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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

What ‘project manager’ means to one business will be slightly different to how another company uses the term. In this article, we’ll go through what they mean and what you can expect to do in one of those roles. Project managers work on things that have a beginning, a middle and an end, with a defined end result.

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Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Project governance is an important part of project management processes – even if it’s not the most exciting part of getting work done. As a project manager, part of your role is shepherding the work through the project lifecycle. Governance is a key part of that, and gate reviews are part of navigating through the project.

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What is Stakeholder-led Project Management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There is a lot of change management involved in this kind of project and people can create problems to the point that they can push the project into the ‘failed’ zone. Worsley also excludes steering group members from ‘engagement’ saying that the governance process is enough for them. Stakeholder-led.

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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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10 Emerging Project Management Trends In 2024

The IIL Blog

Emphasis on Sustainability and ESG Practices: The year 2024 underscores an amplified emphasis on sustainability and the integration of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) practices into project management. Prioritizing Change Management and Business Analyst skill sets will prioritise the customer voice in design and delivery.

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Who does what in Project Initiation in PRINCE2®

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As the project manager, you’ll be responsible for creating nine (count ’em) management approaches i.e. ways in which the work will be managed. Establish project controls Next up, the project manager is responsible for establishing project controls. So how do you actually make all this happen?

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How to list project management skills on your resume

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? How to include project management skills on your CV Let’s just go with the fact that CV and resume are interchangeable terms for the purposes of this article. Here’s how. On my CV, I have a section that covers skills.