Sprints and Milestones is a podcast where Brett Harned and Greg Storey share war stories, tips, tactics, and anecdotes on navigating the sometimes rough waters of getting digital projects done. If you’re leading projects and want some help and reassurance that you’re doing the right things, you’ve downloaded the right podcast. Enjoy the show.
Season One of Sprints & Milestones was all about the principles of digital project management, taken from Brett’s book Project Management for Humans. We released seven episodes full of discussion and stories about our experiences leading projects. It was very much about us, but really it’s for you. In our final episode of the season, we respond to questions submitted by listeners.
Several questions about project leadership came in, so we sat down to share our two (sometimes different) perspectives. At the direction of our listeners, we cover:
- The PM career path
- How to scale your PM tasks on projects of varying sizes
- Questions to ask PM candidates in job interviews
- How to develop trust with a team
- Managing people without being their “manager”
- And more!
And before you go, please take a few minutes to give us some feedback! Rate us on the iTunes store, and send us feedback via twitter or email at sprintsandmilestones@gmail.com.
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In episode seven of Sprints & Milestones, we talk about how project managers can move on from that rigid, box-checking way of working to being more open-minded, and strategic about the way they handle projects and teams.
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In episode six of Sprints & Milestones, Brett and Greg talk through the hesitation, challenges, and clear benefits of being completely honest when it comes to project challenges, mistakes, and straight-up issues.
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Brett and Greg talk about how project managers stay laser focused when projects are being pushed and pulled in many different directions, sometimes by many people.
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Brett and Greg share their personal stories of how they landed in design and project management careers. They also discuss the importance of continuous learning and teaching in the digital space to push yourself - and others - to be better.
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In this episode of Sprints & Milestones, Brett and Greg explore what it means to be a “loveable hardass” and how difficult that can actually be.
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As project leaders, we have to adapt and speak to a variety of people at many levels in organizations about a wide-range of topics. It's a tough gig
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Work and projects can be chaotic, and that’s not always a bad thing.
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Hello world! Brett and Greg introduce Sprints & Milestones and foreshadow future episodes.