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IT Governance: Definitions, Frameworks and Planning

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IT governance ensures that IT departments are prepared for what’s next, without losing focus on what matters. What is IT Governance? At its base level, IT governance is one or multiple processes that enable the IT staff to better manage risk and operate at its most efficient to the benefit of the organization on the whole.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

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First came PRINCE in 1989 as the UK government standard for IT project management. In 2020, AXELOS, the awarding body for the PRINCE2 family of certifications, launched a version specifically aimed at the US market, with relevant vocabulary and case studies. PMI regulates the PMP certification. In brief, how does PRINCE2 work?

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How to Start a Project Management Career

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It is a discipline that is used across industries as varied as construction, manufacturing and IT to healthcare, professional services and government. PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK. Here’s what you can do to get a foothold in this exciting industry.

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Confident Meetings Management: A Masterclass

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We will not be talking specifically about facilitating agile ceremonies, but if you have other types of progress meeting, project boards, steering groups, governance meetings, problem-solving discussions and so on, then you’ll be able to apply the principles to those. Can I claim PDUs?

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What Is a PMO Director? Role, Responsibilities & Salary

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It can be a department in that organization or a group of professionals, either inside or outside the organization. They all share similar responsibilities, but one deals with an organization’s project and the other deals with either a program, a group of related projects or a portfolio of projects. What Is a PMO Director?

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Project Portfolio Manager Job Description

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A portfolio is a bunch of projects and the project portfolio manager has to allocate resources across all the projects in the portfolio efficiently and deliver on the strategic agenda of the organization that has governance over the portfolio. This requires project management software. But that’s not all.

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Project management degrees: Do you need one and what you can do with it

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But you will benefit from a project management certification such as PMP® , CAPM® or PRINCE2® in order to get a job as a project manager. There are lots of online courses that make it easy to take a short certification program. Government jobs typically pay better than working in education. Oh, that’s what I actually did do!