Podcasts
- Why are we so afraid of failure?
- In this podcast, Ricardo proposes to us a reflection: why, in both our professional and personal lives, the fear of failure bothers us so much? He says that many societies value the success and penalize failure at the same intensity, and leaves the question: does this logic is the best one?
- (This podcast is also avaiable in Brazilian Portuguese)
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- Why is it So Hard to Define Clear Criteria for Selecting Projects?
- In this podcast, Ricardo lists the three main reasons why it is so difficult to establish criteria for selecting projects in a Portfolio Management. They are: the lack of clarity in the strategic objectives, the difficulty in measuring intangibles and the management of possible conflicts created by individual interests.
- (This podcast is also avaiable in Brazilian Portuguese)
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Downloads
- PMBOK® Guide 5th edition Processes Flow in English - Simplified Version
- In this simplified version of the PMBOK® Guide 5th edition Processes Flow only the 47 processes names are show, without their inputs, tools and techniques and outputs.
- Type: Document | Download - 75kb
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Articles
- O Gerenciamento Ambiental do Projeto
- Sorry, this entry is only available in Português.
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Presentations
PMBOK® 5th Ed. Processes Flow
- Download the free PMBOK® Guide 5th edition Processes Flow.
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In a video and in a series of special podcasts, Ricardo comments on the new features of the fifth version of the standard and presents his new processes flow*.
There is also to download a canvas that you can use to repeat the process shown in the video and make the processes flow at home, at work or in your classroom for a better understanding of the Guide.
(*) Developed and published with permission from the Project Management Institute®.
Books Recommendations
- Decision Making for Leaders: The Analytic Hierarchy Process for Decisions in a Complex World, New Edition 2001 (Analytic Hierarc
By Thomas L. Saaty - Book that aims to explain AHP for leaders while making complex decisions. The content is not so simple and it includes a lot of math but the idea behind the book is worth.
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- The Strategic Project Office: A Guide to Improving Organizational Performance
By J. Kent Crawford - Classic book about project offices. Written by Kent Crawford from PM Solutions, it is considered a precursor of the project management offices worldwide.
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Testimonials
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Ricardo Vargas is an outstanding professional. I have a profound admiration for his career and I’m very proud to be invited to write this recommendation. He is a very well-prepared, skilled, high energy professional with a deep knowledge in Project Management. His interests include many different areas involved in his experiences as a project manager, leader and mentor. I was his student in many courses involving PMI knowledge and the best thing we have learned from Ricardo is his way of taking care of business keeping constantly attention in his partners, colleagues being a leader and a great person. Ricardo is one of the persons I have as reference.
- Florence Magri
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ACS Algar | São Paulo, Brazil
Source: Linkedin
Business Model Canvas
- Rethinking Your Business Model as Project Manager
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Ricardo Vargas shares, in both video and podcast, a very simple, practical and straightforward strategic thinking of the project manager career.
He comments the choices of the profession, trying to understand the relationship between cause and effect and the efforts required to produce certain professional results.
Videos
