About this episode
Lauri Bingham, Director of Technology PMO at T-Mobile. Responsible for managing over $100M across a diverse, high-profile portfolio of national programs and projects. Episode Description: Stephen W. Maye is your host for Projectified with PMI . In this episode, Stephen sits down with Lauri Bingham who shares insights and lessons learned on adopting and integrating agile principles and practices into a variety of work environments. Lauri also covers the PMO’s role in supporting teams, hybrid approaches, and dealing with complexity. For an easy way to stay up-to-date on Projectified with PMI, follow our podcast at: iTunes , Stitcher , Google Play , or Pmi . org / podcast . Key Takeaways: 2:44 — the importance of 'soft' and 'big-picture' skills @06:15 — moving from waterfall to agile/hybrid methods @08:44 — finding the right fit for right team for right project @11:01 — communicating successes, benefits and lessons @12:20 — the challenges of going first and changing habits @14:40 — a culture shift throughout organization @19:57 — balancing waterfall and agile principles @22:25 — letting the data lead you to the answers @25:43 — listen to your customers, build a relationships @30:30 — the learn-trial-learn process @33:57 — career advice to women and young project managers Links: Lauri Bingham LinkedIn