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Controlling Chaos

Summary: Project Management: Practical advice to help you succeed in managing real projects in the real world. More art than science, Project Management is the "glue & grease" that allows modern organizations to drive through turbulent times with some semblance of sanity. Dina reviews great Agile and Traditional project management methods, and even more importantly, offers good judgment about which methods to rely on for which job. Whether you are a seasoned project manager or simply play one on TV, as long as you like to get things done and have fun . . . Controlling Chaos is for you.

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  • Artist: Dina Henry Scott, PMP
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Podcasts:

 Episode 038 - Managing the Gray Areas with Jerry Manas | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On this episode, I speak with Jerry Manas about his new leadership book, Managing the Gray Areas.  Jerry’s book explores the most challenging dilemmas that leaders struggle with, and offers a set of guidelines, principles, and tools that can help navigate these murky waters. Managing the Gray Areas touches on topics such as principles, values, ethics, decision-making, incentives, staffing, critical thinking, [...]

 Episode 037 - Building Effective Teams Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Here is Part 2 of my discussion with Cheryl Mann, President and founder of Goals Insight, Inc., on techniques you can use to build effective teams! Cheryl was a super resource for me and I really encourage you to contact her if you would like some help on making your team as effective as possible!  To [...]

 Episode 036 - Building Effective Teams Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

I’m back!  This episode is the first part of a two part discussion with Cheryl Mann, President and founder of Goals Insight, Inc., on techniques you can use to build effective teams! Whether you are managing a scrum project, business process re-engineering project or even a construction project, effective teamwork is the critical success factor to [...]

 Episode 034 - MindManager Pro 7 with Michael Deutch | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Wow! It has been a while since I released a show! Happy 4th of July to all my fellow Americans out there! Today’s discussion is with Michael Deutch, Director of Solutions Marketing with MindJet, and we speak about the newly released MindManager Pro 7 and the new Project Management Jetpack, a set of 40 MindManager map [...]

 Episode 033 - How To Be Productively Disruptive | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Hi everyone! Wow! It has been a while since I released a new show! Thanks so much for hanging in there with me. Today’s episode is an introduction to the new PMI-SVCast, the new podcast I’m producing for the Sacramento Valley Chapter of the Project Management Institute!  The website is in the final stages of [...]

 Quick update from Dina … | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Here’s a quick message about the podcast and what I’ve been up to! There are still a few days left to get in on the drawing for one of two books from Mike Cohn on Agile Estimating and Planning. If you’d like to receive Mike’s book, please e-mail me at bookgiveaway@controllingchaos.com by April 30, 2007. Good luck! Click [...]

 Episode 032 - Agile Estimating | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Okay … so a few days turn out to be ten … The long awaited interview with Mike Cohn from Mountain Goat Software and author of Agile Estimating and Planning has arrived! Thank you to you all for hanging in there with me and coming back for a listen. In today’s episode, Mike and I [...]

 Podcast on Agile Estimating on its way in a few days … | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Hi everyone - I’m in Palo Alto this weekend taking a two-day Quantitative Review prep class to get me ready for the GMAT!  I’m absolutely brain dead but wanted to leave you a quick note that the podcast will be coming out in a few days.  I had a really fun and informative interview with [...]

 Episode 031 - Reengineer Your Brand | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Is your own personal “brand” not what you want it to be? Listen in on today’s episode with dot beineix and learn a little something about what I went through to reengineer my brand! It was a fun discussion because I was the one being interviewed and its always fun talking with dot! Derry Simmel is [...]

 Episode 030 - Dynamic Scheduling Best Practices | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

On today’s episode, I chat with Eric Uyttewaal, PMP, the author of Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2003, regarding the best way to build a dynamic project schedule.  What is a dynamic project schedule and what are the best practices to building one, you say? Take a listen and find out!  To find out more [...]

 Episode 029 - Project Budgets | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Recently, I had a very fun and informative discussion with Elizabeth Harrin, author of the book Project Management In The Real World, and very cool blog, A Girl’s Guide to Managing Projects, which I will be sharing with you all on today’s episode. We chat about project budgets, her book, her blog and how project management invades [...]

 Missing Podcast | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

This time … technical difficulties on the magnitude of losing the second half of Bas’ interview!  Yikes!  Bas will be back on the show again, once we re-record our interview. It may be a bit before we can coordinate schedules. Next weekend I’ll have a new show for you all and a fun discussion with [...]

 Episode 028 - Surprise! Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Are you a new project manager or just play one on TV? This episode is for you! Recently, I had a fun conversation with Bas de Baar, a Project Manager from The Netherlands and author of the book “Surprise! You’re a Software Project Manager!“. Bas wrote the book for people with little or no project [...]

 Episode 027 - Keeping in Touch with Reality! | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

Happy 2007! For the first episode of the new year, I speak with Dr. Graham Oakes, founder and principal of Graham Oakes Ltd., a UK-based consultancy set up in 2003 to help organizations untangle complex technology, relationships, processes and governance. He has worked with organizations such as Sony, Amnesty International, Oxfam, Cisco, MessageLabs and the [...]

 Episode 026 - Flexibility in Product Development | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: Unknown

We step away from the world of Software Project Management today and speak with Preston Smith from New Product Dynamics about how to build flexibility into new product development projects. I know it’s hard to imagine, but there are more than just software development projects going on out in the world! Preston is a founder [...]

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