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How to Start a Project Management Career

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It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK. Here’s what you can do to get a foothold in this exciting industry.

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5 Key Statistics on How the PMP Certification Will Boost Your Salary and Career

The IIL Blog

Places where you can network include: Professional Associations: PMP-certified professionals can join organizations like the Project Management Institute (PMI) or local project management chapters. You can get the PMP certification through the Project Management Institute (PMI) website ( www.pmi.org ).

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How to Select Your Risk Responses

Rebel’s Guide to PM

20% Resource Availability How available are the resources needed to execute the response. 40% Ease of Execution How easy will it be to execute the response? Ease of Execution 10% 3 5 4 Weighted Score 0.3 Criteria Definition Weight Cost Effective How cost effective is the response? 10% Total 100%. Apply the criteria.

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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

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based Spire Healthcare Group, and is the CEO and founder of the Otobos Group, an organization that provides project communications to individuals and businesses across multiple industries. Project Box’s clients include well-known companies like the Project Management Institute (PMI) , Accenture and Psychology Today. Brett Harned.

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The Functions of a Project Management Office

Project Pulse Journal

It is a focal point for project oversight, resource management, and decision support, providing the organizational structure used to manage people, processes, and tools in project execution. Controlling PMO Industry Application - A controlling PMO is common in regulated industries like pharmaceuticals, healthcare, and finance.

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Come and join your Tribe at #ThePMTribe

The Lazy Project Manager

Elizabeth Harrin – Elizabeth started managing projects in 2000 and has worked in financial services and healthcare, in the UK and France. She’s the author of the PMI bestselling book, Collaboration Tools for Project Managers (and a bunch of other books). She is a Fellow of the APM in the UK.

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10 Project Management Certifications | Upgrade Career Skills

Agilemania

PMI’s Project Management Professional (PMP) certification is incredibly popular and widely pursued by IT professionals of all types, making it an incredibly valuable merit badge. IT, construction, healthcare), among others. CSM (Certified Scrum Master). As these days IT industries are using agile methodology.