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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit organization for those working in project management across the globe. If you have even a passing interest in the field, then you’ve bumped up against PMI. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. A History of PMI.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

At a PMI® conference I attended later in the 1970s, almost 80% of the papers were presented by engineers or people working for engineering companies. The Vice President for Engineering in an aerospace company attended a seminar I conducted. Agile projects value responding to change over following a plan.

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How to Kick-Start a Career in Project Management

Binfire

This could mean anything from becoming an expert in Agile methodology to focusing on change management or risk management. One way to network and learn more about the field of project management is to get involved in a professional organization, such as the Project Management Institute (PMI). Attend conferences and seminars.

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Best 2020 Online Courses, Events, and Resources for Project Managers

Epicflow Blog

PMI has prepared a collection of helpful materials that can be used by both beginners and experienced project managers. Agile in the Program Management Office. Besides, PMI suggests passing not only this one but also the PMI Agile Certified Practitioner and Certified Associate in Project Management examinations online.

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A Short History of Project Management

MPUG

The stages of time will cover the BC time period, the 1900’s where the root of modern project management was driven by the military, and we’ll end up looking at the ever evolving Agile methodology that more and more project manager are implementing now. PMI on the scene. Software Development Approaches. The WWII Era.

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A Project Manager is a Superhero (or, their Mild-Mannered Alter Ego)

LiquidPlanner

If one reads the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Body of Knowledge (or as the cognoscenti call it, PMI’s PMBOK) you’d think there was just one way to be a project manager; a heavily waterfall approach that the cool kids think is old fashion. Agile and it’s fellow travelers (e.g. They just don’t quite get it.

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A Compendium of Works to Increase the Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Here are my collected works, presentations, briefings, journal papers, articles, white papers, and essays, used to increase the Probability of Project Success (PoPS) I've developed and applied over my career in the software-intensive system of systems domain. Five Immutable Principles of Project Success , PMI Spring Seminar, 2021, Austin TX.

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