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On the last day of the year we are not going to worry about project management. Instead we are going to have some fun. Unfortunately for me (but fortunately for you) not every episode and interview that we record is perfect on the first take. Sometimes my tongue or the tongues of my guests and helpers gets twisted and the strangest things come out. And more often than not, they are rather funny. And here they are: All the bleepers and bloopers that got cut out of our normal episodes as a 5 minute potpourri for you.

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One of the projects that our show host Cornelius Fichtner, PMP is managing is showing signs of trouble. It is a small, offshore software development project and the quality of the code returned is not good. Because it is a small project that is in trouble there are one or two things that you need to do differently in order to rescue it than you would do on a large troubled project. In today’s episode Cornelius talks about the three steps that he took in order to begin turning things around.

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Today we feature a Project Management Conversation with Thomas Cutting, PMP from The Cutting's Edge [Update: The web page is no longer available so we removed the link]. Thomas has been a guest on our program twice before. The topics that we discussed with him then were "Authority" and "How to become a Project Manager?" In this episode we take a peek into his life as a project manager, consultant and speaker on project management. We are also launching a new show segment called Gizmos in which we introduce you to a variety of tools that help make your everyday life as a project manager easier. Our featured Gizmo is a free Microsoft project viewer called Live Project from Kadonk at http://www.kadonk.com.

We have finished our Book Giveaway of one copy every week of Gerard Hill's The Complete PMO Handbook second edition. The winners are:
Book 1: Patrick Richard, Laval, Canada
Book 2: Arnošt Katolický, Czechoslovakia
Book 3: Özgen Güngör, Berlin, Germany
Book 4: Donald Damore, Cumberland, RI, USA

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Wait... what's that on your back? Could that be a Monkey? In the course of our working days all of us acquire duties, chores and tasks. Some of them are important and they need to be addressed so that we can finish our deliverables. Others must be considered as "Monkeys" - tasks that we got stuck with and now don't seem to be able to get rid of even though we might not be the right person to take care of them. And we all wonder - how did I get stuck with this? Mike Graupner, PMP describes to us today the techniques he uses to address the Monkeys in his life. We talk about Monkey Management in general and we also look at how this translates into managing the Monkeys on your projects.

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We also continue our book giveaway. Gerard Hill is offering four free copies of his book "The Complete Project Management Office Handbook (Second Edition)" to the listeners of The Project Management Podcast. Listen to the announcements to hear how to participate.

The winners of the books so far are:
Book 1: Patrick Richard, Laval, Canada
Book 2: Arnošt Katolický, Czechoslovakia
Book 3: Özgen Güngör, Berlin, Germany
Book 4: Drawing will be on Sunday, December 16th