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b'Welcome to the Software Process and Measurement Cast 236!\\nSPaMCAST 236 feature my interview with \\xa0Peter Taylor, Ron Rosenhead and Vicki James\'s we discussed their new book, Strategies for Project Sponsorship. \\xa0Sponsors are not necessarily born to the role and unless we want to take pot luck we better understand what makes a good sponsor.\\xa0\\nVicki James, PMP, CBAP (Seattle, WA, USA)http://www.project-pro.us \\xa0Vicki is passionate about learning and sharing best practices in project management and business analysis. Certified in both project management (Project Management Professional certification from the Project Management Institute since 2005) and business analysis (Certified Business Analysis Professional from the International Institute of \\xa0Business Analysis in since 2010) provides a broad view to support project governance and processes. Vicki spent 11-years in the public sector successfully delivering projects to support governmental operations. Today she provides private consulting to government and private industry clients in addition to writing and presenting on all things project. Vicki is a contributor to The Complete Project Manager (2012) by Randall Englund and Alfonso Bucero as well as a popular blogger and Tweeter.\\nPeter Taylor, PMP (Coventry UK) http://www.thelazyprojectmanager.com/ Peter is a dynamic and commercially astute professional who has achieved notable success in Project Management. His background is in project management across three major business areas over the last 26 years, MRP/ERP systems with various software houses and culminating in his current role with Infor, Business Intelligence (BI) with Cognos, and product lifecycle management (PLM) with Siemens. He has spent the last 7 years leading PMOs and developing project managers and is now focusing on project based services development with Infor. He is a professional speaker as well as the author of \\u2018The Lazy Project Manager\\u2019 (Infinite Ideas) and \\u2018Leading Successful PMOs\\u2019 (Gower) and \\u2018The Lazy Winner\\u2019 (Infinite Ideas).\\nPrevious Appearances:\\xa0Lazy Project Manager - Project From Hell - \\xa0\\nRon Rosenhead (London, UK)\\nhttp://www.ronrosenhead.co.uk/ Ron Rosenhead is known for his highly practical approach to life alongside project management. Over 25 years as a trainer and consultant with the last 17 years specializing in helping organisations to increase the probability of project success. He has personally trained,coached over 10,000 people in the project management world; some project managers, others project sponsors. He has worked across sectors: financial services,public sector, engineering, pharmaceuticals, universities, car retailing, It etc. He is a professional speaker and author of Deliver that Project (an e-book), is a regular blogger and tweeter. Ron regularly writes practical project management training materials which are in use all over the world.\\nAppreared on talking about project management\\xa0\\nOrder the book at http://strategies4sponsors.com/\\n\\nThe Daily Process Thoughts is my project designed to deliver a quick daily idea, thought or simple smile to help you become a better change agent. Each day you will get piece of thought provoking text and a picture or hand drawn chart to illustrate the idea being presented. The goal is to deliver every day; rain or shine, in sickness or in health or for better or worse! Check it out at\\xa0.\\xa0\\nShameless Ad for my book!\\xa0\\n\\xa0co-authored by Murali Chematuri and myself and published by J. Ross Publishing.\\xa0We have received unsolicited reviews like the following: "This book will prove that software projects should not be a tedious process, neither for you or\\xa0your team."\\nNOW AVAILABLE IN CHINESE!\\xa0\\nHave you bought your copy?\\nContact information for the Software Process and Measurement Cast\\nEmail: \\xa0spamcastinfo@gmail.comVoicemail: \\xa0+1-206-888-6111Website: www.spamcast.netTwitter: www.twitter.com/tcagleyFacebook: \\xa0http://bit.ly/16fBWV\\nOne more thing! \\xa0Help support the SPaMCAST by reviewing and rating the Software Process and Measurement Cast on ITunes! \\xa0It helps people find the cast.\\xa0\\nTHe Software Process and Measurement Cast is a proud member of the Tech Podcast Network. \\xa0Listen to the SPaMCAST and othe great podcasts, like Day In Tech History a podcast on tech hitory 365 days a year at http://www.techpodcasts.com/\\nNext:The next Software Process and Measurement Cast will feature an essay on the role of product owners!'