Project Management Happy Hour

You depend on them and, let's be honest, sometimes you abuse them. This week we talk to Ollie Hunter, the enterprise architect for a leading e-commerce firm in Europe. Ollie will share life from an architect's perspective, and help us understand how we, as project leaders, can develop better relationships with our architects, and enable them so they can have the most impact on your project. We got...

This week we plunge into Project Communications – the most common cause of project failure. We are joined by Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss, authors of the book "B.S., Incorporated." Over happy hour, they share 5 insightful "tough love" tips on project communication, the way that only a BFF would. Thanks Jennifer and Michael!   OUR AMAZING GUESTS Jennifer Rock and Michael Voss have a shared, lifel...

This week we talk about a tough subject – how to handle an outside senior stakeholder who wants to exert influence on your project. This can be very tough when that influence is contrary to decisions already agreed in the project by senior stakeholders, or if that influence is uninformed.   In this episode, Kate outlines a formula that she uses to effectively manage such requests. Following that 5...

Join us for our new podcast, the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes (plus this bonus!) , we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project. If you haven't listened to episodes 1-5, you might want to check those out first J Question 1 helped us define success for the project, Question 2 helped us understand scope and opportunity....

Join us for our new podcast, the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes, we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project, whether you are: Kicking off a fresh new project Taking over an in-flight project Scoping out a new project opportunity Performing an assessment of a project that may be in trouble Communicating an overview of...

Join us for our new podcast, the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes, we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project, whether you are: Kicking off a fresh new project Taking over an in-flight project Scoping out a new project opportunity Performing an assessment of a project that may be in trouble Communicating an overview of...

Join us for our new podcast, the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes, we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project, whether you are: Kicking off a fresh new project Taking over an in-flight project Scoping out a new project opportunity Performing an assessment of a project that may be in trouble Communicating an overview of...

Join us for the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes, we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project, whether you are: Kicking off a fresh new project Taking over an in-flight project Scoping out a new project opportunity Performing an assessment of a project that may be in trouble Communicating an overview of a project to team...

Cheers! Join your hosts Kim Essendrup and Kate Anderson for our new podcast, the Project Management Happy Hour! In our first 5 pilot episodes, we are going to look at the first 5 questions you need to ask whenever starting a new project, whether you are: Kicking off a fresh new project Taking over an in-flight project Scoping out a new project opportunity Performing an assessment of a project that...