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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This role tends to require a legal background and training. Whether you love retail or catering, tech or medicine, there will be a project management job in that field. For a more general overview of the different career paths for project managers, I love the UK Government’s Project Delivery Capability Framework.

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Exploring the differences: Projects vs operations examples

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Plus many smaller initiatives like organizing staff training, organizing a team building day out, setting up a series of lunch and learns and more. For example, in the UK, the Infrastructure and Projects Authority manages projects and shares best practices for UK government projects. Let’s say you work for a clothing retailer.

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Top challenges for project sponsors

Rebel’s Guide to PM

To balance it out, here’s another one: Our client was a state government entity on a fixed-price contract project. He has personally trained and coached over 10,000 people in the project management world; some project managers, others project sponsors. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management.

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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. Free training! Is this true?

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Kanban vs. Scrum: What’s the Difference?

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That hasn’t stopped practitioners from using scrum in varying industries, from retail logistics to event planning. Kanban Pros One advantage is that kanban doesn’t require the training and experience of scrum. What Is the Difference Between Scrum and Kanban? It’s easy to learn and understand, which is a big plus.

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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. Sol Benady is a management consultant, Fintech entrepreneur, and program manager working in the banking sector.

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10 Best Procore Alternatives of 2024 (Free + Paid)

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It doesn’t help that it doesn’t offer much training and what there is can be difficult to understand. The software gives each customer an account manager, who offers training and support. This cloud-based Procore alternative offers support, such as a knowledge base, chat and phone, as well as live online training.

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