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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

Rebel’s Guide to PM

” Firstly, I should say that I don’t think you require a degree in a particular subject in order to become a project manager – both my degrees are in English Literature and I work as an IT project manager in the healthcare sector. That’s due to: an increase in the number of jobs requiring project management-oriented skills (i.e.

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Organizational Competencies: What They Are and How to Develop Them

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We did a fair amount of off-the-shelf software deployments, and we frequently made the point that we were a healthcare company, not a software development firm. You can also build competence across the business as a whole by hiring new personnel with the necessary skills or by making changes in leadership. Non-technical competencies.

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s due to: an increase in the number of jobs requiring project management-oriented skills (i.e. most knowledge work jobs as well as industries where PM has traditionally been important) higher demand due to economic growth retirement rates. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. That’s about 2.3

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As a project manager , I have used it in financial services, and to a lesser degree, a modified version in a healthcare setting. Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. It was renamed PRINCE. The most recent major update came in 2023.

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Project Management Mastery: Conquering Big, Hairy, Complex Projects (BHCP)

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The second required an understanding of government and public sector procurement process, benchmarking hardware and software systems and working with myriad vendors and computer system standards at a time, when no such systems or standards had ever existed.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Lots of companies work through ‘transformation’ projects which are designed to create large-scale organizational change such as mergers and acquisitions or culture change, or meeting the expectations of technology use through implementing digital strategies. These are all great sources of examples of projects.

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What Is a Project Officer? Job Description & Salary Included

ProjectManager.com

Any project manager that needs assistance to fulfill their job will hire a project officer, whether that’s in healthcare, technology, manufacturing or logistics. You’ll even find project officers working in not-for-profit organizations and government agencies.