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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

As an organization, it offers training and certification in project management, and it reports regularly on industry trends. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history. Eric Jenett, PMP: Jenett was the first to gain Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

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The 23 Best Project Management Books For Upgrading Your Career in 2020

Planio

Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. In fact, if you’re taking the PMP certification it will be your textbook. The PMBOK might not be the best option if you’re not looking to get a certification or want something more specific to your niche. Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion. Author: Robert B.

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Episode 176 – Strength and Warmth – Balancing Your Leadership Style

Velociteach

One of the godfathers of influence, a guy named Robert Cialdini, has studied this. What you talk about in the TED Talk is strength and warmth, and how that influences a leader. This really came out of a piece of academic work called “Social Judgment Theory” that was codified around 2007 by Amy Cuddy, Susan Fiske, and Peter Glick.

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Radio Show Transcript - Catching Up with Coach Jamy Bechler March 30, 2018

PM That Works

So if you're like me and have been frustrated about the continuing education offerings in project management most of them are either designed to help you pass a test or a certification or they're a bunch of theories that you can apply to your day to day life or day to day project management activities.

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Compendium of Works to Increase Probability of Project Success

Herding Cats

Building a Strategy-Focused IT Organization using Balanced Scorecard , A briefing given at the Society of Information Management Conference, Phoenix Arizona SIM, March 21, 2007. Influences on IT Strategy: How IT Strategy Impacts the Development of Systems Based on COTS Products , Strategy is creating fit among a company’s activities.

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Webinar Recap: Agile Series Part 1 – Understanding & Incorporating Agile Project Management

MPUG

There’s some great books on it, fairly new in terms of an emerging consortium that kind of oversees the certification of this. I have a lot of people that come up and says, “Hey, I’ve got my scrum master certification, this is great. Are you on 2010, 2007, 2013. It’s very movable, very pliable.

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