6 career-enhancing moves for project managers

There are many paths to a career in project management and there are many ways to enhance your chances of securing project roles. Adeline Teoh suggests six popular methods.

February 21, 2018

• Professional Development

Is project management a profession?

Having identified a key difference between project and general management, it follows that project management is capable of being seen as a distinct profession. But by what definition? asks Lynda Bourne.

August 15, 2016

• Professional Development

Project management under professional dispute

The Project Management Institute’s appeal to prevent the UK’s Association for Project Management from receiving a Royal Charter has been rejected, reports Pat Weaver, which means project management is to become a formal profession.

January 26, 2016

• Professional Development

The bookshelf of a project manager

The busy life of a project manager means there’s little time to sharpen or even learn new skills so it’s important to select and read books that are relevant to your level and experience. Amy Cowen recommends a few for the shelf.

November 27, 2015

• Education

Good PMP questions are hard to find

Sitting for the PMP exam? Regardless of whose course you have completed, testing your knowledge against questions developed by another person is a good idea. Pat Weaver explains how this prevents rote learning.

September 10, 2015

• Education

8 online resources to support project management training

Are you trying to locate the best resources to enhance your project management training? Here’s a list of 8 websites, nominated by Kelly Marone, which offer reliable information and project support.

September 7, 2015

• Tools

Industry based challenges for project managers

A case study on how underperforming project managers, in less project management friendly environments, have an impact on the entire project management practice by Ammar Naqvi.

July 30, 2015

• Professional Development

Project-led change versus transformational change

There is a distinct difference between project change control and organisational change management. We have a good idea of how to manage conventional change but struggle with transformation. Dr Lynda Bourne explains how to approach each scenario.

July 28, 2015

• Change