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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are lots of routes into project management, as I explored recently in an article on how to become a project manager. But reading about what you should do to break into project management isn’t the same as hearing real stories of people who took that leap and got that project management job.

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Getting Into Project Management – Five Steps to Take

Strategy Execution | PMO Perspectives

As project management becomes more and more popular, we are seeing increased frustration from people wanting to break into it. Like all good project managers know, it requires planning and dedication to make the transition into a project management position. Read books, whitepapers and blogs.

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RAG Status in Project Management: Importance & Benefits

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Key performance indicators (KPIs) provide projects with a lot of data. You need a way to quickly and expertly evaluate whether project goals are being met. RAG status begins with understanding the acronym and how RAG status is used in project management. What Is RAG Status in Project Management?

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10 Steps for Successful Project Completion (Templates Included)

ProjectManager.com

Project planning, execution, monitoring and controlling are often the focus of project management. Even project initiation gets attention, but project completion is usually mentioned as an afterthought. Every phase of a project is important. What Is Project Completion? That’s a mistake.

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20 Common Mistakes Made by Inexperienced Project Managers

You’ve read the PMBOK® Guide several times, taken the certification exam for project managers, passed, and you are now a PMP®. This whitepaper shows 20 of the most common mistakes that young or inexperienced project managers make, issues that can cost significant time and money. So why do you keep making rookie mistakes?

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What Is Kanban? Meaning, Definitions & Best Practices

ProjectManager.com

Kanban is all the rage in project management. In fact, kanban has grown so much in popularity, there are now countless project management tools to help people plan and prioritize tasks on kanban boards, which are visual panels with virtual cards that can be moved around by the user to arrange orders of tasks or to-do items.

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Kanban History: Origin & Expansion Across Industries

ProjectManager.com

The kanban tool has become commonplace in project management and its uses continue to expand. For those unsure what kanban is, we’ll first explain the kanban system and then go into kanban history from its development to its uses in manufacturing, project management and software development. What Is Kanban?

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Drive Better Results for Your Professional Services Firm Part 2: Deliver Profitable Projects

Speaker: Patrick Connally and Andy Yeomans

Many factors can impact the ultimate profitability of professional services projects. Inaccurate or unrealistic project estimates, ineffective resource management, and lack of visibility into project burn rates and progress can all negatively impact the overall performance and profitability of a project.

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From Lagging to Lightspeed: AI for Project Managers

Speaker: Scott Middleton, CEO of Terem Technologies, with Kristian Truelsen and Kuleen Mehta of Wrike

Imagine a world where your project team's capabilities aren't bogged down by data gaps, administrative gruntwork, or simple code errors. Productivity would soar, creativity would flourish, and project teams could focus on working together, not working on the tech. This world isn't as much a fantasy as it is the future. And much more!