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Advice for Aspiring Project Management Consultants

ProjectManager.com

What does it mean to be a project management consultant? In Review – So, You Want to Be a Project Management Consultant? What is a consultant? Jennifer addressed this question first, explaining that a consultant is simply someone who is experienced in a field and provides their expert advice in a professional context.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

Is it challenging to navigate the complex landscape of project governance frameworks? In this article, we will dive deep into organizational and project governance and systems in project management. At the heart of this lies the robust framework of Organizational Governance Systems.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

Metrics around the success and progress of a software development project are many and varied. Here are some tips on proposing new metrics: Look for reporting gaps and problems including: An internal report that’s rarely consulted by project managers or a legacy of a departed executive that needs revision or replacement.

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Project Boards and Project Steering Groups: An Introduction

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here’s an introduction to these important groups as part of the governance framework so you can get yours set up and working on your project. A project board provides oversight and governance for the project. What you need is adequate governance for the project. What is a project board? Call your meetings anything you like.

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What is a Stakeholder in Project Management?

Planio

Get buy-in by consulting early and often. Consultants and subcontractors: Teams and individuals outside the organization who are working on the project. This could mean partners, users, competitors, or even government groups who will be impacted by what you’re doing. Whenever possible, put a name on your stakeholders.

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I do think that having a degree (of any kind, in any subject) is beneficial for securing a job, especially as project managers are expected to influence and lead, and many employers want to see evidence of the ability to operate at that level and use a degree as a benchmark for it. That’s about 2.3 million new jobs a year.

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5 Kaizen Principles That Underpin the Methodology

ProjectManager.com

The idea was codified by Masaaki Imai, an organizational theorist and management consultant, over 30 years ago with the publication of this book, Kaizen: the Key to Japan’s Competitive Success. It’s been around in Japan since after World War II, though influenced by quality management ideas from the United States. Kaizen Principles.