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How do I avoid killing my own project?
“How do I avoid killing my own project?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Adrian Pyne joins Appfire’s Kerry O’Shea Gorgone to offer advice for keeping your projects alive. He also flips that idea on its head and shares tips for killing projects that take resources away from more strategic initiatives.
How can peer review improve project outcomes?
“How can peer review can improve project outcomes?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert and P3express.com founder Dmitrii Ilenkov talks about peer review for project management. Like code review in software development and peer review for academic articles, project managers can use peer review to achieve better outcomes and improve knowledge sharing across the organization. In this episode, we discuss the why and the how of peer review.
How can I gain value from project agility?
“How can I gain value from project agility?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Adrian Pyne joins Appfire’s Kerry O’Shea Gorgone to explain how delivering value is at the heart of agile, and how the Agile Manifesto, designed for software development, works for other kinds of projects.
What are the 5 most expensive agile mistakes?
“What are the 5 most expensive agile mistakes?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Adrian Pyne explains the most dangerous (and costly) assumptions project management pros and organizations make about project agility.
What are the Nearly Universal Principles of Projects (‘NUPP’)?
“What are the Nearly Universal Principles of Projects (‘NUPP’)?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert and P3express.com founder Dmitrii Ilenkov talks about NUPP—a set of project management principles compatible with all the major methodologies, including Scrum, PRINCE2®, PMBOK® Guide, P3.express, and XP.
What is P3.express and how can it help me manage projects more effectively?
“What is P3.express and how can it help me manage projects more effectively?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert and P3express.com founder Dmitrii Ilenkov explains the difference between existing project management approaches and P3.express, what using the system entails, and what it takes to get certified in P3.express as compared with pursuing PMP certification.
What is Parkinson’s Law (and how can it derail my project plan)?
“What is Parkinson’s Law (and how can it derail my project plan)?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert and PMCLUB founder Dmitrii Ilenkov joins Appfire’s Kerry O’Shea Gorgone to talk about “Parkinson’s Law.” We get into what “Parkinson’s Law” is, how it can derail your projects, and some tips for avoiding it altogether.
What’s the right way to run a lessons learned session?
“What’s the right way to run a ‘lessons learned session?'” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert Ray Sheen talks about “post-mortems” or “lessons learned sessions.” We get into why these retrospectives are valuable, when to do them, what to cover, and how to follow up afterwards to make sure your next project goes more smoothly.
To Gannt or not to Gannt?
“To Gantt or not to Gantt?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Project management expert Ray Sheen joins Appfire’s Kerry O’Shea Gorgone to talk about the Gannt chart, the most commonly used project schedule chart. Ray explains what a Gannt chart is, why it’s used so often (and why it shouldn’t be), and what to use instead.
What are some blind spots agilists can use to be more influential?
“What are some blind spots agilists can use to be more influential?” Find out in this episode of Appfire Presents: The Best Project Portfolio Management Show by Appfire. Tracy Walton, Director of Agile Services at ISOS Technology talks about three blind spots every agilist can use to be more influential.