11 Project management skills employers expect you to have
These 10 skills are essential project management competencies and key to succeeding in a delivery role. Learn how identify competency gaps and build your skills.
Author: Elizabeth Harrin
Elizabeth Harrin is a Fellow of the Association for Project Management in the UK. She holds degrees from the University of York and Roehampton University, and several project management certifications including APM PMQ. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004 and has worked extensively in project delivery for over 20 years.
Elizabeth is the founder of RebelsGuideToPM.com and also the founder of the Project Management Rebels community, a mentoring group for professionals. She's written several books for project managers including Managing Multiple Projects.
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10 Career-limiting mistakes to avoid
Avoid these 10 career-limiting mistakes at work! Find out which pitfalls you should watch out for as you navigate your career. Look out for the ways you work with your colleagues to personal best practices. Avoiding these common career mistakes will help you rise to the top and be the best you can be at your job.
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Confident Meetings Management: A Masterclass
Join my workshop and learn tips and best practices for confident meetings management. Run efficient meetings that get results.
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Office Timeline Pro+ Review
In this Office Timeline Pro+ review, I’ll share the pros and cons that I found from using this tool. It is a simple way of creating timelines for your project from inside PowerPoint or your browser.
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The secret weapon for planning: Parametric estimating (with examples!)
Parametric estimating is a form of project estimation that works for time, resource and cost estimates. Learn more about it in this guide.
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How to write a handover email to a client
Ensure a smooth handover process and learn how to write a handover email to a client when you are leaving a project or role.
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7 Creativity hacks to try with your team
Creativity is the cornerstone of innovation. It turns your work from average to outstanding, fixes problems, anticipates risks, and delivers better products and services, supporting the creation of superior solutions for customers and businesses. And it makes work more fun. So how can you put more creativity into your work day? Here are 5 quick…
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13 Tips to get taken seriously at work (tried-and-tested!)
Getting taken seriously at the office is something that you can work on. It isn’t always easy to build a sense of gravitas (especially when faced with more senior colleagues) but you can get better at coming across in a way that makes people take you more seriously. Here’s how to do it.
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What does a Program Manager do? A program manager explains!
Find out more about what is a program manager and essential skills you should have if you are considering a career change.
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Program Management: Your get started guide (by a real program manager)
Programmes are handy ways of tying together related work. Here are 3 types of programme in project management.
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5 Facilitation techniques for project managers and how to use them
Learn the five types of project management facilitation techniques and how to use them on your projects.
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The only must-have project documents you need (with 9 templates)
Project management can create a lot of paperwork, and it’s not always the stuff you want or need. Let’s talk about the essentials. Here are nine documents that no self-respecting project should be without.
