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Will a Project Management Certification Help Your Career?

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The Certification Option. There are also courses run by training companies that will give you a certificate, or you could go the whole way and sign up for a Masters in Project Management at one of the top business schools. But what if you’re switching from a purely technical role to one that involves managing projects?

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How I passed the Google Project Management Certificate in a Week

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Are you looking for tips on how to pass the Google Project Management Certificate ? In this article, I’ll share my top tips for working out the answers to the graded quizzes, how to plan your time and how to get the certificate for the lowest possible cost (not free, but very cheap). Read on… 1.

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Sauce & Spoon: Tips for Your Google Capstone course

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve been managing projects for over 20 years and I found the Google Project Management Certificate capstone course quite tricky. It’s hard to know what they are looking for in the Sauce & Spoon case study, so if you’re working through the course, here are some tips as you prepare to submit your capstone assignments.

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7 Ethics Tips For Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s probably fairer and less controversial to say that it was ‘estimated’ rather than created totally randomly from scratch. But she was worried that other people were interpreting the estimate as definite fact. Ethics Tip #1: Disclose Your Interests. Ethics Tip #2: Don’t Use Assets From Your Last Job.

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How to Start a Project Management Career

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Even without a degree there are certification programs, such as the Project Management Institute’s Project Management Professional (PMP) and many entry-level positions where interested candidates can learn as they earn. PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK.

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Mastering Project Estimation: Simplified Techniques for Reliable Scheduling

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The solution, of course, is estimating. There is a whole science to estimation, and it would be possible to go very deeply into this. But before we start, let’s tackle the Estimation Elephant in the Room…. The estimation techniques they use are a deliberate trade-off between speed and accuracy.

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100+ Project Management Terms: PM Terminology Explained

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Baseline A baseline is an estimate of the project’s scope, schedule and costs that is created during the planning stage. Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM) An entry-level certification offered by the Project Management Institute. Learn tips on How to Monitor Projects by Elizabeth Harrin.