Project Management Learning

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How Can I Get 35 Contact Hours for My PMP Application?

You can gather 35 contact hours by completing a Project Management course at a university, taking a Project Management training in-house, or taking a distance learning PM course.

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Who are the Internal and the External Stakeholders?

Internal Stakeholders are people directly affected by the well-being of the company (eg. employees), external stakeholders are those involved with the company without being directly affected (eg. clients).

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What Is the Difference Between Management and Project Management?

The main difference between (traditional) Management and Project Management is focus. Management is focused on the organization’s business strategy, PM is usually not.

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What Is the Difference Between Project Management and Program Management?

A Program encapsulates one or many Projects.
There are multiple differences between Project Management and Program management including:

Program Management is aligned with the strategic business objective of the organization, while Project Management is mainly concerned with aligning with the cultural side of the organization.
Program Management is somehow permanent, Project Management, on the other hand, is characterized [...]

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What Are the Advantages and Disadvantages of a Functional Organizational Structure?

A Functional organizational structure has several advantages and disadvantages when it comes to managing projects:
Advantages

Employees do not report to multiple managers. Each employee will report to his direct functional manager. This will reduce communication channels.
Employees tend to learn from each other since those with the same specialty (or set of skills) are grouped together.

Disadvantages

No one [...]