Episode 34: Interview with Kristine Hayes Munson on Getting It Done

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Project Portfolio Management Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise.

Today's episode of The Project Management Podcast™ features an interview with Kristine Hayes Munson on the topic of Getting It Done. We look at what you may call the underlying framework or even philosophy that project managers must employ in order to get things done in a company. Kristine has presented this framework at a seminar for the University of California Irvine and her presentation will automatically be downloaded to your computer if you are a subscriber to The Project Management Podcast™. If you downloaded the episode manually, please write to kristine.munson@sscims.com to get a copy.

The book giveaway for Gerard Hill's The Complete Project Management Office Handbook (Amazon Link) has been extended for one more week. Listen in to hear how you can win a copy. And in our weekly segments we have listener feedback and "one" Helpful Resource.

Helpful Reource(s) submitted by Bruce Nicholls:

- The February 2005 issue of the International Legal Technology Association focused on Project Management and contains 8 articles.

Episode 33: Methodologies and Templates

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Project Portfolio Management Project Portfolio Management (PPM) goes beyond the typical project management approach to offer a set of proven business practices that can help executives, program managers, and project managers bring projects into alignment with the strategies, resources, and executive oversight of the overall enterprise.

Today's episode of The Project Management Podcast™ comes a few days late and it is focused on project management methodologies. A listener wrote in and asked for help. He is new to the field, finds the various methodologies sometimes confusing and is not really sure what all of these templates are nor where to find them. We look at six helpful resources about project management methodologies and templates. Oh... and don't forget to call the listener feedback line at +1 206 339 6520 and leave a voicemail with your feedback.

Helpful Resources, News and Events - Today we focus on PM Methodologies & Templates

- TenStep PM Methodology
- PM Methodology Webinar
- State of Michigan Project Management Methodology
- Phil Wolff's Templates
- James R. Chapman's SDLC overview
- University of Portsmouth PM Methodology overview

Episode 32: Interview with Gerard Hill on Project Management Methodologies

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Today's episode of The Project Management Podcast™ is focused on project management methodologies. I speak with Gerard Hill from The Hill Consulting Group (www.hillconsultinggroup.com). Gerard and I both share a passion for PMOs and project management methodologies. Following his success with The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, Gerard has developed the ProjectPRISM™ Methodology for Project Management as his latest in a line of several methodology development efforts. We discuss project management methodologies in general and how his new methodology differs. You will also learn, how you can win a copy of his PMO book and how you can get a free and complete copy of the methodology (single-user license). In our weekly segments we look at four great helpful resources and you will also get a Tip of the Week.

Links mentioned in the interview:

- The Complete Project Management Office Handbook (Amazon Link)
- The ProjectPRISM™ Methodology for Project Management
- Project Management in the Organization Workshop, June 7-9 2006, Orlando, Florida
- Contact Gerard Hill @ Hill Consulting Group via email

Helpful Resources, News and Events

- PMForum
- EVA11 - The APM's annual Earned Value Event, London, June 12-17
- Survey Shows Support for Legal Project Management

Episode 31: The PMI Consulting SIG

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The PMI's Consulting SIG is today's main topic. A SIG is a Specific Interest Group, which brings together project managers from all over the world who share a common interest. The PMI currently has about 30 SIGs. We interview the chair of the Consulting SIG, Frank Parth, PMP (President of Project Auditors). We discuss what the SIG does, how it overcomes the obstacle of having a worldwide membership and what benefits you receive in becoming a member of the Consulting SIG. In our weekly segments we look at four great helpful resources and the Tip of the Week was sent in by Sai Prasad, PMP, from Chennai in India.

Helpful Resources, News and Events

- Online Books for PMI Members (Use your PMI member ID and Password)
- "Who should run projectcs?" (An interesting discussion in Google Groups)
- A Study of Software Methodology "Great Taste or Less Filling" (*.PDF)
- Knowledge Management In Complex Project Environments (London, May 18, 2006)