Project Management is Boring
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Podcast Overview
<p>Project Management Is Boring focuses on the unglamorous work that actually makes projects succeed. We talk planning, requirements, meetings, stakeholder management, and execution—without pretending PMs are superheroes or that every problem can be solved with a new framework. Built for IT project managers, business analysts and professionals who value discipline, clarity and realism over buzzwords. </p>
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Publishing Since
12/15/2025
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Recent Episodes
July 8, 2026
Target Canada - Empty Shelves, Full Warehouses
<p>This episode focuses on the contradiction at the heart of Target Canada’s operations: stores could have empty shelves while distribution centers had inventory. The issue was not simply “not enough product.” It was a flow problem involving systems, warehouse processes, forecasting, data, vendor coordination, and store execution.</p><p>For PMs, this episode is about handoffs, dependencies, and the danger of managing functional silos instead of end-to-end outcomes.</p><p><strong>Key PM Questions:</strong></p><p>Where are the handoffs most likely to fail? </p><p>Can the system move work from request to customer outcome?</p><p> Are teams optimizing their piece while the whole process breaks?</p>
June 30, 2026
Target Canada: The Data Was the Critical Path
<p>This episode examines one of the most important lessons from Target Canada: bad data can break a business. Product dimensions, vendor information, units of measure, tariff codes, item descriptions, and other data elements affected purchasing, warehousing, replenishment, and shelf availability.</p><p>The episode argues that “boring” data work was actually mission-critical. PMs must learn to treat data readiness as a major launch dependency, not a background task.</p><p><strong>Key PM Questions:</strong></p><p>Who owns data quality? </p><p>What does “clean enough” mean? </p><p>How should data readiness be tested before launch?</p>
June 23, 2026
Target Canada - SAP Was Not the Villain
<p>This episode focuses on Target Canada’s technology environment, including the implementation of SAP. The lesson is not simply “ERP projects are hard.” The deeper lesson is that enterprise systems require disciplined processes, trained users, strong governance, clean master data, and realistic integration planning.</p><p>SAP became part of the story because the business depended on it before the surrounding operating model was mature enough to support it.</p><p><strong>Key PM Questions:</strong></p><p>When is a system implementation actually a business transformation? </p><p>How do PMs tell the difference between software readiness and operational readiness? </p><p>What questions should PMs ask before trusting an enterprise platform to support launch?</p>
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- What is Project Management is Boring?
<p>Project Management Is Boring focuses on the unglamorous work that actually makes projects succeed. We talk planning, requirements, meetings, stakeholder management, and execution—without pretending PMs are superheroes or that every problem can be solved with a new framework. Built for IT project managers, business analysts and professionals who value discipline, clarity and realism over buzzwords. </p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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