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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? Or what you can do for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? This article is for you! You’ll learn: What job titles to look for once you graduate What industries you can work in What you can expect to earn How to transition from another industry via a degree Lots more!

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Five Essential Things Needed for Agile Transformation

Scrum.org

If someone can give you the answer easily for: What is Agile Transformation? And how do we do? I bet that they don’t completely understand the question or don’t have enough experience. Transformation or change in a group or organization is always a challenge. It is complex work and needs a lot of effort. The un-knows are anywhere, and uncertainty can affect your success or failure.

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Astonish Your Stakeholders… with a Stakeholder Listening Plan | Video

Online PM Courses

You know about a Stakeholder Communication Plan. But it can easily miss out something vital. Why not create a Stakeholder Listening Plan? The post Astonish Your Stakeholders… with a Stakeholder Listening Plan | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Five essential things need for Agile transformation

Scrum.org

If someone can give you the answer easily for: What is Agile Transformation? And how do we do? I bet that they don’t completely understand the question or don’t have enough experience. Transform or change in a group or organization is always a challenge. It is complex work and needs a lot of effort. The un-knows are anywhere, and uncertainty can affect your success or failure.

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Understand Digital Debt, Form a Team, Set Goals, and Plan Roadmap for Transformation

Understanding digital debt is crucial before digital transformation. Assemble a team to assess internal operations, market pressures, and digital debt's impact. Define future digital vision with measurable goals. Refine hypotheses and conduct market analysis. Develop a roadmap for transformation with defined projects, cost estimates, and governance.

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Why You Need Milestones in Project Management

Scoro

“Remember to celebrate milestones as you prepare for the road ahead.” – Nelson Mandela. Just as the original term ‘milestone’ denotes a marker indicating distance traveled, so milestones in project represent a task or activity completed so far. But they are actually far more useful and versatile than that. In this post, we define project milestones, and explore why they’re an essential part of the project management process.

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The Missing Column

MPUG

How many times have you hidden a column in your MS Project plan that you think you might need in the future or don’t have space for when printing and later forgot about it or forgot where its location was in your plan? Columns can easily be forgotten! You may even insert it a second time without realizing your error, which would be a waste of time and space.

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How to Select the Right Software for Your Service Delivery Business

EasyProjects

Choosing Professional Service Automation (PSA) solutions, either for the first time or to replace an existing platform, is not easy. Recent development in professional services automation technology also means there are now new options – potentially making the selection process even more daunting and time-intensive. Here are some key considerations to help narrow your choices to a PSA solution that’s best suited to your organization’s needs and budget. 1.

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What is a Risk Matrix?

Wrike

Imagine you’re the assigned project manager on a high-stakes project. The project scope is defined, key stakeholders are in agreement, you’re confident you can stay within the budget, and the project team is ready to dive in. They start working tirelessly to meet the agreed-upon objectives — and then an unexpected risk meets you midway through the project.

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Scrum Success Principles and Indicators — 51 Scrum Master Interview Questions (5)

Scrum.org

Scrum Master Interview: Demand Creates Supply and the Job Market for Agile Practitioners is No Exception. Scrum has proven time and again to be the most popular framework for software development. Given that software is eating the world , a seasoned Scrum Master is nowadays in high demand. And that demand causes the market entry of new professionals from other project management branches, probably believing that reading one or two Scrum books will be sufficient.

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Strategic Project Finance Essentials: A Project Manager’s Guide to Financial Metrics

Speaker: Ketan Jahagirdar - Sopheon’s Director of Product Management

Empower yourself as a project manager with insights that directly influence the financial landscape and strategic direction of your organization! Join us for a deep dive into the world of financial strategy, as we dissect key metrics that drive CFOs and business leaders’ investment decisions. This session will equip you with the necessary tools to craft compelling business cases as well as a comprehensive understanding of the crucial distinction between capital expenditure and operational expend

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The Tale of Two Risk Owners

Project Risk Coach

In this article, we will look at what a risk owner is and why they are needed. Have you ever had a really bad day as a project manager? Imagine that you are managing a software development project. Several simultaneous events have occurred that put your project at great risk: The defect level of source code has risen well above the defined threshold or trigger point for the third consecutive week The test region has been very unstable (and is going down once or twice per day) Your best developer

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