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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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Agile Beyond IT: Lean Thinking

The IIL Blog

They define the culture, vision, and strategies. A primary leadership role in establishing the organization’s vision and strategy. Creating alignment between the strategy and the work performed ensures that resources are optimized to support the common, shared objectives. As Drucker said, “culture eats strategy for breakfast.”

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The 2021 Project Management Report

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The top career goal is certification. The top career goal for project managers is gaining a certification. Perhaps that’s why so many people want to take their development into their own hands, earn a certification and get a new job. As we’ve seen, the top goal for project managers is certification.

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Managing Project Assumptions and Risks

The IIL Blog

Our risks were identified, but a response strategy was never created. Creating unique items for each impact ensures we develop suitable response strategies. Response Plan: A response strategy or strategies should be documented for each risk. Response Trigger: Criteria for implementing the response strategy.

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Project Management and Artificial Intelligence: Bring It On!

The IIL Blog

They should be focused on strategy. Risk could be scored, prioritized, and response strategies documented. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile. Sounds great, but…do we want CEOs making tactical project decisions?

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Project Success: Implementation AND Adoption

The IIL Blog

Develop mitigation strategies. In 2016, Alan founded Project Management Essentials to share his passion for and experience in project management, leadership, and Agile. Alan has a master’s degree in economics from the University of Maryland and a master’s and a certificate in IT Project Management from the George Washington University.

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The PMI Talent Triangle: A Guide [for members and non-members]

Online PM Courses

Take a look at our reviews of the last three ( 2016 , 2017 , 2018 ). The PMI Talent Triangle defines three areas for continuing education for holders of all PMI certifications. We’ll see what the PMI includes in them, and how they are important for project managers, whether you are a certificated PMI member or not.

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