Project Management Office Hours

What is Untapped Agility? Have you ever had a failed transformation? In this episode we speak with Jesse Fewell. We learn about his upcoming book Untapped Agility and explore several other topics.

Jesse Fewell is an author, coach, and trainer who helps senior leaders from Boston to Beijing transform their organizations to achieve more innovation, collaboration, and business agility. Untapped Agility is scheduled to be released on July 21st. Learn the concepts of Barriers, Boost, and Rebound. Hear Jesse's share his story in our fun and insightful chat.

​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

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Ever wonder about the history of the PMP exam? Have you heard of the upcoming changes to the PMP in 2021? Why was there a change to the REP program and how PMP training is being conducted. In this episode we have a fun and informative discussion with Sierra Hampton-Simmons and Lee Lambert talking all things PMP.

Lee Lambert is a PMI Fellow and one of the founders of the PMP exam. He shared with us the history of the PMP. When it started, how it started, why it is called the PMP and more. Back in the early days, Lee was the one reviewing every application for the exam. A little trivia for you...How many people took the original exam? Tune in to hear Lee share his story.

Sierra Hampton-Simmons is the Director of Certification Products with PMI and is responsible for the PMP and all the certifications PMI offers. While Lee gave us the PMP history, Sierra shared where we are heading with the exam in the years to come. She discussed the changes coming in 2021 and how to best prepare. Sierra also shared info on the PMI program to assist Veterans with Project Management and the PMP. Listen to hear Sierra's story and learn why she isn't PMP certified.

​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

Is your PMO adding value to the organization? How do you know? In this episode we have a fun and informative discussion with Stuart Easton Co-founder of TransparentChoice. We chat about Project Prioritization, Project Success rates, Investment in People, interesting facts about Lord Byron, Stuart's niece's artwork, and we hear a bit about Stuart's career in the US and UK.

Stuart joined us from Cambridge in the UK and hit on some great points. One example to consider, our teams can be great at project execution but if we aren't working the correct projects are we truly adding value to the organization? Do we have Strategic Intent with our portfolio? Are our projects supporting the strategic interests of the organization?

How many of you have 5, 6, 10, or more #1 priorities within your portfolio? Are you truly examining the projects to evaluate importance and impact on the business? Are you having challenges with Resource Management? Perhaps the challenge isn't not enough resource rather there is a lack of focus on which projects which will add value.

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

What are your views on the PMO? There are many thoughts on structure, value or even necessity of the PMO today. In this episode we chat with Simon Harris about PMOs and several other topics in our wide ranging project management discussion. Grab a pint and listen to hear our discussion and dig deep into PMOs, Portfolio Management, Project Management, Agile and much more.

Simon, joined us from Scotland, is a voice in the projects and business change space who strives to see from a new perspective. A few items we hit upon in our discussion: 

* PMO organization alignment and structure
* PMO as a Change Agent and/or Service Provider
* Reinventing PMOs
* Portfolio Management and the need to rebalance portfolios due to COVID19

We also touched on many other topics including PMI, PMBOK, Agile, COBIT and Simon's cat!

Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn to Empower People to Deliver Results and assist your PMO as you evolve in the new post-COVID business world.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

Are you providing value for your customers? How is that value translating to sales? In this episode, we chat with Mark Boundy about how organizations can improve delivery to customers by focusing on customer outcomes within project delivery and sales.

Mark runs Boundy Consulting which helps their clients find, win, and keep more business...more effectively and more profitably. We discuss his book, "Radical Value" and how focusing on customer value will make a dramatic impact on your delivery to customers.

There is a direct connection between Sales and Project Management. Both use daily huddles, both work with remote teams, both focus on customer deliverables, and both impact customer outcomes. Mark shares his experiences and guidance on how the project team makes an impact to organizational sales through successful project delivery.

​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about all their services including Project Management Resources, Project Management Training, and PMO Start-up and Improvement.

Check out all prior episodes and upcoming guests by visiting www.projectmanagementofficehours.com.

How are you coping with stress during the COVID pandemic? Of course, most of us have been impacted by the pandemic. Some are required to work remote, projects have been placed on hold, or even worse we have been furloughed or laid off.

During this episode we chat with Susanne Madsen discussing how best to deal with the stress of the current situation and she shares lessons from her Project Leadership Coaching and the several books she has authored. Susanne joined us from London sharing how the pandemic has impacted her, what we can do to minimize the stress during these unprecedented times, and the A-ha moment which lead to her career change.

We get so many great nuggets from this chat with Susanne. Project Managers often focus on tasks over people and Susanne shares how we benefit as PMs by focusing on people first and tasks second. A technique she suggests is we set our own ground rules and then the ground rules for the team. Listen in to hear what else Susanne shares with us and learn more about her book The Power of Project Leadership.

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​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services.

Our capacity and openness to new ideas and concepts help to expand our growth within the project management field. In this episode, we explore new thinking for science within project management and also how to benefit from learning agility. Listen to hear Josh Ramirez President of the Institute for Neuro & Behavioral Project Management and Veronica Schmidt Harvey Principal with Schmidt Harvey Consulting.

Josh gets us thinking about the science of project management and how the brain functions the help us improve as our ability to successfully deliver projects. For example, how we plan a project vs predicting how a project will play out. Predictions allow us to bring in additional sciences which will allow us to be more accurate.

Veronica focuses on leadership and techniques leaders should use to be more successful. Learning agility is not tied specifically to Agile, rather it is about applying learnings at the pace of change. She shares that while IQ and EQ are critical to effectiveness, learning agility is even more important and a better predictor of effectiveness as a leader.

In these times of self-quarantine and working from home, we'll continue to bring you insightful conversations with project management and leadership thought leaders. We have a great lineup of international guests upcoming to cover a broad range of topics.

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​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services

Regardless your company size, we have you covered in this episode as we chat project management in the medical device field with leaders from startups and the largest medical device organization. Key takeaway, regardless of company size, a passion for Project Management will make a lasting impact. Listen to hear Michael O'Connor with Medtronic and James Foley with Botanisol Analytics.

Michael is an award winning Project Management leader and is the Director of Strategy and Project Management at Medtronic. He shares his story working within a large corporation and the advantages and challenges that brings. We learn of specific activities such as PM Roundtable, Mentoring, Education, use of PM tools, and working across business units or an EPMO.

James is CTO at Botanisol Analytics and they are actively working to help develop a better detection system for the Coronavirus. James shares challenges a small startup faces to deliver projects more agile to satisfy larger customers. He leverages experience from his time in the military to a long career within corporate America prior to his startup experience. We also get a science lesson on how the Raman technology works to be able to detect COVID-19.

Michael and James provide great insight for those starting their project management journey. Don't be afraid to seek out guidance, mentoring, and step up for leadership opportunities. Listen to hear their other advice for how to advance your project management career.

For those in the Phoenix area, be sure to register for the upcoming ASU PM Summit by visiting - https://uto.asu.edu/events/PM-Summit-2020

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher,or your favorite podcast platform!

​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services.

How are you investing in your community to improve our Project Management profession? In this episode, we discuss events and participation within the University and Non-Profit sectors to help advance and support our PM community. Listen to hear Jennifer Smolnik and Debra and Cory Hildebrand discuss the ASU PM Network and VPMMA, the Veterans Project Manager Mentoring Alliance.

Jennifer is the President of the Arizona State University PM Network. The ASU PM Network is a volunteer organization that has provided an opportunity for internal faculty and staff to develop a community of practice, learning, and service. While the PM Network has historically provided resources to internal faculty and staff at ASU, the Network is attempting to expand its offerings to ASU students and to the larger Phoenix community to create broader social impact and encourage more constructive dialog and partnerships.

Both Cory and Deb serve on the VPMMA Board of Directors. Cory is a Veteran and currently works as Managing Director of Charles Schwab Internal Threats Program. He shared how his experiences in the military have translated to project management application within the corporate world. In addition to being a Military Spouse, Deb is a PM instructor at two prominent west coast universities and runs her own consulting practice.

ASU and VPMMA are teaming up for 2 great events in April. The Inaugural VPMMA Golf Tournament fundraiser will take place April 19th at Legacy Golf Club in Phoenix. You can learn more and register as a golfer, sponsor, or volunteer at www.thevpmma.org/golf. The ASU PM Network Summit will take place the following day on April 20th. This event will bring together faculty, staff, students and the PM Network community to share their experience, learn about best practices and the latest technologies, and celebrate teams engaged in innovation. You can register for this event at https://uto.asu.edu/events/PM-Summit-2020.

Tune in for upcoming shows with Project Management leaders and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcast, iHeartRadio, Spotify, Spreaker, Stitcher, or your favorite podcast platform!

​Thanks to our sponsor THE PMO SQUAD. Visit www.thepmosquad.com to learn about the Purpose Driven PMO and all their project management services.

Michael Donnelly with Silicon Valley Bank and Lindsay Scott with PMO Flashmob are interviewed on Project Management Office Hours with Joe Pusz