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Interviews

Using social media tools for communication: a case study

June 29, 2011

One of the questions I’m asked frequently is: “How do I use social media tools for communication?” I addressed this during my presentation at the PMI Leadership Institute Meeting in Dublin, and one of the organisations I drew on to illustrate how other people are doing it was the Chartered Management Institute. The CMI makes [...]

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COO of Webplanner at 23: An interview with Jovia Nierenberg

June 13, 2011

Jovia Nierenberg is Chief Operating Officer at Experience in Software. That’s the company behind the new project management tool Webplanner. She’s only 23. I asked her about her life as a COO, what’s next for Webplanner and her advice for young women wanting to work in project management. Jovia, how did you end up being [...]

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Managing a Film Project

January 17, 2011
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How do you keep the production of a film on time, on budget and on scope?  In this video I discuss these issues with short film producer, Michael Savva.  A transcript follows, or you can view the transcript as a .pdf file. Elizabeth Harrin: Well, hello! I’m Elizabeth Harrin from A Girl’s Guide to Project [...]

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Social Media and Project Management: a waste of time?

December 8, 2010

In this video, you’ll go behind the scenes at the podcast I recorded earlier this year with Paul Naybour from Parallel Project Training, Lindsay Scott from Arras People and How to Manage a Camel and Owain Wilson from the Association for Project Management. This is an extract of our morning as we were experimenting with [...]

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Why are people leaving project management?

December 6, 2010

Nada Abandah commented on Twitter recently that she knew people who were leaving project management jobs.  When I asked her why, she said they felt under-paid, under-appreciated and were fed up of being blamed for project failure. Leaving project management isn’t always bad.  I spoke to an ex-project manager, Ruth Malone, about why she left [...]

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PMP and PRINCE2 working together

November 22, 2010
This entry is part 11 of 11 in the series Inside PRINCE2

The Inside PRINCE2 series continues with this look at how PRINCE2 and PMP are compatible. In this video Peter Milsom, Executive Program Manager at Aegian Consulting Service Corporation, talks about why he chose to take PRINCE2 when he was already a PMP.

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Social media and projects: a case study from Bracket Projects

October 27, 2010

In this video, Alison Coward from Bracket Projects talks about how she uses elements of social media and web technology to work with project teams. We’re outside the British Library, in case you were wondering. I spoke to Alison about her use of social media at Bracket, and there are more details about it in [...]

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Daptiv PPM: What’s new?

September 27, 2010
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This summer, Daptiv’s acquisition by Parallax Capital Partners created a fair amount of chatter by the industry’s water coolers. The acquisition didn’t distract the team from the new release of Daptiv PPM. I caught up with the new CEO, John Baldwin, to find out the latest. “The Greenhouse is a part of our online community [...]

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Let’s play make-believe: addressing project management software adoption with user personas

September 22, 2010
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“The role of director of user experience is pretty new,” says Steve Ballard, who has taken on this position at project management software company @task. “In consumer software it’s not so new. The product has to sell itself so the focus is on products that are useful.” The difference with software you use at work [...]

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Today I’m at the Virtual Working Summit

July 7, 2010

Today I’m speaking at the Virtual Working Summit on the subject of using social media with virtual teams, in conversation with Dr Penny Pullan. Want to listen in?  It’s free, and here’s everything else you need to know: When can I listen? Each summit interview will be available from 8am UK time, 3am Eastern. Whenever [...]

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