PM-Mastery

Helping Project Managers grow and master their project management skills while sharing the stories of other project management professionals.

PM-Mastery is a education podcast hosted by Walt Sparling, with 78 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

Walt Sparling hosts PM-Mastery, a education show with 78 episodes published.

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  Episode #78

  From Finance To Consulting With Lessons From A $250 Million Project

  Jun 2, 202637 minS2

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A $250 million implementation with laws changing right before launch will clarify your project management instincts fast, especially when the site crashes after just 20 users. That’s the kind of pressure-tested learning we unpack with Alex Tuck, founder of Tuck Consulting Group and host of the Project Zero podcast, where he interviews project managers about the project that taught them what the job really is. </p><p>We talk through Alex’s own pivot from financial services to nonprofit work and then into building a 60-person project management consulting team delivering projects across healthcare, SaaS...

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  Episode #77

  Catching up with Daniel Hemhauser on AI and the Current Job Market

  May 19, 202640 minS2

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>I was fortunate to sit down with Daniel Hemhauser recently for a casual catching-up conversation. We touched on the current status of the employment struggles faced by many skilled project managers and the mixed signals we seem to be getting about their future. PMI has said that we’ll need millions more PMs by 2035, but currently the people we talk to are sitting at six, nine, or even eighteen months without work. We get real about what that feels like, why it’s happening across industries, and why even highly skilled project managers and...

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  Episode #76

  How To Build A Risk System That Works

  Mar 17, 202651 minS2

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>A risk register doesn’t save a project. Leadership does. Russ Parker joins me to get brutally practical about what “risk management” looks like when it’s more than a checkbox: leaders defining risk appetite, teams building the habit of talking about threats and opportunities, and project managers turning uncertainty into decisions executives can actually approve.<br/><br/>We dig into how to start risk identification with evidence instead of a blank page. Russ shares why people and lessons learned are the best data sources, how the military’s lessons learned culture creates repeatable...

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  Episode #75

  A Grandfather of the PMP: Lee Lambert's Project Management Journey

  Sep 30, 202530 minS1

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p><b>In this episode:</b></p><p>Lee Lambert, the self-described "grandfather of the PMP" and last living founder of the certification from 1984, brings his wealth of experience and trademark humor to this enlightening conversation about project management's past, present, and future.  </p><p>From humble beginnings with just 39 certified professionals in its first year to today's 1.7 million PMPs worldwide, Lee traces the remarkable evolution of project management certification. His own journey proves there's no single path to success in this field - starting in drafting and engineering before volunteering to train 300 engineers o...

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  Episode #74

  Transitioning Between Industries: A Project Manager's Journey with Walt Sparling

  Sep 23, 202553 minS1

  <p>Send us Fan Mail</p><p>Ever wonder how someone becomes a successful project manager? Walt Sparling's remarkable journey from an accidental drafting student to a cross-industry PM expert reveals the unexpected path many professionals take into this dynamic field.</p><p>This is a unique episode where Walt, the host of the PM-Mastery podcast, let a former guest and friend interview him. During this interview, we discussed future goals of meeting each other in person, but due to the delayed posting of this episode, it actually happened, and Tanya was a guest at a milestone birthday party of...

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