Ask Cadence: Ep 35 - Seeding Project Management in Project Resistant Teams
December 1, 2008
You’re the lone project manager in your group. Your organization is resistant to change. How lead the charge for project management as a key success factor in your group without alienating people creating ill will toward project structure? This week, John Patton and Scott Lissit cover politics, tools, and strategies for helping you move your organization up the project management maturity model.
Ask Cadence: Ep 35 - Seeding Project Management in Project-Resistant Teams
Ask Cadence: Ep 34 - Smart Portfolio Management in Difficult Times
November 17, 2008
Executives have to manage the portfolio of projects across the organization in spite of staffing changes, potential layoffs, operations scaling and other complicated market conditions. The decisions they make about projects and programs inside the organization will have a ripple effect with broad reach. Join John Patton and Scott Lissit this week as they cover the issues that come with increased demands, and give you suggestions to make the right portfolio decisions and deliver results.
Ask Cadence: Ep 34 - Smart Portfolio Management in Difficult Times
Ask Cadence: Ep 32 - Election 2008: The Project of a Major Political Campaign
November 4, 2008
The election for the 44th president of the United States of America has reset the bar against which campaigns will be measured. From unprecedented volunteerism to savvy strategy, the 2008 campaign season offers telling lessons in progressive project management. On today’s show, join Cadence CEO John Patton and Scott Lissit as they draw their own project conclusions as the polls, and this season, draws to its close.
Ask Cadence: Ep 32 - Election 2008: The Project of a Major Political Campaign
Ask Cadence: Ep 31 - When Team Members Leave Your Project
October 20, 2008
If you run large projects, you have seen team members come and go. But what do you do to keep your project moving forward while you transition to a new team member who might not have all the project background? This week, John Patton and Wil Mercer give you key on-boarding strategies to get new team members performing quickly.
Ask Cadence: Ep 31 - When Team Members Leave Your Project
Ask Cadence: Ep 30 - When Team Members Won’t Commit
October 13, 2008
In spite of your best efforts, you have a team member who refuses to commit to their tasks. How do you get to the bottom of the problem diplomatically, while keeping your project moving forward on schedule? This week, John Patton and Wil Mercer sit down to give you proven strategies to keep communication flowing, and your project on schedule.
Ask Cadence: Ep 30 - When Team Members Won’t Commit
Ask Cadence: Ep 29 - Solving the Unsolvable Technical Problem
October 6, 2008
You are running into a mass production deadline on a significant project, but there’s a non-trivial technical problem that your team still hasn’t solved. What do you do with your project in this state of jeopardy? This week, John Patton and Wil Mercer sit down to tackle this very real problem on Ask Cadence, episode 29.
Ask Cadence: Ep 29 - Solving the Unsolvable Technical Problem
Ask Cadence: Ep 28 - Dealing with Power Struggles
September 29, 2008
When two key executives are locked in a power struggle that affects your project, how can you resolve the issue and keep your project on track? This week, Cadence CEO John Patton and seminar leader Wil Mercer discuss the potential pitfalls, and give a few key lessons to help deflate tensions, improve communication, and allow you and your team to get back to work.
Ask Cadence: Ep 28 - Dealing with Power Struggles
Ask Cadence: Ep 27 - The Importance of OPM3
July 21, 2008
Continuing our discussion on the importance of OPM3 to modern project management, we sit down with John Patton and Scott Lissit of Cadence Management Corporation to discuss how companies can get started with OPM3, and where the new standard will have the most impact on project, program, and portfolio management operations.
Ask Cadence: Ep 27 - The Importance of OPM3
Ask Cadence: Ep 26 - Introduction to OPM3 with John Patton
July 14, 2008
This week, we sit down with John Patton for an introduction to OPM3. This new organizational benchmarking tool can be prove to be a daunting undertaking. Patton serves to clarify each component of the tool, and provides a discussion on the practical implications of getting started with OMP3.
Ask Cadence: Ep 26 - Introduction to OPM3 with John Patton
Ask Cadence: Ep 25 - Is Project Planning Just a Waste of Time?
July 7, 2008
When the pressure is high it is easy to let the planning process slide in favor of diving in and getting the work done. But, at what cost? Cadence CEO John Patton and director of service delivery Scott Lissit discuss the risks of ignoring planning, and give a few key lessons and project sizing guidelines that will help reduce frustration with the appropriate level of work.
Ask Cadence: Ep 25 - Is Project Planning Just a Waste of Time?
