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Project Politics are very likely the "ugly stepchild" of project management. We know that we have them, but we try to ignore them as best as we can. Because of that we can be sure that they will bite us. And instead of blaming ourselves for not managing them properly, we blame the elusive "company politics" for the fact that our project just failed. This is where Brian Irwin, PMP can help. He wrote the book Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects, which will help you not only understand the dynamics of politics in a company but will also help you manage it. In our discussion with Brian we focus on one important part of managing your politics, and that is your stakeholders. They say that the only project where you don't have politics is a project where you have only one person participating. But since all of us usually have more than one stakeholder we have to know how to manage their project related expectations properly.

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In his book Managing Politics and Conflict in Projects Brian Irwin, PMP introduces us to the DTAB Project Leadership Model. This model is based on four guiding principles. About these Brian says: "I've witnessed leaders who demonstrate those four guiding principles deliver outstanding results in the project environment." In today's Overtime, we bring Brian back on the program to discuss the model, how it should work in theory and how you can apply it in your everyday life as a project manager.

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Would you like to know how to define the value of Project Management? We have an answer for you! Five episodes ago we spoke with Mike Graupner, PMP about Monkey Management. We gave Mike another visit and had a conversation about his current projects. We hear about his involvement in IS governance, how he is dealing with SOX compliance, we follow him as he implements a 1 million dollar computer just for testing and he will also tell you how to define the value of Project Management. As always, we also give you several helpful resources that complement our interview.

But there is more: this week we also have not just one, but two contests and you can win four prizes a total value of $800. You can win one of two licenses of Mind Manager Pro 7 and you can also win one of two licenses to The Project Management PrepCast™. But you will have to act fast, so listen in...

Feb 17 2007 update:  We have drawn the winners of the giveaway for Mind Manager Pro 7. They are: Jun Labao from the Philippines and Scott Stamey. Scott is a subscriber to the Premium Podcast and every subscriber automatically got a chance to win, while Jun is a listener to the Free Podcast and was drawn from among those who wrote an email.

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Nehme E. Abouzeid is the guest in today’s episode of The Project Management Podcast™ and we look at project management in the hotel, casino and hospitality business. Nehme works for the Las Vegas Sands Corporation in Las Vegas, Nevada, the town that 15 of the 20 largest hotels in the world call their home. Thus, the projects that Nehme was involved in were major, business critical projects. We hear about a ticketing system that he helped implement for their entertainment center, next is a convention system for the hotel, then we talk about his process improvement projects and we finally explore a retail system project where the complete retail system for a series of stores had to be replaced. In just one night.