The IIL Blog

MARCH 26, 2024

The Project Management Office (PMO) is no exception. In this article, we will explore the rise of the AI-powered PMO and provide actionable strategies for project managers to thrive in an AI-augmented environment. Here is a foundational Generative AI PMO Template, along with guidance on how to customize and use it effectively.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 5, 2024

Being asked to mentor someone means that your experience has been recognized as a project management professional (not necessarily a certificate holder, but someone who knows how to do the job well). Perhaps you’ve been asked to mentor an apprentice , or someone new to the PMO or team. Why do they want a mentor?

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. How to Become a Project Manager: Education and Certification. Beyond academia there is project management training and certifications. Project Management Certifications.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 22, 2017

RapidStart PMO: Online Project Management Training Review. Diab is the CEO of Leadership Formation, a consulting firm that focuses on helping organisations with strategy, alignment, execution and people. The paid course covers everything you’d need to get a PMO up and running in a few months. Workstream 2: Operating the PMO.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

Are you ready to take your PMO into the future? Join Bill Dow, PMP (2023 PMO Influencer of the Year Winner), as he takes you through the step-by-step process of introducing metrics into your PMO. Many PMO Managers struggle when understanding what metrics to create in their PMOs for a variety of reasons.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 6, 2023

Some other less obvious but equally important benefits are: Increasing productivity Adopting a ‘one team’ approach across the organization Delivering in a predictable fashion (every PMO leader wants this!) This book would be great for PMO practitioners. Who is this book for?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2021

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. You’ll have the opportunity to practice your leadership skills and communication skills during group work. In my experience, job titles vary hugely between employers.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

Personally, I’d like to think that your PMO will purchase the templates that you need to use, or that your manager will let you buy templates on their corporate credit card. Recommended Google Project Management Certificate 5.0 And training to choose from. Best for: People who need a comprehensive project management class.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 31, 2023

Leadership : ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers will be those that embrace the mantle of leadership. Throughout the project, leadership is simple: you serve your team. Let’s jump in. But we can do better.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

I’m thinking of taking a project management certification. Which certifications do you have and what was your experience of getting them? What’s it like running big projects/a PMO/working in X field? Here are some questions you can ask your mentor about the next steps in your career path.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place! PDU categories.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 22, 2023

Whether you want to achieve a certification , gain more confidence, build your technical skills or something else — it isn’t going to happen unless you make it happen. There are even free project management certificates you can do, completely online. You’ll never know unless you sign up for one and go along.

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Software Review Certification PMI Technical Review 310

MindGenius

APRIL 9, 2020

Are your project managers growing, expanding their careers, gaining needed training and certifications and mentoring colleagues the way a successful project management office (PMO) should be operating? Here are my favorites… Poor leadership. Lack of funding. Lack of organizational support.

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Velociteach

DECEMBER 4, 2023

Constance Dierickx lays out a new paradigm for leadership that offers a way to synthesize thinking, emotion, and behavior. Meta-leadership goes beyond conventional leadership attributes, emphasizing not only the possession of knowledge and skills but also a keen sense of observation and discernment. Who am I trying to please?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 10, 2020

If you don’t yet have the project management certification and experience to go into a project manager job, you’ll be looking for job titles for entry level positions. Portfolio Manager/Director: A portfolio manager is a senior leadership position in an organisation, overseeing an entire portfolio of change projects.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 14, 2022

PRINCE2 was the first project management certification that I got. You don’t need a PMO to be able to put it to use. Leadership skills and other power skills (AKA soft skills) are things you might already have or can pick up on the way. Perhaps this is going to be your first project management certification.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 11, 2020

The top career goal is certification. The top career goal for project managers is gaining a certification. Perhaps that’s why so many people want to take their development into their own hands, earn a certification and get a new job. Quick win for PMOs: Ask who wants to get certified next year and make it happen.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 24, 2022

Brush up on your virtual leadership skills. Virtual Leadership: Practical Strategies for Getting the Best Out of Virtual Work and Virtual Teams. Safeguarding our emotional and mental health and that of our teams has to be up there as a trend for the forward-thinking leadership team. What you can do. Why is it important?

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

JANUARY 30, 2020

Several hundred thousand people have taken Scrum Master certification courses with the expectation they will be prepared to lead a Scrum team. As an agile consultant and instructor, I am often asked, “I just received my Scrum Master certification, now what do I do?”. These certifications are like getting your driver’s license.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

AUGUST 8, 2019

Back in 2015, we took a look at the five advanced training options for people working in PMO. Four years on and a few things have changed in the PMO field. There is now another PMO certification option available alongside P3O from AXELOS and the PPSO ones from BCS, both of which feature in the last article.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From the UK, Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer, and consultant. She is the author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. Jennifer Bridges is the Founder of PDUs2Go.com and specializes in project management and leadership development.

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Inloox

APRIL 13, 2017

A quick reminder: In the first part of this series , we’ve already established what a PMO is and what its function in an organization is: ". The most important roles in a PMO How many and which team members a PMO needs, largely depends on the scope of the tasks the PMO has to fulfil in the respective organizations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 4, 2021

Also, millennial PMs are more driven by equality, so working with millennial teams will require a different type of soft skills, like building EQ and leadership. Elizabeth: There is a role for someone who can operate the software, perhaps that’s a role that would sit within the PMO. The domain is changing, speed is changing.

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Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

MARCH 30, 2020

Deciding to get a professional certificate can involve several factors such as, your industry, your interests, your network, and how you would ultimately like to grow in each of these areas. Whatever the case, many resources and options are readily available—so let’s examine what you could gain from a certificate and why.

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 12, 2018

As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. It researches, educates, develops industry standards, publishes a journal, hosts conferences and offers a globally recognized certification. Certification. The organization serves over 2.9 PMI Founders.

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Planview

OCTOBER 7, 2020

How w e ll your Proj e ct Manag e m e nt Offic e (PMO) or E nt e rpris e PMO (E PMO ) functions is conting e nt on two things: th e minds e t of e ach of your e mploy e e s and e stablishing a strat e gic top-down proj e ct portfolio cultur e.   Changing mindsets starts with education and training.

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Paymo App

SEPTEMBER 26, 2018

Suppose you’re a project manager and have all your ducks in a row: sufficient industry experience, a PMP accredited certification, and a handful of successfully delivered projects that recommend you for a leadership position. Don’t worry, you’re not going to read about a set of leadership skills. The road to project leadership.

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Wrike

AUGUST 22, 2018

Whether or not you’re a project manager by title, one acronym you’re sure to hear more often is PMO. What is PMO?” PMO stands for “project management office.” The percentage of companies with a PMO has nearly doubled since 2000, according to The State of the PMO 2016. . Definition of PMO. Who Needs a PMO?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 25, 2019

Whether you want to achieve a certification , gain more confidence, build your technical skills or something else – it isn’t going to happen unless you make it happen. Think about what qualification would be the most meaningful to you as there are plenty of certificate schemes out there. Create a Professional Development Plan.

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Project Risk Coach

NOVEMBER 30, 2020

He received his Project Management Professional (PMP) certification eight years ago. John is fortunate to work in the Project Management Office (PMO) with several senior project managers. The PMO Director continually reinforces the need to apply a strict code of conduct. Click to Tweet.

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Project Risk Coach

OCTOBER 9, 2017

From the UK, Susanne Madsen is an internationally recognized project leadership coach, trainer, and consultant. She is the author of The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. Jennifer Bridges is the Founder of PDUs2Go.com and specializes in project management and leadership development.

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Techno-PM

MARCH 18, 2022

PRINCE2 Practitioner Certification Course - Who Should Do It? The PRINCE2 certification is an internationally recognized project management qualification that benefits the project managers. Why PRINCE2® Certification? And 2 projects that allow you to demonstrate your comprehension of ITIL concepts in a practical manner.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 3, 2018

Leadership – ethical, authentic leadership is what helps get work done and set you apart from your peers. Successful project managers are those that embrace the mantle of leadership. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Let’s jump in.

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MPUG

FEBRUARY 10, 2024

AI can handle these tasks seamlessly, freeing up your time for strategic thinking and team leadership. Join MP UG to attend live training webinars, access 500+ hours of on-demand sessions, receive certificates of completion and earn the Project Management Institute (PMI)® Professional Development Units (PDUs) that you need.

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PM Basics

JANUARY 20, 2021

The best help for you is a book on leadership. Here’s the truth: Every book on leadership I read contains only 10% of tips applicable to the project manager’s role. Solution: The efficiency of reading books on leadership is relatively low for a project manager. But there’s also a catch: You need to find the right book.

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The IIL Blog

SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

It is also one of the most difficult certifications to obtain, because a candidate must have a specific experience requirement and they need to follow a meticulous application process. There are only a few thousand Portfolio Management Professionals (PfMP ® ) worldwide, according to PMI, making this a truly elite qualification.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 16, 2017

There is no shortage of certification courses (and if you’re looking for support in that area here are some suggestions of reputable suppliers ). As with many project managers in leadership roles, I have other responsibilities in my day. Do your colleagues – especially the newer ones? Do You Need This Book?

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