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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OPAs and the PMP exam Let’s face it: I first came across the term OPA while reviewing PMP exam training material. But they are not the regulatory environment, government standards, or external environmental policies or regulations. Don’t get me started on Enterprise Environmental Factors either.)

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PRINCE2: The Project Management Method Explained

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I took my first Practitioner course in 2004. Because PRINCE2® is a broad-brush approach, it doesn’t cover technical processes or specific techniques, but it will fit alongside them. The History of PRINCE2® PRINCE2® is part of the best practice guidance that came out of the UK Office of Government Commerce. Who is PRINCE2® for?

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are lots of online courses that make it easy to take a short certification program. Personally, I think employers value work experience over a degree, so a degree in project management, while it will show that you have the technical and soft skills, will not ensure you a job. That’s about 2.3 million new jobs a year.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The term scrum was introduced in a “Harvard Business Review” article from 1986 by Hirotaka Takeuchi and Ikujiro Nonaka. It’s a less technical method of project management that doesn’t put as much emphasis on task order or scheduling, but rather on balancing resources and keeping them flexible. Kanban Methodology.

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3 Exam Content Outline Domains for the PMP exam

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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The Evolution of Project Management

The IIL Blog

When the Department of Defense (DoD) decided to expand the need for more technical projects following World War II, pressure was placed upon the aerospace and defense community to develop expertise in project management. First, the PM was expected to possess a command of technology rather than merely an understanding of technology.

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AI in Project Management: An Interview with Lloyd Skinner

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’m not convinced that 2030 is a realistic target, though, given the project management maturity levels and willingness to adopt new tech that I see on a daily basis. Of course not – life moves on). Lloyd seems to feel the same. How can artificial intelligence help project managers? How it started for Greyfly. That’s what drives Lloyd.