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Any guidance on how to start a career as remote project manager?

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Cedric Azemia Digital Projects Manager| C-Care (Mauritius) Ltd Beau Bassin, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius
Do you require agile qualifications? Where to get these online experiences?
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Adela Tataru Senior Project Manager| Self Employed Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Start on Upwork or Fiverr or similar platforms. Gain experience and feedback from customers from there and once you have a solid portfolio you can look for a more stable role in a employee role.

You can also search for companies that allow WFH (Salesforce for example) and try there.

You do not require agile qualifications, but it might be good to know a little bit about agile :)

And you have a lot of resources on here (On demand webinars, white papers etc) as well as free MOOCs on platforms like coursera, udemy, edx etc
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Kiron Bondale Retired | Mentor| Retired Welland, Ontario, Canada
Cedric -

Experience first, then certifications. If you want to get a foundation in agile, then read a book or take a non-certification course and apply what you've learned.

Kiron
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Rami Kaibni
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Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten Associates New Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
I totally agree with Kiron. Experience comes first and you can’t find experience online, you can find it from actually work you do.

One good book I recommend for Agile reading is PMI-ACP Exam Prep book by Mike Griffith.

RK
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Verónica Elizabeth Pozo Ruiz RYLAI Access Control Quito, Pichincha, Ecuador
Cedric,
It's mandatory to choose an agile approach to be a remote Project Manager. Since Project Management is a Cookbook, agile is only a recipe. So, first, focus in acquire Project Management knowledge, and then you can do an agile course to add a plus.
Remote project management can be done using cascade, hybrid, or pure agile approach. It's important to have a facility in technology use since remote control needs computer applications, networks, and adequate devices for communication and management.
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Cedric Azemia Digital Projects Manager| C-Care (Mauritius) Ltd Beau Bassin, Plaines Wilhems, Mauritius
Thank you all for your kind response and advice.

@Adela Yes I had a look on fiverr. It is very vast and so what scary :S but at some point I will have to try it to see how it goes.

@Kiron I am trying so hard to get these experiences :D it is not easy for a non-IT professional to get agile experience since most companies associate Agile with technology development. Yes Agile can be applied in school also and any other fields. I guess I will have to create myself that opportunity.

@Rami Thank for the recommended book I will have a look.

@veronica Thank you for your advice. I guess I will have to gain more Agile knowledge & Experience.
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Sergio Luis Conte Helping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based Organizations Buenos Aires, Argentina
I am working like remote project manager from more than 20 years ago. My recommendation: do not think you are remote, think that you are in the same company but in different buildings or locations or offices. Is the same.

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