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Best PMI-ACP Study Guides

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You’re here because you are planning to take your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )® exam. As well as a PMI-ACP training course, the most successful students also include a study guide in their exam prep because those books are designed to help you get ready for the test. A full PMI-ACP exam prep course.

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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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12 Ways to Manage Project Quality Without Drama

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The ISO 9001 definition is very similar to APM’s, as is the definition in the PMI PMBOK ®. Tip: Make sure you have the project management tools and testing software that make your life easier. Add project management software or testing tools (or whatever else you need) to the project budget. Tip: Avoid scope creep!

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

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Tip Set meaningful and workable goals and put one person in charge of making final decisions. 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. This is where the problems begin.

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How to Start a Project Management Career

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PMI offers PMP certification, but also PRINCE2 Practitioner, though this methodology is mostly found in the UK. They develop strategies, develop IT risk management plans and maintain schedules and budgets. She shared five pertinent tips on how to take your career to the next level. Reignite your passion. Expand your network.

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10 Secrets To Being a Good Sponsor

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Below you’ll find 10 tips for being a good sponsor, drawn from Strategies for Project Sponsorship by James, Taylor and Rosenhead. If you can spare an hour, go through the PMI Kickoff course. Kickoff from PMI. Yes, this is the job of the project manager, but you don’t want them to be able to bamboozle you with jargon.

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What Is a PMO Director? Role, Responsibilities & Salary

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They’re responsible for making sure that the related projects are completed on time and within budget. Another important task given to PMO directors is managing and allocating resources across projects according to priorities, schedules and budgets. The responsibilities of a PMO director are varied.

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