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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

It will teach you how to influence others, even when you are not directly managing them. Business Resilience is a longer read, but it’s a really interesting guide to how to make sustained progress at pace, whatever pace is appropriate to your organization. It’s about influence and negotiation and how to get things done.

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Episode 185 – Redefining Project Success through Sustainable Project Management

Velociteach

Projects are instrumental in defining an organization’s vision for a more sustainable future. Dr. Joel Carboni talks about Sustainable Project Management, and the goal to achieve a stated objective while considering the project outcome’s entire lifecycle to ensure a net positive environmental, social, and economic impact.

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In-Depth: How To Create Better Work Agreements For Your Team

Scrum.org

Butchibabu and her colleagues (2016) performed an experiment with 13 teams. Many studies have found that psychological safety has a positive influence on team effectiveness (Edmondson, 2014). We wrote a lot more about stress and sustainable pace in this post , as well as examples of work agreements. References. Butchibabu, A.,

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Working Remotely? This Will Hit You Next!

Scrum.org

The question on my mind is, if we can sustain this feeling of “it works” in the future. During the Ebola outbreak 2013-2016, people exhibited anxiety-invoked behavior to a large extent. Individual actions are influenced by the actions of other individuals. Mass actions are influenced by the actions of the masses.

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In-Depth: The Evidence-Based Business Case For Agile

Scrum.org

Another approach is to track many organizations over time as they adopt Agile methodologies, while also measuring anything else that could influence their results other than agility itself. Ultimately, the role of (top) management is to keep their business healthy and economically sustainable. But how can one feasibly do that?

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6 Ways to Manage Projects Like a Nordic

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The Nordics are big on sustainability and business ethics thanks to their passion for the rugged landscape and their championing of the underdog. Don’t pander to seniority and let people influence the project on all levels. This article first appeared on the blog in 2016 and has been lightly edited since then.

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Understanding the Organizational Governance System as Project Managers

Project Pulse Journal

They transform project initiatives from isolated endeavors into integral components of the organization's broader strategic roadmap, laying the groundwork for sustained success and growth. Collaboration Enhancement Digital workplaces rely heavily on collaboration, a good communication plan, and information sharing. Müller, R.,