{"id":583,"date":"2017-03-06T15:02:13","date_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/modusoperandi.debroucker.com\/?p=583"},"modified":"2017-03-06T15:02:13","modified_gmt":"2017-03-06T15:02:13","slug":"build-free-project-management-tool","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/nonsolumdata.com\/modusoperandi\/2017\/03\/build-free-project-management-tool\/","title":{"rendered":"Build Your Own Project Management Tool"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;m passionate about my work as a health economist and researcher. I have the chance to get involved in forward-thinking discussions with skilled and passionate stakeholders to resolve economic issues related to infectious diseases, vaccines and access to care. This interaction gives meaning to our research, and it keeps me on the lookout to keep it relevant.<\/p>\n<p>Another aspect that I sincerely love &#8211; and others will relate to this in Academia &#8211; is the ability to involve students in\u00a0projects so they:<\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><strong>Learn concrete and valuable skills;<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Enter the arena of policy &amp; practice; and<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Create outputs relevant to their field of interest.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>Through this work, I usually train students to develop simple economic evaluation models and help them interpret the results in the context of the scientific literature in preparation for their capstone.<\/p>\n<p>Still, I have found that <strong>project management<\/strong> is one of the most underrated and valuable skills in academia. It&#8217;s one of the\u00a0<em>Top 10 skills that will get you recruited.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>This is the skill employers really look for when they say they want someone who is rigorous, attentive to details, who communicates actively and who &#8220;walks the talk&#8221;. Being proficient at project management is about equipping oneself with the necessary tools to track your project &#8211; something that&#8217;s relatively easy to build on your own!<\/p>\n<p><img class='aligncenter wp-image-624 size-full' src='http:\/\/nonsolumdata.com\/modusoperandi\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/Facebook-link-post-pics-3.png' alt='Build your own project management tool' width='620' height='325' \/><\/p>\n<p><big>Make your own Excel-based project management tool with a built-in Gantt chart with my FREE step-by-step guide. 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