The actual podcasts can be found on the Episodes page.
Series 4 – Worldwide
S4E4 – interview with Omar al-Ubaidly, Bahrein
Click here and here to read articles by Omar on project management in the Gulf region.
S4E2 – interview with Oreratile Senokoane, South Africa
Click here to read about the 5 Levels of Leadership, by John Maxwell
Series 3 – Competencies
S3E6 – stakeholders
Click here to download the stakeholder model with the axes of ‘engaged’ and ‘impacted’.
It is based on the model discussed by Beverly Pasian in this episode, I have expanded on it.
S3E3 – risk, opportunities, uncertainty
Click here to download the Cynefin model diagram.
Click here for a link to “Antifragile” by Nassim Nicolas Taleb.
Click here for a link to “Value Based Projectmanagement” by Nicoline Mulder (in Dutch).
S3 – trailer
Click here for an overview of the ICB structure.
If you have or create an account with IPMA, click here to download the ICB v4 as PDF for free.
Series 2 – Notebook
S2E26 – conflict handling
Click here to download a diagram with the elements discussed in this episode.
Click here to view the wikipedia page on the Hofstede cultural dimensions theory.
Click here for a link to the article by Gunkel, Schlaegel and Taras.
Click here for the article by Omar al-Ubeydli on how Bedouin culture influences workplace conflict handling in the Gulf states.
S2E25 – best practices
Click here to see the publisher’s page of “The Dynamics of Social Practice”.
S2E24 – limitations of risk management
Click here for a diagram with the Project Canvas.
Click here for a link to the Project Card Game.
Click here to see the publisher’s page of “Thinking fast and slow”.
S2E22 – avoiding scope creep
Click here for the wikipedia page on Quality Function Deployment (QFD).
Click here for a diagram of the QFD ‘house of quality’ matrix.
S2E21 – avoiding communication problems
Click here for the diagram showing the “conversations for action” model by Fernando Flores.
S2E20 – critical thinking
Click here for the diagram showing Toulmin’s model of arguments.
S2E17 – project failure causes
Click here for a diagram with the Project Canvas.
Click here for a link to the Project Card Game.
Click here for a link to the Princeton Press page on the book “Normal Accidents”.
Click here for a link to the Cambridge Univestiry Press page on the book “Human Error”.
S2E9/E13 – professionalization of project management
Click here for a diagram with the topics discussed in these episodes.
S2E8 – Leary’s rose
Click here for a diagram showing Leary’s rose.
S2E7 – domain knowledge
Click here for a link to the Routledge page on the book “The Laws of Software Process”.
S2E6 – hidden beliefs behind estimations
Click here for the Wikepedia page about opportunity costs.
S2E5 – decision making and framing
Click here for an article on “the Framing of Decisions and the Psychology of Choice”, by the same authors who ran the experiment that is mentioned in this episode.
S2E4 – power
Click here do download a diagram showing the power elements covered in this episode.
Click here for a link to an Oxford University Press page on the book “Making the social world”.
S2E3 – risks
Click here for an article describing risk management with the Project Card Game.
S2E2 – change metaphors
Click here to download a diagram showing the metaphors covered in this episode.
S2E1 – cone of uncertainty
Click here to go to “Agile in a nutshell” with a page about the ‘cone of uncertainty’.
(in S2E7 “on domain knowledge” the ‘cone of uncertainty’ topic is returning, as a process)
Click here to see the publisher’s page of “Thinking fast and slow” which describes (among many other biases) the ‘what you see is all there is’ fallacy.
Series 1 – Canvas
S1E13 – resources
Click here for an overview of topics from this episode.
Click here for the Wikipedia page on Earned Value management.
S1E12 – third parties
Click here to download the overview of topics from this episode.
S1E11 – context
Click here for the site where you can interactively compare countries on Hofstede’s cultural dimensions.
Click here to download the overview of topics from this episode.
S1E10 – deliverables
Click here to download the overview of topics from this episode.
Click here for the Wikipedia page on Earned Value management.
S1E9 – expectations
Click here to download the overview of topics from this episode.
Click here to download the diagram for Conversations for Action.
S1E8 – planning
Click here to download an overview of the planning topics covered in this episode.
S1E7 – sponsor
Click here to download an overview of sponsor topics discussed in this episode.
Click here for the website on Covey’s book “The speed of trust”.
S1E6 – requirements and design
Click here for a reference to Tom Gilb’s book “Principles of Software Engineering Management”.
Click here for the official page of the ISO 25010 standard on the ISO website.
And click here for an overview of how ISO25010 developed from ISO 9126.
Click here for the wikipedia page on Quality Function Deployment (QFD).
S1E5 – constraints
Click here to download the checklist on how to identify, and the various types.
For an overview of various laws relevant as constraint specifically for IT (projects), see the publisher’s page of “Law for computer scientists and other folk” by Mireille Hildebrandt.
S1E4 – end users
Click here for a link to the Lemniscate of Change (main diagram in English, some text in Dutch)
Click here for an article describing the approach of Fernando Flores to transformation (and other things)
S1E3 – organization and team
Click here to download an example of a RACI matrix.
Click here to download a picture of Leary’s Rose.
Click here to download a picture of the Tuckman team development stages.
Click here to download a picture of the Belbin team roles model.
Click here for the publisher website of the book “The 5 dysfunctions of a team”.
S1E2 – goal
Click here for an article by Forbes on why (software) projects fail.
Click here to download the Strategic Function matrix diagram.
Click here to download a visual of SMART goal definitions.
S1E1 – canvas
Click here to view a research article on complexity and project management.
Click here to download the Project Canvas in hi-res PDF format.