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A Quick Guide to Strategic Initiatives

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Although the term “strategic initiative” might sound like inflated business jargon, it’s far from useless. A strategic initiative is a compass that guides businesses and targets future goals. Strategic initiatives are large and complex, requiring a program manager to steer that big ship. Strategic Goals.

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

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For example, many project managers are accustomed to working within the PMI guidelines for best project management practices. Project managers are in charge of managing teams during the initiating, planning, scheduling, monitoring and closing phases of a project. Project Manager Responsibilities. Certifications.

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Best 12 Project Management Certifications (2022)

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Some organizations, such as the Project Management Institute (PMI), will ask you to meet some requirements to be allowed in the program, such as having a bachelor’s degree, months of project management experience or even another project management certification. Price: PMI members, $225, nonmembers, $300.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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This will help an organization assess and improve its project management capabilities by ranking the organization based on five maturity levels: initial, managed, defined, quantitatively managed and optimizing. Costs, time and functionality are being tracked, reports are being made and monitoring high-level metrics.

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4 Reasons Project Management Skills Should be a Priority in Early Education

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This is a guest article by Brantlee Underhill, Managing Director, PMI, North America. While we can attribute several factors to these statistics, the fact remains that students only stand to benefit from learning and applying project management skills to their studies: to initiate , plan, execute, monitor, and close.

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The 5 Phases of the Construction Process (Templates Included)

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We’ll define in depth each of the five construction phases: initiation, pre-construction, procurement, construction and post-construction. Initiation Phase The initiation phase might be the most important of all five phases as it maps out the approval process for the project and sets everything in place to build.

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Project Initiation: How to Start Your Project on the Right Foot

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In this article, we will explore the importance of project initiation, cover best practices, and share 6 key steps for how project managers can get their projects started on the right foot. Project initiation represents a fresh start, and it’s an exciting time when you can use your experiences and vision to create a successful project.