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Top challenges for project sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you wondering how to build a better relationship with your project sponsor? I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor.

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Project Budgeting: An Interview with Sol Benady

Rebel’s Guide to PM

He started his career as an auditor in London, trained with E&Y where he qualified as an accountant, and then moved into consulting for retail and investment banking for a wide range of projects and clients. It looks like you’re project is running out of funds, so how do you approach the conversation about asking for more money?

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’ll learn: What job titles to look for once you graduate What industries you can work in What you can expect to earn How to transition from another industry via a degree Lots more! Expect digital project management to earn more than retail, for example. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’ll learn: What job titles to look for once you graduate What industries you can work in What you can expect to earn How to transition from another industry via a degree Lots more! Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education.

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. While scrum has been scaled to apply to bigger projects and organizations, its roots are in agile software development and has come to work seamlessly in that smaller, nimble environment.

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Business Project Management Basics

ProjectManager.com

Then we’ll discuss how to manage business projects (hint: it’s like project management). Strategic Projects A strategic project is new and tends to be innovative, such as a new product or service, though it could also be the opening of a new retail location, factory or branch office for the business.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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When to Use It: Like agile, the scrum methodology has been used predominantly in software development, but proponents note it is applicable across any industry or business, including retail logistics, event planning or any project that requires some flexibility. It was initially created by the UK government for IT projects.