Business PM vs. Technology PM: The Battle Continues
byIt’s one of the oldest debates in project management, and now there are a whole new set of arguments. What type of project manager should an organization have?
It’s one of the oldest debates in project management, and now there are a whole new set of arguments. What type of project manager should an organization have?
Do you have a dual personality? A PM that also has a foot in the business analyst camp has a “leg up” on the competition for jobs--and has more job security.
Is the role of the project manager evolving, or is it just revolving? Large organizations dealing with challenging economic conditions for the past decade or trying to keep up with the rapid change invoked by technology progression have had to re-think the way support infrastructure sustains the business. Turning to various flavors of shared services models, the role of the project manager has had to take on several different faces within the organization.
When they’re good and they know it, it gets interesting. So how do you manage the high achievers who know how high achieving they are? One expert provides five tips he learned in the trenches.
The average project manager has a challenge, and a large one at that. Most of us don’t have a career development plan. In fact, most of us didn’t necessarily pick this as a career--it picked us. But now that we’re here, the challenge is to figure out exactly where we go with it. To understand how our careers progress, it helps to have a model with which we can associate. Find out what important trio awaits inside...
Use this outline to help build a successful alignment and allocation of your team for your project and its initiatives.
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This self-assessment will help you evaluate your skills--and find areas for improvement.
Communication is a vital tool that any candidate for employment must demonstrate. Use these questions and suggestions to help evaluate candidates' written and oral communication skills.
Here are some Career Tips and Strategies you will learn if you attend: - How to optimize your career, in the early, mid or late stages - How to develop your ‘personal brand’ as a Project Manager - Typical career paths for Project Managers in government including consulting- Find out how to develop a simple structured approach to your personal growth
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