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

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While both are leadership roles and the titles are similar, there’s a difference between a product manager and a project manager as Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains. For example, many project managers are accustomed to working within the PMI guidelines for best project management practices. Leadership and communication skills.

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Project Manager Job Description (with free copy+paste examples!)

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Anything that has a start and a finish, resulting in a product, is a project and its life cycle requires the oversight and leadership of a project manager. There are two major certifying bodies, PRINCE2 and the Project Management Institute (PMI). Leadership skills. How Much Does a Project Manager Make? Communication skills.

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

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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You’ve Chosen a Career in Project Management…Now What?

The IIL Blog

The Project Management Institute (PMI), the world’s leading certification body for project managers (PMs), predicts that the global economy will need 25 million new project professionals by 2030. Perhaps information technology or software development projects would be a good fit. That means that 2.3 Are you a “techie” at heart?

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The 18 Most Influential People in Project Management

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Susanne Madsen is the author of several books on project management and leadership, including The Project Management Coaching Workbook and The Power of Project Leadership. She’s also the director of the London-based Project Leadership Institute, which works to build well-rounded and dynamic project management leaders.