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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

She wrote: I have been advised that you have to do a degree in a particular subject e.g. engineering, do project management training e.g. PMI®, PRINCE2® etc and work your way up in order to become a project manager. There are lots of online courses that make it easy to take a short certification program. Is this true?

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How to Start a Project Management Career

ProjectManager.com

It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. Many colleges offer a course of study in project management, but you can also study business management, engineering and other disciplines. Invest in yourself. Enlist advocates.

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. Trust me, if you are good at what you do, can demonstrate project management best practices and have the certifications to back you up, you’ll get a job. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization. It’s a book, published by PMI, that collects the processes, best practices, terminologies and guidelines that are the accepted norm in the industry. Try ProjectManager for free!

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Embracing a Systems Engineering Approach to Agile at Scale

Leading Agile

What if, instead of focusing on all the Agile practices, we started applying some of the things we know about systems engineering to help large companies become the kind of organization that can leverage those practices? Even PME got on board with the PMI, ACP certification. We have to get the governance and metrics right.

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

Private Sector Project Manager Selection The birth of modern-day project management is most frequently attributed to the engineering community, mainly aerospace and defense. Finding engineers with a command of technology was easy. The assignment as a government project monitor was seen as an add-on to one’s normal job.

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Agile Certification: Your Guide to the Large Array of Agile Qualifications

Online PM Courses

Which Agile Certification program should you follow? Classifying the Agile Certification Providers. To make this guide easier to read, I have divided the providers of Agile qualifications into three categories: Agile Certification Your Guide to the Bewildering Array of Agile Qualifications. Scrum Alliance.