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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

When to Use It: Like agile, the scrum methodology has been used predominantly in software development, but proponents note it is applicable across any industry or business, including retail logistics, event planning or any project that requires some flexibility. PRINCE2 came about in 1996 as a more general project management method.

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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. Expect digital project management to earn more than retail, for example. Is this true?

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10 Places to Get Free Project Management Templates

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are looking for a starting point for a Gantt chart, GanttPRO has a bunch of templates you can use covering product launches, event planning, maintenance schedule, marketing, retail, creating a course/education programme, and more. PRINCE2 Templates from Axelos. They have: Business case Project brief Project initiation document.

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Entrepreneurship & Project Management [Interview]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Whether it is marketing, customer acquisition, price points, cost per unit, wholesale, retail, online, and so on, the individual who started the company should know these answers. PRINCE2 and PMBoK: why both? We have that as Dragon’s Den over here. These investors ask questions expecting the entrepreneurs to have the answers.

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AgilePM documentation based on building blocks

Henny Portman

At the time of writing this article, I have given presentations to government authorities, an energy company, a retailer, consultancy companies and project management departments in order to bring the philosophy behind the standard into the limelight. 1] In my book PRINCE2 in practice, I used the same set-up.

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The 3 Steps to Take When Failure is Not an Option: Getting to Impeccable Business Execution

Rebel’s Guide to PM

His experiences in executive leadership within the military and at Afterburner have helped him accelerate business execution performance for Fortune 100 companies within all industries including tech, pharmaceuticals, finance, retail apparel and several NFL teams. How PRINCE2 has helped big business This is a guest post by Peter Richards.

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Complete Collection of Project Management Statistics 2015

Wrike

3% use PRINCE2. [4]. Retail/Consumer – 72%. Popular Methodologies: 41% use PMBoK. 26% do not use a standard methodology. 9% use an IT methodology. 9% use another approach. 8% use a combination of methods. 4% use an in-house method to manage projects. Project Management Best Practices. Portfolio Project Management (PPM).

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