Question: With an increase in business, we are short on people with project management skills. How can I learn how to bring good PM ideas into the company, train others on them, and also look ahead so that we don’t face this hiring shortage again in the future? Not everyone can start out with a certification, and real skill only comes after one embraces the concepts and has a chance to practice them.
Underpinned by a clear project management framework, a project design at a university is empowering students to deliver tangible community benefits while cultivating essential professional competencies—even in large, diverse classes.
In support of PMIEF’s global youth serving non-profit partnerships, PMI and PMIEF continue to highlight the exceptional student project managers from regions all across the world. Here a student shares his experiences with JA (Junior Achievement) Worldwide.
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Part 2 of webinar series. Part 1, https://www.projectmanagement.com/videos/1122964/eu-nextgen-career---certification-journeys Hear from young PMI-certified emerging project leaders as each will answer questions about their background, why they pursued certification, how it impacted their career, and their advice for the NextGen audience.
Part 1 of webinar series. Part 2 - 22 October Hear from young PMI-certified emerging project leaders as each will answer questions about their background, why they pursued certification, how it impacted their career, and their advice for the NextGen audience.
The simple project plan is intended to provide an easy, efficient and non-intensive way of documenting a project plan. The intention is to capture essential project plan information without being onerous, formal or overly detailed. This template includes a description, instructions, and guidelines for adapting.
A good project charter gets produced as soon as the project starts (and before any planning is done in earnest). It is the earliest definition of what the project is intended to accomplish, why it is being initiated and what the organization expects as a result. This template includes a description, instructions, and guidelines for adapting.
This Excel workbook provides eight logs and registers to help your project. It includes a Changes Log, a Lessons Learned Log, an Assumptions-Constraints Log, an Issues Log, a Risk Register (with accompanying risk guide and list), a Customer Promise Log, a Project Task Tracker, and an RFI Tracker. It's perfect for new and seasoned PMs alike.
While actively participating in mentorship during a project with a local design/build firm, this practitioner compiled an overview of the project management process as detailed in PMI’s A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Use this overview with other project managers as a tool to reference in your day-to-day PM activities (as well as share with new project managers).
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Information security is all about protection of information and its critical elements (confidentiality, integrity and availability), including the systems and process that use, store and transmit that information. When it comes to information security, what exactly does it mean to us as project managers? This author helps you put the right procedures in place.
PMIEF’s student project manager series continues with a Q&A with Naomi Nordeen, a student project manager for her F1 in Schools North America team from Pennsylvania.
Project managers must be action oriented and task focused, and must build and train their project team to follow these principles. These PM fundamentals are good reminders on how to keep your project on track.
The concept of a minimum viable product is at the heart of agile, but it’s not something that everyone understands. When is "good enough" actually good enough?
With the ongoing global shortage of project professionals, PMs are being asked to manage two or more projects simultaneously earlier in their careers. How do you do that?
Does an agile team need a project manager? Should a scrum master be bossy? A practitioner in a software development project makes some observations as he adapts to a new way of working.
Many project managers start their careers with informal projects, which are managed without using any formal structure, approach or control. Is that an appropriate first step for a potential PM?
New research shows that organizations can motivate young project professionals by providing a transparent career path that enables personal growth and development—and demonstrates how projects act as motivators for them.
Deciding to take a PM course may not be an obvious choice for students—and may be a hard sell. Positioning project management as a way to learn about life skills can change the perception students may have—and set them up for success.
Many organizations assign their smallest projects to new project managers. That has advantages...but also limitations.
The trade-off between project delivery time and quality often depends on the specific requirements and constraints of the project, but this is not always something that’s properly assessed. When push comes to shove and you have to decide, which side should you pick?
The sooner that a PM can recognize that not all delays are created equal—and figure out which ones need action taken—the greater the chance of project success. When do you need to start worrying?
New project managers are provided foundational training that they are told will help them succeed. But how many experienced PMs actually do things that way? When can we start changing our approach?
Despite agile’s rise in popularity, there are still some detractors. There are also several myths and misconceptions about the traditional way of doing project management. Guess what? We need both approaches!
As the number of projects being undertaken continues to increase, the demand for project managers remains high. But what do individuals need to do to ensure they have the skills needed to become a PM? The answer is a lot harder than the question.
Ever hear a project manager say "Everything is critical!" about a schedule's tasks? Don't make that mistake. Understanding the mechanics of critical path is a crucial hard skill that PMs need to master early in their careers.
When project teams are buried in the details of their work, it’s easy for them to forget that they are producing solutions for real people. PMs need to help them remember.
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