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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. Reading is a fast way to earn PDUs but it needs to be relevant to the certification you hold. How many PDUs can you get for reading? PDU claim: 4 hours. PDU claim: 9 hours.

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Business Resilience: An Overview

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Business Resilience: A practical guide to sustained progress delivered at pace is a book by an impressive authoring team. Some other less obvious but equally important benefits are: Increasing productivity Adopting a ‘one team’ approach across the organization Delivering in a predictable fashion (every PMO leader wants this!)

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Top Project Management Conferences of 2020

ProjectManager.com

It’s a great time to further your education, keep up on your certification and get a chance to rub shoulders with others in your field from all over the world. Attendees can earn up to 12 PDUs towards their PMP certification. The PMO 2020 Conference. PMO Symposium. Global Scrum Gathering. May 11-13, New York, NY.

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Bridging the PM Competency Gap [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There is no shortage of certification courses (and if you’re looking for support in that area here are some suggestions of reputable suppliers ). Do your colleagues – especially the newer ones? In my experience many companies don’t invest in their project management people, at least not in the right areas. Do You Need This Book?

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How To Make 2019 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. My PMO Lifecycle: Building, Running, and Shutting Down course is going strong and I will be launching updates in 2019 that will really help PMO Managers be successful. Robin Burk. Robin Burk. Leigh Espy.

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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Bill Dow , PMP, is a recognised expert in developing and managing Project Management Offices (PMOs.) It takes much more than attendance on a course to create sustained changes in performance,… Click To Tweet.

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An IPMA virtual mega project award assessment: what a challenge!

Henny Portman

I was already several times assessor and judge for the PMO of the world award. You watch on your own a one-hour presentation of a PMO. You assess that PMO at six criteria: PMO’s journey, client service, best practices, innovation, community and value generation and summarize strong points and areas for improvement.