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How to Get Project Management Experience

We’ve seen several areas in the project management forums where aspiring project managers want to know how to get project management experience.  It proves even more difficult when your career focus doesn’t allow you to branch out in the role you currently fill.  Or, in some cases, new college graduates want to know how to get into the project manager …

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How to Effectively Use Lessons Learned in Projects

Capturing Lessons Learned in projects will provide no value unless your project organization matures its ability to use them.  You might call this retrospectives in an Agile organization.  Either way, each one represents opportunities to improve and respond to your team. Does your organization do an excellent job of acquiring lessons learned or action items from retrospectives?  Do you apply …

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Project Manager Tools Training – ACT FAST!

I came across a great resource today that means huge savings on great training for Project Managers who want to increase their knowledge of the Agile Methodology and an Atlassian tool, JIRA.  You should act quickly though!  The sale price doesn’t last long!  This Project Manager tools training is a great way to boost your knowledge and resume. I was …

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The Global Technology Project Manager Outlook

Is technology project management a disappearing occupation in the United States (US)? How about in other countries? Or is the increase in project management professionals rising?  The US Department of Labor Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) doesn’t’ even classify project manager as an occupation.  The Project Management Institute (PMI) releases an annual survey every year that surveys globally based project managers …

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The Best Strategy for a Project Manager Job

You have decided you want a job in project management.  More specifically, in information technology or information systems (we will generalize the term with the acronym IS/IT).  Will further education or a certification track make you a better candidate?  Where do you find the best project management jobs?  What skills should you have day one?  Let’s start with the basics. Top …

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PMP Certification or Education

I’ve seen several social media system users post in project management community forums that they want to get into (or are in) the project management field and are looking for the best path forward.  Project Management Professional (PMP) seems to be at the core of the discussion without fail.  Project management certification seems to be a one size fits all.  …

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Drive Project Manager’s Excellence

Mastering Project Management To stand out from the crowd project managers have to outperform and position themselves for excellence.  They also need to know how their performance counts.  They can’t do it alone though!  This is where the alpha project manager comes into play.  Defining an alpha project manager isn’t easy.  The supporting organization has to commit itself to drive …

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Project Manager Must Haves for Tech Meetings

Every project manager or analyst I’ve come in contact with has their style when it comes to meetings that cover technical knowledge.  Even phase gate meetings or executive briefings where decisions are discussed.  In some cases, I’ve noticed when they don’t bother with notes at all because the ability to filter out non-productive information keeps project focus.  One of the …