Tag: Project Management Profession
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Project Management – A New Profession
Qualifications for project managers have been around for a long time – the Association for Project Management (APM) have been promoting professionalism in project management since 1972; the PRINCE methodology has been around in one guise or another since 1989 but was based on an earlier methodology created in 1975. In 1981 the Project…
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To be a solid IT project manager, be more flexible
I just gave some seemingly contrary advice. “You need to be more solid, steady, dependable, consistent – you’re all over the place,” I told an experienced IT Project Manager friend who is having one of those blips where nothing goes right. “OK, how?” he asked. I thought and answered,…
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The IT Sector Doesn’t Need ‘Just Another Recruitment Consultant’ – Next Time Choose A Partner.
Why set up a new IT recruitment agency when a Google search of the term returns about 46.2 million results? A crowded marketplace that! Thing is, whilst as an employer we could find lots of agencies, consultants and service providers – we struggled to find one partner. And this…
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Don’t let a false sense of insecurity sink your IT project
Getting lulled into a false sense of SECURITY can be bad enough – in your personal life, in sport and, of course, especially in business. Last year my friend’s company boasted about a new contract on social media before the client had signed on the dotted line only to have their bitterest rival swoop and…
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Write your Project Management CV with your target audience in mind
Do you send out the same CV for every job you apply for or write a new for each application? Do you list ALL your previous experience or do you edit for laser focussed relevance? Do you write your CV with the person you want to read it in mind? You should. It’s more…