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In this episode, Nick Hopkins tells us about the difficulties of running projects in organisations that believe their people are empowered, but in reality decisions are funnelled trough a small group of people.

He also tells us about running projects the deliver changes the stakeholders don't want, and how to work around resistant stakeholders.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
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• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

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In this episode, Kim Fitzpatrick recommends us to clearly articulate the purpose of our projects, especially when the benefits are not obvious. She also suggests we should understand the skills of the people we work with to get the best from them.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

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In this interview, Martin Dowsett tells us how he uses checklists to make sure small but important things don't get forgotten.

He also tells us how he brought a project that was over budget back on track, and how he created and used a set of guiding principles to keep it there.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

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In this episode, Adam Al-Shemmeri talks about how incremental delivery can increase flexibility - even in construction!

He also talks about running projects when the sponsor's freedom to make decisions is limited - and how he worked around it.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

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In this episode, Nicole Reilly warns us what can happen if you make the wrong assumptions and don't use operational subject matter experts.

She also tells us about how good and consistent communication to stakeholders helps to manage their expectations and increase adoption.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

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In this episode, Mark Ferguson talks to us about the importance of understanding the business case for your project and understanding how it fits into the organisational governance context.

He also warns us against underestimating the importance of stakeholder engagement, and taking what you are told at face value.

This interview is also available as a video at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars

This is one of Pragmatic PMO's interview series "Scary Scars Shared". In these interviews, Ken asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes what they learned from their most successful and their challenging project management experiences (scars).

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from Amazon http://bit.ly/KensLLBook

In this interview, Jack Saward tells us what happens when we take passed-on information at face value, and recommends that instead we go direct to the information source wherever possible.

This interview is also available as a video at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars

This is one of Pragmatic PMO's interview series "Scary Scars Shared". In these interviews, Ken asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes what they learned from their most successful and their challenging project management experiences (scars).

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from Amazon http://bit.ly/KensLLBook

In this episode, Real Project Manager Shreekant Patel tells us about how he creates and uses templates for repeatable tasks, and gets to know his stakeholders.

He also tells us about his challenges with IT application testing, and how investing intelligently in infrastructure and test data can help.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

Sign up to the (approximately!) monthly newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/844d51587a6c/pragmatic-pmo-mailing-list-sign-up

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In this episode, Ken Burrell of Pragmatic PMO introduces the “Scary Scars Shared” (formerly "Successes and Scars Shared") interview series, in which he asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

Sign up to the (approximately!) monthly newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/844d51587a6c/pragmatic-pmo-mailing-list-sign-up

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In this interview, Juliet Doswell reminds us to manage our stakeholders' expectations (estimates are subject to change), and reminds us that the advice of experts is ultimately one person's opinion.

This interview is part of Pragmatic PMO’s “Scary Scars Shared” series, in which Ken BurrelI asks Real Project Managers to share in around ten minutes the lessons they have learned from managing projects, so that the whole project management community can learn from their experiences. 

You can find the entire series at http://bit.ly/ScaryScars (video) and http://bit.ly/PragmaticPMOCast (audio, or search for “PragmaticPMOCast” wherever you get your podcasts)

Sharing short, sharp, project lessons interviews like this is just one of the pragmatic pointers recommended in Ken's book “Learning lessons from Projects: How it works, why it goes wrong, and how it you can do it better”, available from http://bit.ly/KensLLBook 

The Pragmatic PMO Channel is here to support project managers and PMO people. 

Here's where to find Pragmatic PMO:
 • https://www.PragmaticPMO.com
• https://twitter.com/PragmaticPMO
• https://www.linkedin.com/in/pragmaticpmo
• https://www.facebook.com/PragmaticPMO

Sign up to the (approximately!) monthly newsletter at https://mailchi.mp/844d51587a6c/pragmatic-pmo-mailing-list-sign-up

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