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How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

This article, How To Make 2018 A Successful Year for Your Projects , first appeared on Girl's Guide to Project Management. Would you like to make 2018 a successful year for your projects? I asked people two questions: What should people managing projects be aware of as we go into 2018 to make 2018 their most successful year ever?

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How To Motivate Your Project Team

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A great way to engage others is to see their intrinsic strengths, highlight them and help them to find ways to use those strengths, even if the official definition of their job does not seem to call for it. And three times a year I teach an ICF approved coach training course through the Center for Coaching Certification.

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Becoming a Project Manager – A Complete Guide for 2018

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How to become a project manager- education and the most important PM certificates you can get out there. There is no definite secret. Certifications. Are project management certificates still worth it? What you must remember is that certificates are not everything. What’s the secret of a project management career?

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The Scrum Guide Reordered

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The Scrum Guide Reordered resulted from my preparation to pass Scrum.org’s Professional Scrum Master III certification. Definition of Done. Definition of Ready. Further Reading: ©2018 Ken Schwaber and Jeff Sutherland. The Origin of the Scrum Guide Reordered. Accountability/ responsibility. Adaptation. Architecture.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

External factors around projects are constantly changing at a breakneck speed which makes it challenging to definitively control the outcome without frequent course correction. It can serve as a baseline, but most project managers ought to layer some sort of agile certification on top of it. Find her on Twitter here.

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43 Learning Resources for New and Experienced Project Managers

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Certificate Programs. The Effective Executive: The Definitive Guide to Getting the Right Things Done by Peter F. The book that started it all; this is the definitive guide to GTD. Coursera: Applied Project Management certificate. The time investment also ranges from a few minutes each day to several months. Cost: $196.

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How to Get Into Project Management: 5 PMs Share Their Stories

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are lots of different ways that people gain their certifications. I took my APMP [now PMQ] qualification which definitely helped me manage projects. These stories come from Elizabeth’s book, Project Manager (BCS Books, 2018). Donna Unitt. Donna explains how she gained hers. Donna Unitt. Get your copy now.