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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2023

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? In this article, we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2023. You’re in the right place! Ready to get started? Let’s dive in! What is a PDU ?

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5 Tips To Re-Energize Your Daily Standup Meetings

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article, I’ll look at 5 activities you can try in your daily team standup meeting. Because after a few weeks I realized that the energy levels weren’t what they should be for such a creative, innovative agency. We needed to inject some energy. A full PMI-ACP exam prep course. So far so good, right?

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7 Hidden dangers of project management (Or why even well-planned projects sometimes fail)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Working with the wrong people PMI’s Pulse of the Profession report shows that for every $1 billion invested in the United States, $122 million was wasted due to poor project performance. Lack of resources Time and energy are tightly connected and together act as a fuel that keeps the project going.

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? In this article we’ll cover what you need to know about the different categories of PDUs and how many you need to get, plus some simple and free ways to earn PDUs in 2020. You’re in the right place! Ready to get started? Let’s dive in! What is a PDU ? PDU categories.

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Which estimation methods are favored for adaptive delivery?

Kiron Bondale

If you ever find yourself wanting to inject some energy into a cross-functional gathering of delivery staff and stakeholders, ask for their opinion on estimates. If you liked this article, why not read my book Easy in Theory, Difficult in Practice which contains 100 other lessons on project leadership?

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15 Easy-to-Do Types of Professional Development

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In this article I’ll share 15 easy ways to develop professionally. Get certified Getting a professional certification can help your career — studies like the PMI Project Management Salary Survey (2020) show that certification is directly linked to earning more money and it certainly can’t hurt your employment prospects.

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12 Ways to Create A Positive Work Culture

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I have spoken about this with many PMI members, my project team members, business owners and other project managers. Just think about all the positive energy around people who are working with you! Be the center of positive energy on the project. Let’s make sure we bring POSITIVE ENERGY to our projects! Be Flexible.

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