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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

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The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a nonprofit organization for those working in project management across the globe. If you have even a passing interest in the field, then you’ve bumped up against PMI. Given its vast influence, it’s important to have a basic understanding of PMI and its history.

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3 Exam Content Outline Domains for the PMP exam

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. PMI defines a domain like this in the exam content outline: The high-level knowledge area that is essential to the practice of project management.

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3 Performance Domains in Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. PMI defines a domain like this: The high-level knowledge area that is essential to the practice of project management. Domain I: People.

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The 12 Principles of Project Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

They form the basics of what you need to know about managing projects, for organizations that follow the PMI approach to getting work done. I wrote a book all about this: Collaboration Tools for Project Managers (published by PMI), which talks about how to choose, set up and use the right tools for your workplace. Stakeholders.

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9 Essential Project Management Competencies

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Soft skills include: Communication Leadership Self-awareness Confidence Resilience Teamwork Business acumen Influencing and negotiating Networking Stakeholder engagement. One in five projects is unsuccessful due to ineffective communication, according to research by PMI (The Essential Role of Communications, 2013). Networking.

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Business Acumen for Project Managers [Free Checklist]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

In 2022, PMI updated the Talent Triangle to include business acumen. PMI defines it like this: Professionals with business acumen understand the macro and micro influences in their organization and industry and have the function-specific or domain-specific knowledge to make good decisions. What is business acumen?

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How to list project management skills on your resume

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There’s now a trend towards calling them ‘power skills’ (started, I believe, by PMI) because calling them ‘soft’ makes them seem easy. Power skills include: Communication (written and verbal) Listening Stakeholder engagement Conflict management Negotiation Influencing Leadership Team building Change management.