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How to Solve the 5 Top Challenges of Manufacturing Projects

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When you work through manufacturing projects, you face some unique challenges, often with a lot at stake. Let’s look at some of the challenges specific to project teams working in the manufacturing industry—and how to solve these problems using project management practices and a dynamic, planning intelligence tool.

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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. For example, many project managers are accustomed to working within the PMI guidelines for best project management practices.

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3 Career Benefits of Project Management

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Kickoff from PMI. According to PMI’s 2021 Talent Gap report , the global economy will need 25 million new project professionals by 2030 to fill crucial roles across industries, including construction and manufacturing, finance and insurance, and management and professional services, among others. PMI Membership.

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How to Start a Project Management Career

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It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK. Here’s what you can do to get a foothold in this exciting industry.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

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When to Use It: The Waterfall approach is great for manufacturing and construction projects , which are highly structured, and when it’s too expensive to pivot or change anything after the fact. The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization.

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A Quick Guide to Value Engineering for Projects

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It’s a way to look at your project, whether it’s project management, construction or manufacturing, and figure out how to execute it for the best value. Value Engineering in Manufacturing. The basic structure of value engineering is the same in manufacturing. That, in a nutshell, is value engineering.

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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? Free training!