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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

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For example, manufacturing product managers are responsible for tangible products, while software development product managers will have different teams and agile workflows to assist in the software product launch. Project management process groups : Project initiation, planning, scheduling, tracking and closing.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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We’ll go through some of the most popular project management methodologies, which are applied in many sectors such as software development, R&D and product development. When to Use It: The practice originated in software development and works well in that culture. Top 10 Project Management Methodologies.

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

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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. PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. Is this true? That’s about 2.3

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Why is it a project manager’s job to fix companies?

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PMI (and other professional bodies) are keen to elevate the role of the project manager beyond someone who simply ticks boxes and marks tasks as 100% complete. If I’m in software development, it’s how quickly I can deliver the next release and what new functionality I can put in it. All good stuff. What do you think?

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Agile Teams: Roles & Structures That Work

Rebel’s Guide to PM

An Agile team is a cross-functional group of people that is self-contained to the point that the people in the group can deliver the product (or the next iteration of it) without needing to draw on skills outside the group. A full PMI-ACP exam prep course. What is an Agile team? They aren’t a matrix team either.

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What can I do with a degree in project management?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PMI reports an expected global need for 25 million new project professionals by 2030. Many of these roles are predicted to be in software development and sub-sectors like app development, IT security and healthcare tech. PMI do accredit some degree programs. The outlook for project management employment.

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10 LinkedIn Groups every Entrepreneur & Project Manager should join

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Trust me, Entrepreneurs, business owners, and project owners cannot succeed without soliciting the help of a group(s) of people who have that experience and can guide them better. LinkedIn Groups are one of the most overlooked tools that the site has to offer. Here are 10 LinkedIn groups that all Entrepreneurs should consider joining.

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