About this episode
During this conversation, recorded at PMI’s EMEA Congress 2018 in Berlin, John Daly and Henk van Huyssteen discuss how digitization is changing the way projects are run, the benefits project teams can expect to see in the near future— and what skills project and program managers need to develop to stay relevant. About our Guests — John Daly and Henk van Huyssteen: John Daly, PfMP, PgMP, PMP, is a Director in Cisco Advanced Service Global PMO, managing a global team of project and program managers from Jacksonville, Florida, USA. John began his career as an engineer and quickly moved into project and program management, and has been working in that field for over 12 years. Henk van Huyssteen, PMP, delivers complex business technology programs for large organizations and is based in Cape Town, South Africa. He specializes in defining delivery strategies and models to achieve aggressive timelines or to turn around projects in trouble. Over the past three years, he has led a variety of large-scale, digital transformation programs. We hope you’ve enjoyed our podcast series, Projectified with PMI . To join the conversation online, we ask you to use #Projectified and @PMInstitute. We also encourage you to subscribe and leave a rating on Apple Podcasts or Google Play Music by clicking on the links below. Thank you very much, and stay tuned as we release more episodes of Projectified with PMI . For an easy way to stay up-to-date on Projectified with PMI, subscribe to our podcast at: Apple Podcast , Google Play Music , SoundCloud , Stitcher , or PMI . org / podcast . Key Takeaways: [1:25] The impact of digitization on project work [3:25] Facilitating faster decision-making [5:50] Innovative problem solving [7:15] Project management skills for a digital world [8:50] How to begin the transformation [12:30] Congress attendees weigh in on the evolving role of project management