Project Management Operating Room

In episode 3 of the Project Management Operating Room, we take a look at a case where a brand new project manager is struggling with being responsible without authority. Then, we look at a case where an Agile coach is concerned that the team is pushing back on their desired ceremonies. Finally, we look at a case where a PM is frustrated that their efforts to implement Notion were not well received...

In Episode 2 of the Project Management Operating Room, we look at 3 cases. First, we break down a case where a project manager has lost their privileges for scheduling meetings due to a series of mistakes that were made. Next, we look at a case where a project manager is potentially stepping over a boundary with the team when it comes to the use of AI. Lastly, we look at a case where a failure to...

In this Project Management Operating Room Case Files episode, we do a deeper dive on a project where a project manager relied solely upon a verbal agreement to complete project work only for the team to come back 6 months later and say they never made that commitment. Project chaos ensues.

In Episode 1 of The PM Operating Room, we examine three real project management problems sourced from the project management community and diagnose what's actually going wrong and what to do about it. Case 01: Template Amnesia The same types of projects are executed over and over, but the team starts from scratch every time. No templates, no shared repository, no reuse of previous work. We diagnos...