APM Salary and Market Survey 2020 says that 31% of those surveyed put the issue of training, skills, and development as the top challenge the project managers will face during the upcoming years. If your goal this year is to put yourself ahead of the curve and get studying for a certification, ... READ the POST
How To Make Stakeholder Management Easier
Scroll down for a mini video training on stakeholder prioritisation and engagement. You, dear readers, are facing some very difficult challenges in your teams right now. Take a look at some of the comments from my recent reader survey: “The biggest challenge I have right now is getting the ... READ the POST
Course Review: How To Honestly Rate Your Meeting Productivity
Why rate your meeting productivity? Easy: To stop doing what doesn’t work and to start making your meetings awesome. Boosting productivity makes a difference in being able to achieve your overall strategy. Meetings are a big part of that. Today I’m reviewing Gord Sheppard’s online training course ... READ the POST
Online Training: OnlinePMCourses Review
This article contains affiliate links. Having looked at Mike’s training in-depth I’m happy to recommend it to you. OnlinePMCourses.com: Project Management Training Online Name: OnlinePMCourses.com Courses: There are 4 core programs to suit your level of experience and your need to learn more. The ... READ the POST
APMP: Reflections On The Course
I took my APMP exam recently, at the culmination of five days of study. It was quite an effort - it has actually been a while since I've been out of the workplace to do a course that lasted that long (or to do any formal training, if I think about it). It was a great excuse to focus on ... READ the POST
Project Management Certification Questions [Video]
In this video I answer your questions about project management certifications, specifically: "How effective is online project management training?" and "Why is the PMP exam so difficult?" See more videos on my YouTube Channel. ... READ the POST
The Biggest Challenge Facing Project Managers Today
The biggest challenge facing project management today is that project-related work and jobs are growing too quickly for our approaches to professionalism to keep up. Let me explain what I mean. There are a lot of acronyms coming, so apologies in advance for that. The world of work is becoming more ... READ the POST
Review: Primavera P6 Video Training
Project management tools come in many shapes and flavours, and most of what I review is software designed to manage small and medium-sized projects. Primavera, on the other hand, is an enterprise-grade software solution aimed at companies with a mature approach to project management probably with a ... READ the POST
Do you need a project management degree?
Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to get into project management. I thought I’d repeat here what I said to her, in case anyone else finds it useful. She wrote: I have been advised that you have to do a degree in a particular subject e.g. engineering, do project management ... READ the POST