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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, I’m saving you some time by highlighting 15 of my recommended books for PDUs, but first, let’s cover off some details about using reading. Any books about achieving business goals, portfolio management, strategy execution or case-study driven books will count here. Get the ebook. PDU claim: 9 hours.

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7 Ways to Sell Agile to Project Stakeholders

LiquidPlanner

Align Agile project management with your organization’s strategy. Here’s a strategy to consider: Consider separating your CFO from the rest of the CxO herd, and focus on turning the CFO into your champion. To see how Agile might work for your team download our eBook, “ Agile for Everyone.”. It’s not good for business.

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5 Habits to ditch this year

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I try really hard not to, but sometimes it takes me forever to get one article written or to get round to doing a difficult task. I shall also be adopting strategies to improve team productivity so we all benefit. A version of this article first appeared in 2016. Here are the 5 habits I am going to ditch this year. Wasting time.

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Agile Project Management for Marketing

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Daily standups which are easy to implement out of the box, address a pressing issue in most marketing departments: the lack of a consistent, daily touchpoint for short-term strategy. Her recent eBook, Lean and Agile Marketing with Kanban, is a detailed guide to applying these tried and true Agile practices to the world of marketing.

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Top-Down vs. Bottom-Up Project Management Strategies

LiquidPlanner

When you look at the various techniques, there are a lot ways to answer those original two simple questions I pose at the top of this article. To master your project estimation skills–and learn about some methods–download our eBook, “ 6 Best Practices for Accurate Project Estimates.” Using the top-down approach.

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10 Simple Tips for Better Meeting Minutes

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article we’ll look at why minutes are worth doing and then dive into the 10 simple tips for taking effective meeting minutes. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management Why bother with minutes? It contains everything you need for better, more productive meetings.

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How To Communicate Effectively When You’ve Got No Time For Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Here are more strategies for engaging with and managing difficult behavior in stakeholders.). There’s more about emailing status updates and guidance on templates in my ebook Project Status Reporting Made Easy. This article first appeared at Rebel's Guide to Project Management. Try ditching real time comms.