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- Sat 24 Apr 2010 8:09 pm
- Forum: General Project Management
- Topic: A graduate trying to get into PM
- Replies: 1
- Views: 9580
Re: A graduate trying to get into PM
Hi Anthony, I am not in the construction industry, but I would advise looking for apprenticeships. These folks look like they may be able to offer some advice, and let you know about relevant training: http://www.ecitb.org.uk/Regions/SouthEastEast/ My route into project management was not orthadox, ...
- Wed 21 Apr 2010 9:15 pm
- Forum: General Project Management
- Topic: Totally confused!
- Replies: 5
- Views: 19800
Re: Totally confused!
Hi Folks, All the above recommendations on PRINCE2 are sage, and stand. For a balanced view, I would however like to draw attention to the Agile side of the Project Management world. PRINCE2 is largely based around a more classical waterfall approach ("Predictive" project management) where...
- Wed 21 Apr 2010 9:04 pm
- Forum: General Project Management
- Topic: New to PM
- Replies: 2
- Views: 11923
Re: New to PM
Yep - project management is a huge area; lots of types of PM, scenarios that need PM, and flavours of PM frameworks. I ended up in Programme (an interlinked [with dependencies] group of projects) and Portfolio (a related group of independent projects) management via project management. My route was:...
- Sat 13 Mar 2010 11:29 am
- Forum: General Project Management
- Topic: Example of Project Management Plan
- Replies: 2
- Views: 12857
Re: Example of Project Management Plan
Hi Sian,
What type of project are you planning for, and what kind of plan are you looking at?
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What type of project are you planning for, and what kind of plan are you looking at?
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- Wed 24 Feb 2010 6:40 pm
- Forum: General Project Management
- Topic: Agile Project Management: Myth or Reality?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 13237
Re: Agile Project Management: Myth or Reality?
Hi, I've had a fair amount of experience with agile PM. What area of business are you in? Like db1 says above, an iterative approach to prototyping is very effective. However, agile is also very useful for existing products, and infact that is one of its strengths. SCRUM ( http://www.scrumalliance.o...