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10 Best Coursera Courses for Project Managers

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Are you considering taking a course on Coursera ? Professional learning is so important and there are some fantastic courses available on Coursera, which is a really good online learning platform. When I searched, there were over 2,300 ‘project management’ courses on the platform. I’ve done a few, some were better than others!

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Organizational Process Assets: What does that even mean?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

One key tool to success is understanding how to use organizational process assets effectively. But what is an organizational process asset (OPA)? In this blog post, we’ll take a look at what organizational process assets are, why you would use them in project management and some best practices for utilizing these important tools.

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8 Factors That Greatly Influence Employee Retention

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Of course, before you start creating programs and plans for employee retention, you’ll first need to understand the factors that have an enormous impact on it. For several reasons, higher base pay significantly influences employee retention. A high termination rate might also indicate issues within the hiring process.

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Project Decision-Making: A Process Guide For How To Do It Better

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It’s helpful to have a decision-making process or framework to guide you, especially when faced with complex problems that require additional info from others. There are 5 steps the decision-making process in project management. Tip: Part of the decision-making process is to identify the decision makers. Who doesn’t want that?

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3 Exam Content Outline Domains for the PMP exam

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PMP Exam Content Outline, PMI, 2021 The 3 performance domains that are examined during the test are: People Process Business Environment Within each domain, you’ll carry out a range of tasks as a project manager that fall into your responsibilities. An interactive and engaging online, self-paced PMP exam prep course.

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Henry Gantt’s Biography & Role in Gantt Chart History

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It was an early attempt to merge the science of engineering processes with management. Of course, back then Gantt charts were drawn by hand, which was a labor-intensive method. Later he published Work, Wages and Profits: Their Influence on the Cost of Living (1910), Industrial Leadership (1916) and Organizing for Work (1919).

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How to Fix 5 Project Management Skills Gaps

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As a project manager, you are expected to have all-round skills encompassing the technical fields of project management like planning and scheduling, through to the interpersonal skills like communicating up and influencing others. Boost your skills: Make sure everyone on the team knows how to manage risks and what the process is.

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