In the world of professional growth, individuals often find themselves facing the choice between pursuing a career as a project manager or an individual contributor. While both roles involve contributing to the team’s success, they differ in their responsibilities, skills, and opportunities for growth. In this video, I will provide my take on the two career paths.
Project management is adapting, not dying. AI and automation aid, but cannot replace, the human element in managing complex projects. With the rise of agile methods, project managers must develop new skills, such as data literacy and a deep understanding of their industry. Future project managers will likely work more flexibly, on a project-to-project basis, and use data analytics for strategic decision-making. Continuous learning and adaption are key to staying relevant in the evolving project management field.
Podcast Transcript I love my company because we’re not like some other companies (or some that I’ve been part of) that will just lay you off. We really tried to find other projects that could take people. So we don’t have to do any layoffs. And I am glad to report that we haven’t had […]
Shevonne talks about the news that some countries are creating a law to stop employers from contacting employees outside of work hours. It shows how leaders are the ones who help work/life balance for themselves and their employees.
Video Transcript Hello, everyone; hopefully, you had a wonderful week. My name is Shevonne. And I talk about productivity, work/life balance, and what I have learned throughout my career, especially now as a program manager slash project manager. So I wanted to talk about why projects fail. Yes, projects fail. You’ll probably have a project […]
Video Transcript Hi, everyone; hopefully, you had a wonderful start to 2022. I wish I could say the same. I will say that 2022 has started with a bang and is not good. But what I wanted to talk about is the honor of Martin Luther King, Jr. His birthday is coming next week, and […]
A couple of months ago, I released a video all about the Google Project Management Certificate. There seems to be a lot of interest in the certificates that Google is offering. They also have other areas such as Data Analytics and other IT-related certificates. But I wanted to focus on the project management one because […]
I’ve been getting a lot is, do I need to take courses in project management or get a certification of some sort? So my answer is it depends. There are really two types of people who are at work. They’re either people who are leading others, or they’re people who are individual contributors. And either […]
(00:06): Hi everyone. So I spend time talking about the PMP in the past. And for those who don’t know, the PMP is usually the gold standard for certifications when it comes to project management. But one thing that I found out last year, and it’s taken me a while to make this video, is […]
Office Timeline is a great tool to create visually-pleasing timelines for your PowerPoint presentation. They also have it as an online tool that works in your browser. This video discusses why I love it so much and have been using it for years. If you constantly have to create timelines for your projects that you […]
