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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. Different industries will influence that and there is a minimum salary set by the government. There are more options, and more organizations offering them. So that’s a ballpark.

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. A British government agency, the Central Computer and Telecommunications Agency, licensed it for use in government IT projects back in 1979. It was renamed PRINCE. Directing gets a process of its own.

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Discovering the Diverse Sources Behind Innovation

Scrum.org

For example: In one of the banks where I worked, I was spending some time with the Customer Support team and in a few hours, a few customers called as they were struggling to locate the ‘ Deposit Cheque Via Mobile App ’ feature. For example, consider the case of Satya Nadella at Microsoft.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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The waterfall method makes use of Gantt charts for planning and scheduling; an example is below. For example, the project management process groups describe the project life cycle while the 10 project management knowledge areas explain how to manage a project. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.

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Scrum For Startups: Finding the Sweet Spot

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In the Winter of 2016 - 2017, I changed jobs. For example, high effort, steering committeesand highly detailed status reports are replaced with some combination of effective Sprint Reviews and lightweight portfolio governance techniques. And so I took a Coaching job at the largest bank in the country.

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5 Simple Reasons Why Processes Don’t Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For example, there could be a risk that the budget sign-off process takes so long that even if your project sponsor is totally on top of it, the start date is delayed, with the subsequent impact on achieving the business case benefits that would bring. An older version of this article first appeared on the 2080 blog in 2017.

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5 Considerations for Managing a Project Portfolio

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The resulting portfolio will shift resources away from the downscaled unit, include smaller internal governance projects with an enormous strategic priority and possibly divest funds and resources towards projects with higher ROI. The less governable aspect, however, is who judges, and not what is being judged or how to judge it.