All Episodes
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Episode 21: Negotiate Project Agreements
Negotiation is a core skill for project managers, from securing vendor contracts to resolving scope agreements with stakeholders. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to...
Episode 22: Collaborate with Stakeholders
Successful projects depend on active stakeholder collaboration. This episode focuses on evaluating stakeholder engagement needs, aligning expectations with project obj...
Episode 23: Build Shared Understanding
Misunderstandings derail projects, and PMI tests whether you can recognize and prevent them. In this episode, we’ll explore techniques for breaking down situations to ...
Episode 24: Engage and Support Virtual Teams
Today’s projects are rarely co-located, making virtual team engagement a critical leadership skill. This episode unpacks how to examine team member needs across geogra...
Episode 25: Define Team Ground Rules
Ground rules create the framework for how a team interacts, makes decisions, and holds itself accountable. In this episode, we’ll discuss how to communicate organizati...
Episode 26: Mentor Relevant Stakeholders
Mentoring is about more than coaching team members — it’s about recognizing opportunities to grow stakeholders across the project ecosystem. This episode explores how ...
Episode 27: Promote Team Performance Through Emotional Intelligence
Emotional intelligence (EI) is a critical leadership differentiator, and PMI directly tests it in the People domain. This episode explains how to assess behaviors, int...
Episode 28: Execute with Urgency to Deliver Business Value
With the People domain complete, we shift into the Process domain — beginning with urgency and value delivery. This episode explores how PMI frames “business value” as...
Episode 29: Manage Communications
Communication is one of the most tested competencies on the PMP exam. This episode unpacks how to analyze stakeholder needs, determine appropriate channels, and ensure...
Episode 30: Assess and Manage Risks
What happens when your project hits the unexpected? This episode tackles the art and science of risk management — from spotting early warning signs to choosing the rig...
Episode 31: Engage Stakeholders
Projects live or die by stakeholder engagement. In this episode, we explore how to map influence, identify priorities, and bring diverse interests into alignment. You’...
Episode 32: Plan and Manage Budget and Resources
Money and people — two of the hardest parts of project management. This episode breaks down how to build and manage budgets while keeping resources balanced and aligne...
Episode 33: Plan and Manage Schedule
Every project manager has faced the dreaded ticking clock. This episode takes you inside the mechanics of scheduling: estimating tasks, sequencing dependencies, and de...
Episode 34: Plan and Manage Quality of Deliverables
Quality isn’t just about avoiding defects — it’s about delivering what stakeholders truly value. In this episode, we’ll look at how to set quality standards, measure r...
Episode 35: Plan and Manage Scope
Scope creep is every project manager’s nightmare — and on the exam, it’s a favorite trap. In this episode, we’ll explore how to define requirements, break down work in...
Episode 36: Integrate Project Planning Activities
Projects don’t fail because of one bad plan — they fail when plans don’t connect. This episode dives into integration: pulling scope, schedule, cost, risk, and quality...
Episode 37: Manage Project Changes
Change is inevitable — and how you handle it defines your leadership. In this episode, we’ll explore the change management process PMI expects you to master: capturing...
Episode 38: Plan and Manage Procurement
Vendors can make or break a project — and procurement is where strategy meets contracts. This episode breaks down how to define resource needs, develop a procurement s...
Episode 39: Manage Project Artifacts
Artifacts are the living memory of a project — and PMI expects you to know how to manage them. In this episode, we’ll cover version control, accessibility, and the imp...
Episode 40: Choose Methodology and Practices (Predictive, Agile, Hybrid)
Every project demands the right approach — and in this episode, we dive into how to select methodologies and practices that actually fit the work. We’ll break down whe...