Ready Set Agile kindle Being an Effective Project Manager: Your Guide to Becoming a Project Management Rock Star: Best Practices, Methodology, and Success Principles for a Project Leader

Are you dreaming of being a Project Manager rock star with your pick of most desirable, high-paying clients? Effective project managers are the experts that companies want to hire-and top team members want to work for. You can make well over $100,000 with experience and effectiveness-ProjectManager.com Wouldn't it be soul-satisfying to take charge of a successful project? Wouldn't you love to use all your skills, including leadership, communication, prioritization, organization, and teamwork? Your vision and the ability to execute on it are key to managing winning projects, not the degrees and certifications you have. You're the one who would take all the resources and leverage them to fit all the pieces of the project puzzle together. Does that sound like a challenging and rewarding career? If you answered yes, then I am the right person to help you. I've contributed to and managed many projects-including global and complex. I know what it takes to master project management, and I will help you unlock those secrets, so you can level up to expert and become effective. This book will reveal: Key competencies every project manager must master How to manage the triple constraint triangle to your advantage Creative solutions for solving problems Technical expertise, including knowing your business and industry 7 areas of your continuous improvement Leadership techniques to tackle risk and manage team members Bulletproof tips for getting the sponsor on your side Ways to implement productive PM culture How to execute strongly and close out a project early 6 skills to level up your PM game A free bonus checklist: getting support from the management, sponsor, and stakeholders Still not sure if you can become an effective PM? Here are the questions that I'm often asked. I don't have a college degree. Fortunately, it isn't necessary. Project managers need leadership and technical skills, not specific degrees. With the right experience and training, it doesn't matter whether you went to college or what you studied. I've never been a programmer, can I still be a project manager? I'll be honest with you. Familiarity with coding does help if you want to lead projects in the IT and software sectors. However, there are many, many other industries and fields who need good project managers without requiring coding expertise. What if I don't have any experience in project management? This book will give you ideas for hands-on experience in your community that will help you get in the door. Plenty of companies offer entry-level positions where you can hone your skills, and you'll learn what companies are looking for when they hire a project manager. Once you put the suggestions in this book into place, you'll join successful project managers all over the world in an exciting, fast-paced career. Not only that, but you can use these skills to benefit all aspects of your life.