Project Management: All you need to know without reading!

-As Theodore Roosevelt once said: “whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell’em. ‘Certainly I can!’ Then get busy and find out how to do it".

That is precisely what happened when I decided to write a blog about Project Team Management! 

In order to complete my task I decided to showcase some of the most useful tools to manage this interesting discipline known as "PTM". But instead of going through libraries and research articles I will guide you through some of the most prominent ideas through the best podcasts available on iTunes.

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People and Projects Podcast: Project Management Podcast

This podcast has a great branding feel to it. It is produced by Andy Kaufman, the president of the Institute for Leadership Excellence and Development in Chicago and with more than 60 episodes the author touches in virtually every aspect of PM. The downside of this podcast is that there are only two video posts available and one of them does not even work. Also the website linked to the podcast looks far less professional than the presentation it has on iTunes. 
However, the reviews for this site are good. With 4 ½ out of 5 starts and
a very energetic tone to the audio content I  found this podcast as a very
useful tool in the project management learning experience.

The Project Management Podcast

Known as the father of the project management podcasts, this show is one of the most complete analysis for project management with more than 190 episodes. It is produced by Cornelius Fichtner a British specialist who makes this podcast an informative source with a reasonably amount of entertainment.  This podcast has 47 ratings by users who classify it as very good (4 ½ out of 5 stars)  Bear in mind that iTunes only carries the last 7 versions of this podcast for a complete list of the audio content go to the project management podcast web-site.

The Free project management Prep Cast

This show created also by Cornelius Fichtner is a mere training tool for those who are getting ready to take the challenging PMP exam. There are 10 free shows available to the public, however, this podcast should be seen more as a selling feature rather than an educational tool.  It still holds 3 ½ stars out of five but none of  the 22 people rating this show have left a podcast review.

PM 411.org Project Management Podcast

This podcasts has many things going for it; the first is that it is compact; with an average of 26 minutes of length it makes the experience a lot more enjoyable. Also, half of the teachings in this show are presented in a video format, which helps visually oriented people understand concepts in an easier way.  The author of this audio/video production is an organization named PMP 411which as a small infrastructure and almost feels like a blog page.  Take a look of the web site.

NASA Project Management

This podcast was not created to be an ongoing resource for project management students. It only contains the talks of several speakers who participated at a seminar held by NASA. The topics presented in this topic do not always relate specifically to the project management categories but the ones that do are very informative.  The NASA podcast does not have any reviews. They only updated content on October , 2010 and have not touched the site ever since.