Project Management

Project Management Qualifications to Boost Your Career

PRINCE2 Agile® was released by Axelos in June of 2015 in order to bring together two of the great project management methods and to lend greater flexibility to projects. The course can at present be attended in classrooms in Australia, New Zealand, Europe and the UK.

Project Management is a wide-ranging field of work with many different roles. As with most careers, the higher salaries come with progression and advancement. This can seem challenging when it comes to project management as there are numerous different methodologies used, which makes it difficult to know which will be the most beneficial to your career.

World Cup fever is upon us and I figured there isn’t a better time to talk about goals. Goals give us purpose and direction so that we can focus and work on achieving amazing things. The 2018 Fifa World Cup is one of the biggest projects with some of the most media coverage today. With 32 nations competing for the biggest prize in international football, all of this wouldn’t be possible without some of the best project management today. The key to the success of the 2018 Fifa World Cup lies in the project management goals that were achieved. Below I’ve listed my top 5 Project Management goals that were implemented in the 2018 Fifa World Cup.

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So you're heading in the direction of programme management and maybe you're not sure where to start when it comes to training. It always seems a daunting task to decide which is the best certification for your career advancement and which certification is the most recognised.

Agile is one of many project management methodologies, with certifications that include Agile Foundation and Agile Practitioner. The Foundation certification is the first step, while the Practitioner certification is the second step towards being Agile certified. Let us start by looking at how Agile relates to project management and some of the more traditional approaches project management contains.

The first logical step in starting a career as a Project Manager is to gain a trusted and accredited project management certification such as PRINCE2. AGILE, MSP or PMP. This will show that you have gained an understanding of how a project is run and will boost your chances at being hired. This may, however, not be enough to prove yourself as a well-rounded Project Manager as there is much to be said about the essential project management skills that may not be taught during your educational training. This is where the difference between knowledge and skill becomes evident.