management Podcast, but I thought that I post this here nevertheless.

In 2005 my wife and I bought a beautiful house in Tucson, AZ that is now for rent. If you happen to look for a nice 2 bedroom / 1 bath place to rent then look no further. Click here for pictures and contact information.

And now, back to project management.

Show 28: Interview with Frank Parth on PMOs

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Show notes: In this week's show, we feature an Interview with Frank Parth, President of Project Auditors (fparth@projectauditors.com). Frank's career as a project manager has spanned the world in many well known organizations. Most importantly, Frank has been involved in the setup of four PMOs. In today's interview, we review these PMOs, how Frank's team approached setting them up and Frank will give us his lessons learned. Like every week, we also take a look at the news, the PM events from around the world and at several helpful resources. This is also your last chance to participate in our book giveaway of two copies of Jerry Manas book titled Napoleon on Project Management (Amazon Link) - good luck to you!

This week's Helpful Resources have been suggested by B Sai Prasad, PMP from Chennai, India:

- Sai's comment: This is from ITtoolkit.com, who provides set of free "quick" tools (that's what they call them) for all major activities in the project.
- Sai's comment: This is from EnterPlicity, who provide this free white paper on 10 1/2 ways to improve project teams (*.pdf). I liked each one of them.
- Sai's comment: This is from gantthead.com (free registration required), who provide this article on "Six essential facilitation techniques for project managers".

Project Management Events in England:

- Half Day PMI® Event in Edinburgh (Edinburgh, April 24)
- Project Management with the British Army (London, May 10th)
- Business Performance & Project Management Summitt (London, April 27-28)
- apm calendar of events (all over England)

Project Management News:

- AIPM calls for major rethink on project management to avoid skills shortage
- International Journal of Quality and reliability management plans special issue on PPM

Show 27: No Earned Value? No Problem!

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Show notes: Todays you will find the following items on the menue: First you will hear about some great changes to the show. Next, we have a template to download and a book to give away, it's titled Napoleon on Project Management by Jerry Manas (Amazon Link). In the main section of the episode, I will show you the many ways to monitor your project without the sophistcated requirements of Earned Value and finally I’d like to tell you why you should listen to the Cold Fusion Podcast episode 18 (hint: it's on project management).

Helpful Resources:

- Status Report Template by Antony Chan (*.doc)

Podcast Review:

Cold Fusion Podcast Episode 18: Project Management
- Podcast Homepage
- View this Podcast in iTunes
(By the way: Did you notice that I did not complain about the sound quality? It's good!)

Show 26: Don't Use Email

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Show notes: In today's show we'll be looking at why a Project Manager should try and stay away from email and I am catching up on my diary. We also look at some feedback I received on the 7 PMO Trends from a couple of shows back and we have two helpful resources for you.

Helpful Resources:

- Derry Simmel's All About Project Management Offices Blog
- Jack Dahlgren's Project Management Blog (scroll down for the "cheat" article)