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Growing Your Project Management Career in 2024: Strategies for Success

The IIL Blog

This is a guide to exploring key strategies for growing your project management career throughout the year. In 2024, project managers are expected to possess advanced skills such as leadership, emotional intelligence, and proficiency in Agile and hybrid methodologies. In 2024, seek out ways to exercise more leadership.

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

ProjectManager.com

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. Soft skills : Communication and leadership skills. PRINCE2 Foundation/PRINCE2 Practitioner certification by Axelos. Leadership and communication skills.

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Top 10 Must-Read Books on Collaboration on Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This would be a good book for people new to the workforce or taking a team leadership job for the very first time. Lots of real-world advice on coping strategies, focusing really around thinking through what you are going to say and making it relevant. Strategies for Project Sponsorship. Business Networking: The Survival Guide.

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9 Best Project Management Certifications in 2024

The IIL Blog

It reviews each of the key offerings, from the globally acclaimed Project Management Professional (PMP®) and PRINCE2®, to the more agile -minded certifications like ScrumMaster and Product Owner. PRINCE2® Practitioner PRINCE2 ® Practitioner certification is designed for project managers, aspiring project managers (i.e.,

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Gate Reviews: What Project Managers Need To Know

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Gate reviews, or stage reviews are part of the PRINCE2® process, and also part of the Infrastructure and Projects Authority’s Project Roadmap in the Governance module. PRINCE2® requires at least two management stages: one to initiate the project and then however many you need after that to do the rest of the work.

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

ProjectManager.com

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. Try Our Award-Winning Project Management Software Free!

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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. From airlines to zoos, project managers deliver change and make strategy happen. Is this true?