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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. And I don’t have them all – I’m aware of that.

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4 Unusual Reasons Why Stakeholder Management Is Important

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You know the drill – map influence and interest , then work to try to move any negative stakeholders into the quadrant where they should be through interesting communication approaches and stressing the project benefits for them. Get an enthusiastic stakeholder from Finance to talk you through it.

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Stakeholder Analysis and Mapping: Part 2 of 4 Steps of Stakeholder Engagement

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Matrix of Influence Source: Book Product Mastery by Geoff Watts Image Created By Lavaneesh Gautam. High Influence High Interest: This is the most important group and you need to collaborate with them. Internal or External governance such as Finance, Legal, PMO, Risk, and Audit may fall into the category.

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10 Best Coursera Courses for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It covers marketing, financial accounting, managing people, corporate finance, operations management, and a Capstone project as the final course. University of California, Irvine’s Career Success Specialization The first course in this 10-course Career Success Specialization is on project management.

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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.

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Project Management Apprenticeships: A UK Guide

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Whether you want to work in hospitality or construction, healthcare or finance, most large employers have project management teams. Different industries will influence that and there is a minimum salary set by the government. So that’s a ballpark.

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How to Secure Resources for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That starts with understanding who influences decisions around how individuals spend their time – the gatekeepers. For example, if you’re working with the finance department, there will be particular parts of the financial year where they’re very busy. When will you/they be really busy? Knowing their busy times is useful too.

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