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Strategic Project Portfolio Management [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It took me a while to get my hands on Simon Moore’s book, Strategic Project Portfolio Management , but I’m rather glad I did. I read a lot, and I notice fonts, layout, box copy, but in this book, most of all the lovely tables. Praising a book because it is pretty is probably shallow, but it does matter for the reader experience.

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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. In this article, I’m saving you some time by highlighting 15 of my recommended books for PDUs, but first, let’s cover off some details about using reading. What books qualify for PDUs?

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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Since reading the first edition back in 2016 there is now an updated second edition that includes a completely new chapter on hybrid working. I’m also lucky enough to know Penny and I can tell you that the book reads very much as Penny talks: knowledgeable, accessible, practical, and – if this doesn’t sound too sycophantic – wise.

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Participative Transformation [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are lots of techniques for this discussed in the second half of the book. This book is expensive, and I’m grateful to Gower Publishing for sending me a copy for review. This book review first appeared in 2016. They talk about how to do organizational analysis and there’s a chapter on search conferences. In Summary….

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What I’m Reading: July 2016

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Business Books. My book review of it is here. My long-term inspiration and unofficial mentor, Penny Pullan, has a book coming out later this summer, and I read the galleys of that. My long-term inspiration and unofficial mentor, Penny Pullan, has a book coming out later this summer, and I read the galleys of that.

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What I’m Reading [October 2016]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

For Jack it’s always ‘a little Thomas’ and sometimes ‘a little Thomas from the big book’ (i.e. Project Management Books. It’s a small book and I’m going to tear myself away from crime fiction to read it on the train soon, I promise. I prefer the stories about Percy. This is what I.

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What I’m Reading: December 2016

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Edoardo Binda Zane’s book, Writing Proposals: A Handbook of What Makes Your Project Right for Funding , has arrived but I haven’t had a chance to read it yet. Aside from reading Thomas books, which remain a popular choice for the boys, we’ve also read Don’t Call Me Sweet by Smriti Prasadam-Halls. And in fiction…. This is what I.

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