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Project Communication on a Budget

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How do you manage to communicate about your project with virtually no marketing budget? This was a question someone asked me after my presentation on how to market your project at a PMI PMXPO event. We don’t all have big budgets to produce banners, T-shirts and mugs with logos on to share the messages about our projects.

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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. They all feature on PMI’s exam reference materials list. Short on time?

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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. A History of PMI.

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Measuring the Project Management Maturity of Your Organization

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When you’re a PMP, program manager or portfolio manager, you need to deliver all those multiple projects on time and within budget. On the other hand, if an organization has underdeveloped management, the more likely that its projects will have trouble meeting deadlines and staying on budget.

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Best 12 Project Management Certifications (2022)

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Some organizations, such as the Project Management Institute (PMI), will ask you to meet some requirements to be allowed in the program, such as having a bachelor’s degree, months of project management experience or even another project management certification. Price: PMI members, $225, nonmembers, $300.

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Free and Low Cost Project Management Resources

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I’ve also included some low cost/high value resources that I find myself recommending frequently to people who are on tight budgets. They also have premium templates which you can get free if you are a PMI member. Kickoff from PMI An excellent free beginners project management course that comes in Agile and Predictive versions.

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10 Knowledge Areas of project management (PPT & PDF included!)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Material on the Knowledge Areas can still be found in the PMI web guidance which members have access to, called Standards Plus. Even if you aren't in the PMI world at all, the Knowledge Areas give you a good grounding on what to know and do to keep your projects moving forward. PMBOK 7 talks about the 8 project performance domains.

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