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Project Management Job Titles: Understanding the Types of Roles in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’ll find job titles such as Engineering Project Manager, Marketing Project Manager, Publishing Project Manager, Healthcare Project Manager (like me) and more. Whether you love retail or catering, tech or medicine, there will be a project management job in that field. This role tends to require a legal background and training.

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Why Identifying as a Project Business is Critical For Success

The Lazy Project Manager

How would you categorize construction, architecture and engineering companies? If you think about it, the construction, architecture and engineering part of it is just about the type of projects they do. Project Business is an industry just like Retail and Manufacturing because projects are their primary business function.

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Industrial Construction: Examples of Industrial Projects

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For example, commercial construction can be classified into three subcategories of retail, office, multifamily and industrial construction. Electrical engineers will have to calculate how much power is necessary for the plant and deal with the control systems. But each of these sectors can be further subdivided into categories.

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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. Expect digital project management to earn more than retail, for example. Is this true?

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Top challenges for project sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

As things unraveled, I sought advice from very senior project managers and tried to explain to the sponsor the risk his actions were placing on the project. He has worked across sectors: financial services, public sector, engineering, pharmaceuticals, universities, car retailing, IT etc. The sponsor wanted to do it his way.

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The 3 Types Of Employee Engagement You Should Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

People with diverse viewpoints can spot risks and opportunities that others might overlook. According to one report , cognitive diversity can boost team creativity by up to 20% while also lowering risk-taking by up to 30%. Another study discovered that teams with more cognitive diversity tackle problems faster. Emotional engagement.

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Production Control: Process, Types and Best Practices

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Once the production line is in action, managers need to keep a close eye on what’s happening to ensure they’re meeting the production schedule and delivering goods on time to retailers. Engineer to Order (ETO) Here, the product is designed and engineered according to customer specifications before it’s manufactured.