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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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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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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. That’s due to: an increase in the number of jobs requiring project management-oriented skills (i.e. Is this true?

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Making Things Happen [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Normally I take lots of notes when I’m reading books for review. This brainstorming element normally falls outside of the traditional project management role, but is more prevalent in software projects, when engineers have a free reign to come up with new ideas and then have to see them through. It’s all brilliant.

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How to Become a Project Manager in 2022: 3 Ways to Get A Job (with examples)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Look for jobs advertised as project coordinators, project office assistants or junior or trainee project management roles within technical functions. It’s important to review the available certifications and choose one that employers in your industry and country value. This is the route I took. Mayte Mata-Sivera. Mayte Mata-Sivera.

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How to Get Into Project Management: 5 PMs Share Their Stories

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I completed the PRINCE2® qualification soon after I started my IT role. Mayte ‘found’ IT project management after studying chemical engineering. A lot of people ask me how I developed my career in IT after six hard years at Chemical Engineering School in Valencia, Spain. It was a job role I’d seen others doing and aspired to.

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How to List Projects on Your Resume: A No Stress Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are a software engineer, show me your software projects. Luckily, this is relatively easy as most job descriptions will include a list of technical and soft skills and competencies they expect candidates to have. What types of projects should you include on your application for a new role? You get the picture.

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Why All Entrepreneurs Should Have Project Management Skills

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As Paul Holmes, founder of PCH Business, a support management, business, and engineering consultancy —and an experienced project manager — explains. . Prince2 was something I had decided to do as I was being pulled in to numerous projects and wanted to have a good understanding of the best way to structure and manage them,” he says. “The

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