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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. PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. 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. PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK. Here’s what you can do to get a foothold in this exciting industry.

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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. Here are some different industries that frequently recruit project managers: Construction Government/public sector Healthcare Oil and gas IT Supply chain management Charity work Retail Manufacturing Engineering Human resources.

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Is Hybrid Really a Popular Project Approach?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Iterations are perfect for developing solutions like a website, and the structure of an over-arching program framework provided the governance and schedule expectations that executives wanted to see. However, hybrid might be popular to talk about, but it’s not being used, according to recent data from PMI. It feels like we should.

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When standard is no longer “standard”

Kiron Bondale

So I decided to conduct a poll in the LinkedIn PMI Project, Program and Portfolio Management discussion group to get feedback from a larger sample of practitioners. For example, in construction industry Project Managers have much more authority in general and a lot of funds are on their disposal.

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Inspiring Women in Project Management: Amy Hamilton

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I currently perform IT Project Management for the US Government in Stuttgart, Germany. In my career I have served as an Army Officer on Active Duty, as a contractor in the IT field for the US Government and for the past ten years as a Government Civilian. Tell us about your career path. Thanks, Amy!

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

It is the phase where you will construct your deliverables and present them to your customer and key stakeholders. Per the latest PMI Pulse of the Profession 2017, “C-suite continues to be largely focused on bridging strategy formulation and execution and tackling technology and business disruption.” Ineffective corporate governance.

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