Episodes
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Gathering Requirements for Life and Projects
Monday Oct 22, 2018
Monday Oct 22, 2018
In this week's episode I'll discuss the value in gathering requirements for your projects and for your life. Requirements tell us what we need to achieve, what we must achieve, for the project to be successful.
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Car Crashes and Projects
Monday Oct 15, 2018
Monday Oct 15, 2018
In this episode we'll discuss the unexpected changes in life and in projects, the whole point of the Lifelong Project, and you doing more than you believe possible. You can pass the PMP, earn the new certification, or accomplish whatever goals you set out to achieve.
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Pass - Do Not Take - the PMP
Monday Oct 01, 2018
Monday Oct 01, 2018
If you want to pass the PMP exam, you'll first need to qualify for the exam and then create a plan for how you'll pass the test. Let's get that part straight right away: Your goal is pass the test. Your goal is not to take the test. Your goal is not to get a perfect score. Your goal is simply to pass the test.
You're a project manager. If you were assigned a project to build a condo, develop new software, upgrade a network, or any other possible task, you'd need to create a project management plan. You'd identify all of the requirements for the project and then map a way to achieve the goals of the project customer. Why should your effort to pass the PMP exam be any different?
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Don't Freak Out!
Monday Sep 24, 2018
Monday Sep 24, 2018
If you want to be appear professional, in control, and as a leader in your projects don't freak out when things go wrong.
Projects are uncertain - things will go wrong, just as things happen in all projects, in businesses, and even in life. We can't always control what will happen, but we can control how we react.
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Keep Moving Forward
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Monday Sep 17, 2018
Keep moving forward! If you've taken one of my online classes you know that I like to say "keep moving forward."
But why? What's the deal with that line and why do I say it so often. There's more to the story than you moving onto the next lecture. In this podcast, I'll share the story behind the line.
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Selling T-Shirts on the Beach
Monday Sep 10, 2018
Monday Sep 10, 2018
In this episode, Joseph Phillips share a letter from a listener and offers some frank career advice. Life is too short to be unhappy! There's much to be said about selling t-shirts on the beach.
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Managing Project Changes
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Monday Sep 03, 2018
Changes happen in a project, but that doesn't mean that everyone is going to be happy about the changes. Unless you want a project, a predictive project, to blow up, you need an approach to manage changes as they enter your project.
In this episode, I'll share insight to one of the most important activities you'll have to do as a project manager: expect and manage changes. Don't let changes wreck your project!
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Why Projects Fail
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
There is nothing more frustrating as a project manager to see a project fail - and there's nothing more frustrating to your stakeholders to. So why do projects fail and what can we, the project manager, do to prevent failure? In this episode, Joseph Phillips will discuss proven strategies he's used to prevent project failure.
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Combating the Parents of Regret
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Monday Aug 27, 2018
Regrets are empty distractions from what's important in our lives. In this episode, Joseph Phillips discusses the parents of regret and how these two characteristics can affect our project success. He'll also offer some insight to a strategy to avoid regrets and set us up for success in our endeavors.
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Lifelong Project Overview
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
Sunday Aug 26, 2018
The Lifelong Project Podcast discusses project management, goal setting, and getting stuff done. In this premiere episode, Joseph Phillips discusses the goals of the Lifelong Project podcast, his experience in project management, and offers some insight to project management.