Summary: Play Now: Project Management Professional (PMP)® Exam: PMP Exam training : Kim Wasson and Cornelius Fichtner It's hard to juggle everything on your project. And just a glance at your company's project management methodology can make you despair about getting it all done. But if we take a page from agile development, adding tools from behavioral psychology to Pomodoro, and incorporating pragmatic prioritization, you’ll be able to build a personalized time management system that fits your own working style. Come out of this interview with a manageable system for yourself and the tools to help your team members manage their own time and priorities. This interview with Kim Wasson (LinkedIn Profile) was recorded at the exciting Project Management Institute (PMI)® Global Conference 2018 in Los Angeles, California. In the interview we review the key components of a good time/priority management system, the smorgasbord of tools available, and we discuss how to create a tailored time management system and advise team members on ways to manage their time and priorities. Oh... also... below is an image of the time management system that got Cornelius so excited during the recording: Episode Transcript Below are the first few pages of the transcript. The complete transcript is available to Premium subscribers only. Podcast Introduction Kim Wasson: In this episode of The Project Management Podcast™, I show you how not to work 60-hour weeks. Cornelius Fichtner: Hello and welcome to The Project Management Podcast™ at www.pm-podcast.com. I’m Cornelius Fichtner. We are coming to you live from the exciting 2018 PMI Global Conference in Los Angeles, California. Podcast Interview Cornelius Fichtner: And with me right now here in the hallway is Kim Wasson. Hello, Kim! Kim Wasson: Hello, Cornelius! It’s nice to be with you again. Cornelius Fichtner: Yes, thank you. Another conference, another Podcast interview it seems. Kim Wasson: Indeed! I’ve switched directions a little bit this year talking about different things. Cornelius Fichtner: Yeah so you’ve been speaking at quite a few number, how many is this that you are speaking? Kim Wasson: This is three. Cornelius Fichtner: This is the third! Oh! So I caught you at every single presentation. Kim Wasson: Yes, you caught me right at the beginning. Yes, because we talked before I started even coming to PMI. Cornelius Fichtner: Yeah! How is this for you as a speaker? How much value does it bring to come here, speak, meet people? Kim Wasson: It’s actually quite valuable. The preparation for the conference gets better every year. There’s more support. They are more concise. They offer a lot more reviews and I love meeting people and I like to talk about the things that I talk about. Cornelius Fichtner: When I presented a few years back, I had to actually submit a white paper. Do they still require it now? Kim Wasson: They do not require that. Cornelius Fichtner: Okay. Kim Wasson: It was actually last year, they didn’t. The year before they did. It was quite a shock so I didn’t know I’d have to do it the year I did. I had to back up and write it down. Cornelius Fichtner: Right. So for anyone out there who’s interested in speaking at a PMI Conference, it is now much easier and more accessible. If you have a good topic and a good presentation, you can do it. Kim Wasson: Yes, it’s not that difficult. They have Toastmasters that you can review with and it’s very well done. People here are very nice. It’s nice to present here. People are supportive. Cornelius Fichtner: When is your presentation? Kim Wasson: Two o’clock today. Cornelius Fichtner: Two o’clock today. Any idea how many people have signed up? Kim Wasson: No! They don’t check. So I don’t know I might go into an empty room. It’s a different topic. The emotional intelligence that I talk on, the rooms are always packed because it’s such a hot topic. So we’ll see how this one. Cornelius Fichtner: So you said it. You’ve changed your focus a little bit.
