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Make a career pivot to PMO | Elevate your personal branding | AI’s impact on workforce | Responsible use of AI | May 2024

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Check out this roundup of all the top content you may have missed in the past month! 

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THE PMI BLOG | From Project Manager to PMO Leader: Taking on a role in the Project Management Office (PMO) can be a great fit for project managers who want to leverage their skills for broader organizational impact. Discover how to take the next step towards a rewarding PMO career.

THE PMI BLOG | Your Personal Branding Project: How to Build a Personal Brand for Career Growth: A survey within the PMI community shows that 36% of project managers recognize the importance of personal branding but have not yet defined their brand identity. Getting started might sound intimidating until you follow our project plan for success.

PROJECTMANAGEMENT.COM | Steer Digital Transformation: PMO as Your Pilot: PMOs can act as stewards of digital success, collaborating closely with CIOs and other key stakeholders to drive large-scale digital transformations. Dive deeper into how organizations can empower PMOs for greater digital outcomes.

PMISTANDARDS+ | The Work Breakdown Structure (WBS): The 100 Percent Rule: Planning a project? Prevent oversights and scope creep with the 100 Percent Rule, which ensures that all project work is accounted for, from significant deliverables to specific tasks. Learn how this principle drives effective planning, resource allocation, and project success.

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THE PMI BLOG | How AI is Transforming the Workforce:Employers seek AI talent, and project managers can advance their careers by acquiring essential AI skills. However, only 1 in 5 project managers report using AI, and only 13% of employees have been offered AI training. Don’t wait for permission to begin your AI learning journey.

PROJECTMANAGEMENT.COM | Hold Your Horses: PREPARE for Responsible AI Use in Project Management: Get the best of AI, and do so responsibly. Mike Griffiths presents the PREPARE approach based on mnemonic techniques that lay out smart use of AI as a supporting and enabling technology.

PROJECTMANAGEMENT.COM | Is AI in Danger of ‘Jumping the Shark’?:Use of AI is growing rapidly, even as employers struggle to define policies and guidelines around usage. Andy Jordan makes the case for individual project managers to use AI in a collaborative and transparent way.

PROJECTMANAGEMENT.COM | How Do We Train Artificial Intelligence?: Can your AI inputs be trusted? GenAI tools can sometimes produce misleading information, a phenomenon known as hallucination. Training these tools effectively for specific needs is essential, blending quantitative and qualitative methods. However, finding the most efficient training approach remains uncertain. Let’s look at how we can navigate this challenge.

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PROJECTIFIED PODCAST | What’s Next? Navigating Your Project Management Career: PM careers can be diverse. While some progress steadily from one role to another, others take a more varied path, switching industries or roles. Hear from two project leaders who’ve made bold career moves and learn their secrets to success. Learn how to manage your career like a project, including assessing your next steps and identifying the skills needed to reach your goals.

PROJECTIFIED PODCAST | Using Technology to Make a Positive Social Impact: Technology isn’t merely a tool—it’s a catalyst for change. Learn how innovative organizations utilize tech to create lasting social impact. Discover firsthand insights from project leaders like Oumayma Raimi-Rodé of UNICEF’s Game Changers Coalition, which empowers girls in tech through STEAM skills and promotes diversity in gaming.

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Solving Agile Team Estimating Challenges with AI [PMI Infinity Learning Series]: Learn how to use PMI Infinity, the AI assistant for project managers, to expand your project management knowledge, skills, and ways of working. Explore how a project manager uses PMI Infinity to solve a challenge that many teams face on agile projects.

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PMISTANDARDS+ | Unlock Success: How to Achieve a Digital Twin Using Program Management: Leverage the power of digital twins with program management. Program managers drive success across industries by setting clear strategies, fostering collaboration, managing risks, and engaging stakeholders.

PMISTANDARDS+ | From Start to Finish: Business Value Assessment:Achieve project success with business analysis. From project inception to post-project phase-out, business analysis ensures justification, alignment with corporate strategies, and value realization. Learn more about sustainable business value creation.

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