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Project Management Apprenticeships: A UK Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The project management apprenticeship standard has been around since 2017 and individual apprenticeships have evolved a lot since then, which is a good thing. At the end, you get a Level 3 Diploma in Project Control Practice and you can apply for membership of the Association of Cost Engineers (ACostE). So that’s a ballpark.

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Discovering the Diverse Sources Behind Innovation

Scrum.org

Recently, an engineer shared an insight that struck me. Government and Regulatory Bodies In many countries, governments offer support and guidelines in key sectors such as technology, healthcare, renewable energy, banking and manufacturing. Another example is JPMorgan Chase’s acquisition of WePay in 2017.

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5 Considerations for Managing a Project Portfolio

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A typical project portfolio in pharmaceuticals is made up typically of internal projects, presided by R&D, closely followed by IT and business development, while an engineering firm may have programs of external projects classified by the nature of the result delivered. A version of this article first appeared in 2017.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

It was first published in 1996 and is about to publish its sixth edition in the fall of 2017. What It Is: Introduced by engineers working at Motorola in the mid-1980s, Six Sigma works to improve quality by identifying what is not working in the project. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.

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Project Management Apprenticeships: A Game Changer for Business

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We’re delighted that APM has been granted a Royal Charter and that the project management profession can now be recognised on the same level as, say, a chartered accountant or a chartered engineer, with all the discipline and rigour such accreditation entails. And one of those ways is through a new Project Management Apprentice scheme.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

A Project Management Office (PMO) is a centralized department within an organization that standardizes the governance of projects. Project Governance It oversees project governance, ensuring that each aligns with the strategic goals. What is a Project Management Office? Function - A directive PMO directly manages projects.

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Implications of Artificial Intelligence on Project Management

The IIL Blog

The future of AI in project management will depend on how we implement, use, and govern it! He received the PMI Fellow award in 2017. He additionally served as Director of Civil Agencies at Carnegie Mellon University’s Software Engineering Institute and as Senior Vice President at Booz Allen Hamilton. Euguene earned an M.S.