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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s why I was keen to read Virtual Leadership by Dr Penny Pullan. So, in the normal style of my book reviews, let me tell you more about what’s in the book and what else I thought about it. Virtual work is supported by communications technology that helps people to connect when far apart. I work in a virtual team.

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IBM Project Manager Certificate: My Student Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Summary review The IBM Project Manager Professional Certificate is a good CAPM® alternative or course to use towards your CAPM prep. If you are planning on a career in tech, do the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate instead. More detail, more PMI-aligned, just more. You’re in the right place.

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From Technical To Exceptional Review [Training Course]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The move from technical expert to leader is a big jump for many people. Many people get promoted – or think they get promoted – because they’re technically very good in a role. Any subject matter expert who is detailed, personable and demonstrably good at their job can jump up into a leadership role. What’s Inside The Course.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit organization for those working in project management across the globe. If you have even a passing interest in the field, then you’ve bumped up against PMI. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. A History of PMI.

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3 Exam Content Outline Domains for the PMP exam

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. PMI defines a domain like this in the exam content outline: The high-level knowledge area that is essential to the practice of 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. 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’s The Future of Project Management in 2023 and beyond?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

PMI says that by 2027 employers will need nearly 88 million people in project-related roles. While PMI is an organization for project managers predicting the importance of their own community and you do want to take their figures in context, I do think they have a point. Project managers are the people who can make that happen.