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Overview of my year 2020 book reviews

Henny Portman

2020 was again an extremely fruitful book review year. I wrote around 50 book reviews including 16 corresponding quick reference cards and several personal insights, and views on specific topics in the field of project, program and portfolio management. My own books, whitepapers and articles. Agile related books.

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The Skills You Need to be a Top Communicator

Rebel’s Guide to PM

“The successful project communicator is a good networker and builds effective working relationships within the project, across the wider organization of which the project is a part and sometimes externally,” writes Ann Pilkington in her book, Communicating Projects. Technical skills. Read my review of Communicating Projects.

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2023

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You can claim the time you spend on reviewing the course material as self-directed learning. Typically, PMI will only let you claim 1-2 PDUs for organization meetings per certification renewal cycle, so review the upcoming calendar for your local Chapter and see what events are coming up. Choose something that sounds interesting!

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15 Easy Ways to Earn PDUs in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Education PDUs are those earned from formal and informal learning across the three areas of the PMI Talent Triangle: Technical, Leadership and Strategic and Business Management skills. Technical PDUs can apply to more than one of your certifications as long as the subject is relevant. Education PDUs. Claim for mentoring.

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PRINCE2 and PMBOK: How They Compare

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You won’t find anything in PRINCE2 about people management or the soft skills of project management, although these are covered in other related books. PRINCE2 is the same: there is no point in sticking rigidly to the workflow in the book if it takes you three times as long to get anything done.

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AI Assistants for Project Managers

Leading Answers

Like me, do you spend time booking meetings, finding rooms, and distributing information? Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? Google recently demonstrated their new Google Assistant calling and interacting with a hair salon to book a haircut.

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AI Assistants for Project Managers

Leading Answers

Like me, do you spend time booking meetings, finding rooms, and distributing information? Do you analyze backlogs and scope outlines for potential risks, or review estimates for commonly missed activities? Google recently demonstrated their new Google Assistant calling and interacting with a hair salon to book a haircut.