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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

We were talking about PRINCE2®, what it means to get qualified and how it compares to the PMBOK Guide. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004. Elizabeth, what’s the story behind the PRINCE2 methodology? PRINCE2 stands for Projects IN Controlled Environments and is a widely used project management method.

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Forget everything you think you know about project management training

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are exam-based classes for the Project Management Professional ( PMP )® exam and PRINCE2 (both popular options for the discerning PM). I took an in-house project management course when I first started out (and I still have the notes on my shelf), along with the PRINCE2 exam. The way I think about training is different.

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How To Make Time for Professional Development

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Conferences and seminars. Book a day out of the office for a classroom course or a conference. Whether you are aiming for CAPM®, PMP®, PRINCE2® or something else, work out how you are going to block the time to study. Online learning like the excellent short courses at OnlinePMCourses. Reading books. Schedule it.

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Communications Tools: The Project Banner

Rebel’s Guide to PM

At conferences or trade shows where your business might have a stand (I’m thinking particularly for PMO teams who are recruiting project managers). You'll also like: Inside PRINCE2: Who does what in project Initiation Initiating a project is where it all starts in PRINCE2. At public events to draw attention to your new project.

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The 3 Steps to Take When Failure is Not an Option: Getting to Impeccable Business Execution

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Joel “Thor” Neeb will be speaking at the Agile and Scrum Virtual Conference, going live on May 4 th. Find out more here: www.iil.com/agile-and-scrum-conference/. How PRINCE2 has helped big business This is a guest post by Peter Richards. Our business execution will never be perfect – but we can teach our teams to be Agile.

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Entrepreneurship & Project Management [Interview]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How to attend a conference The spring round of industry conferences is coming up, and if you are going to one, here are some tips to bear in mind. PRINCE2 and PMBoK: why both? The OGC, the UK body that produces PRINCE2, is doing a lot at the moment to show how PRINCE2 supports and integrates with other project.

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Scrum Master vs Project Manager — An overview of the differences.

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This doesn't mean booking (conference) rooms. Looking at some of the well-known Project Management methodologies, such as PM-Bok or PRINCE2 , we find the following: The Project Manager manages a project on a day-to-day basis and is the only one with this day-to-day focus on the project. So, what is a Project Manager? Source: [link].

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