Project Management is a profession. It can be learned. Excellent Project Managers have both theoretical basis as practical knowledge. They know how to use their available tooling. Computers can help in speeding up the administrative part and help in guiding the workflow needed for projects to be able to be managed succesful. Reporting is helpful for tracking progress but also in convincing your environment about the progress.
A well known method for succesful projects is Prince2. Projectmanagers are advised to get Prince2 Practitioner certficates. By getting this you will learn sufficient details on a theoretical basis.
Theory.As with almost everything practice makes perfect. Be encouraged to continue to do as many projects as possible, so that you will learn to do it very well. Check as much as possible the lessons learned from others.
VideoThe Mercurius project supports in both theoretical as practical part. This Prince2 Virtual Software assistant is a proven technology. Feel free to explore the Free part.
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