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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. Definitely worth a read. How many PDUs can you get for reading?

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Project Management Training To Help You Achieve Certification in 2017

Rebel’s Guide to PM

APM Salary and Market Survey 2016 says that 23% of people last studied for a project management related qualification within the last six months. If your goal this year is to put yourself in that bracket and get studying for a certification, then I’m here to help! Certification: CAPM®, PMP®. Certification: PMP®.

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5 Whys to Explore Scrum with an independent Scrum Caretaker

Gunther Verheyen

From 2013-2016 I maintained the official “Professional Scrum” series of Scrum.org meanwhile training candidate-PSTs and shepherding the global community of Professional Scrum Trainers and coaches. After ending the exclusivity of Scrum.org over my work in 2016, I had to think about a new title. It’s fine to not just take my word for it.

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The Cost of Workplace Bullying

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Workplace bullying: a definition. As important to articulating a clear definition of bullying, we must also understand that many day-to-day workplace differences of opinion, difficult team dynamics, and competition are both normal and healthy. First, we must clearly articulate and define workplace bullying. In summary.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Definitions Assumptions are things we know we do not know. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile.

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What Makes Agile Transformations Successful? Results From A Scientific Study

Scrum.org

Kim Dikert and his colleagues reviewed 52 prior scientific studies in 2016 to identify common challenges and success factors for Agile transformations. He observed a successful Agile transformation at a complex and highly regulated military agency that took place between 2014 and 2016. Good research always builds on earlier research.

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Milestone-Kanban: A Hybrid Project Scheduling Technique

The IIL Blog

Defining quality expectations through a definition of done decreases rework. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile. He also holds multiple Agile certifications from Disciplined Agile, Scrum Alliance, and Scaled Agile.