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Learning Project Management
Project Management has caught on as one of today's smartest business
solutions, and the availability of related training, seminars and
workshops
has grown exponentially. Today you can choose from a massive ala carte
menu of diverse Project Management offerings. The better you understand
your needs, the better job you will do of improving your learning.
Assessing Your PM Goals and Needs
To ensure the best value for your education dollars and efforts, you need
to decide your goals and honestly assess your current Competences. One
way to do this is by answering questions such as the ones shown below.
Your collective answers will likely suggest the best approach or approaches
for beginning or continuing your project management education. You might
even find that you should be educating or mentoring others in specific
areas.
Project Manager Questions
- What do I want from my project management education: to improve my
job performance, gain a credential, get a raise or promotion, become
a better team member, or something else?
- Where do I have skill gaps in my project management experience?
- How severe are my skill gaps; do I know a little, or a lot about the
most important topics?
- Does the mix of projects I work with; small, medium, large or programs;
affect my decisions?
Team Member Questions Top
- What are my current and anticipated project roles, and how does that
impact my learning needs?
- I'm on a project team; what should we all know regardless of our
roles? What should I know that is peculiar to my role?
- Do I need to be certified? Which certification do I need? Which programs
help me get certified?
Managers' Questions
- How do I measure learning? How can I maximize the results?
- What are the comparative strengths of developing and using in-house
Project Management facilitators versus using external providers?
- What are the benefits of Public workshops?
- What does it take to maximize the benefits of web-based e-Learning,
and is it ready?
- What is the difference between learning outcomes for knowledge and
competence?
Feedback Loop
We want your help. We have some answers to those questions listed
above, but they are not your answers. We'll publish articles on the
questions
about which we hear the most, and include your responses to the questions,
ideas and feedback. Or, share your other ideas about how asapm can help
advance PM Learning. After all, asapm is your organization.
Send your ideas about Education and Learning to us at
Contact asapm Education. Thanks!
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