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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. Books that cover ways of working, technical project management, leadership , power skills, soft skills for the workplace, business acumen and also strategic and business management topics count.

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Online Training: BrainBOK Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

He kindly gave me access to the product for a short while so that I could review it for you. One of the things that has most helped me in the past is practicing under exam conditions, so I would definitely advocate taking mock exams for your studies, whatever qualification you are going for. After all, Software Review: iMindQ 4.1

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The 5-Step Expert Guide To Choosing Project Management Software

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“Too often, project planning models take support for granted or give lip service to it,” says Rick Maurer , author of Beyond the Wall of Resistance (which I thought I had reviewed on this blog but I can’t find it. I have definitely read it – a good book on working with stakeholders and leading change when it’s hard).

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What Makes Agile Transformations Successful? Results From A Scientific Study

Scrum.org

And what about the socio-technical skills of Developers? In this post, I summarize the findings from an academic peer-reviewed publication by Daniel Russo (2021), a professor at the University of Aalborg. management support, technical skills) while everything else is kept equal. Good research always builds on earlier research.

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Empowering Business with Apps: A Definitive Guide

Wrike

Technology plays a crucial role in driving the success of businesses. One of the most impactful technological innovations in recent years is the emergence of mobile applications, or simply apps. In this definitive guide, we will delve into the power of apps in business and explore the different types of apps available.

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Having a Definition of Ready: Harmful or Helpful?

Leading Agile

Mike Cohn’s August 2016 article, The Dangers of a Definition of Ready describes certain problems that can occur when a team uses the concept of a Definition of Ready. He writes: You can think of a Definition of Ready as a big, burly bouncer standing at the door of the iteration. He’s right. In a Perfect World.

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Review CHAOS Report 2018

Henny Portman

In the previous CHAOS Report 2016 the five cards of a winning hand for project success were introduced: First card: The project needs to be small. Fourth card: the agile team must be highly skilled in both the agile process and the technology. In this report we get a new definition of success that they call “pure success.”

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