Dr. David Hillson: Managing Project (Business) Risks

Published: 18 October 2020
Duration: 01:29:47     

Dr David Hillson is known globally as “The Risk Doctor”. He is recognised as a thought-leader and practical expert in managing risk at multiple levels, including project, business, societal and national.

In this interview, we tapped into his ability to entertain, but also talked about the immanent uncertainties of cross-corporate project business, when commercial and legal risks add to project risks.

Peter Taylor and Project Business Management

Published: 04 October 2020
Duration: 01:29:02     

One of the best selling books in project management of the last years is Peter Taylor's "The Lazy Project Manager". As a thought leader, he reveals how adopting a more focused approach to life, projects, and work can make a project manager twice as productive. His 'productive laziness' approach builds on the Pareto principle that states that for many phenomena, 80 per cent of consequences stem from 20 per cent of the causes.

Peter is a great storyteller. In addition to internal projects, he has vast experience in project business management. He has managed projects under contract for paying customers and has also trained project managers in these roles. He also knows the other side - projects outsourced to complex project supply networks, made of contractors, subcontractors, etc., distributed over several tiers and with the difficulties that are caused by often conflicting business interests.

Interview with Lee R. Lambert, Bedrock in Project (Business) Management

Published: 16 September 2020
Duration: 01:18:23   

Many project managers are familiar with the name Lee R. Lambert: He was one of the founders of the Project Management Professional (PMP®) certification of the Project Management Institute (PMI®).

Much less known are his deep roots in project business management. Over more than five decades, Lee did projects for paying customers and trained project managers in that role. 

Interviewed by Martin Berneburg and Oliver F. Lehmann, we heard interesting stories that combine insights and entertainment.  

3rd Open Hour: Project Business in Times of Crises 

Published: 20 August 2020
Duration: 01:04:53   

A discussion among practitioners and experts: How do the various crises - such as COVID-19, climate change, impermeable country borders, and others impact project business. How can we overcome them?

Interview: Cornelius Fichtner and Project Business

Published: 11 August 2020
Duration: 01:29:50   

For many practitioners in project management, Cornelius Fichtner is a household name. He is known mostly for the digital offerings of his company OSP International LLC, such as the PM PrepCast for project managers heading for the PMP® certification of PMI®, the Project Management Institute.

Meanwhile, his lineup of exam preparation tools was expanded by a family of further podcasts, augmented with simulators and inhouse offerings for corporations. Much less known are his personal roots in project management and particularly in project business management.  

Presentation of Research Done with PMI®

Published: 24 June 2020
Duration: 00:08:14

The Project Business Foundation cooperated with PMI, the Project Management Institute, to understand the impact of the COVID-19/Coronavirus crisis on project business and what the associations can do to help organizations and individuals.

Welcome to the Project Business Foundation

Published: 2 June 2020
Duration: 00:02:41

An introduction to the Project Business Foundation, its mission and purpose.