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15 Non-Academic Project Management Books to Earn PDUs

Rebel’s Guide to PM

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. Reading is a fast way to earn PDUs but it needs to be relevant to the certification you hold. How many PDUs can you get for reading? PDU claim: 2 hours. PDU claim: 4 hours.

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Incentivizing Definition for the Strategic Project Manager

The Strategic Project Manager

First it offers a definition of what incentives are. Incentivizing Definition: What Is It, And What Are The Challenges? I would synthesize a definition of “incentivizing” as follows: “Incentivizing is putting a motivational framework in place that gets people to do what you want them to do.”

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How To Choose The Right SAFe Certification For You

Agilemania

The path to these SAFe jobs are the SAFe certifications offered by Scaled Agile. . What is SAFe certification?” . Which SAFe certification is the best?” . “Is Is SAFe certification worth it?” . Free SAFe certification” . Is SAFe Certification really worth it? the influence on strategic IT projects.” .

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The Definitive Comparison of CSM vs CSD

Agilemania

It has served 1, 082, 451 certificates till date. . It helps in goal definition and sprint planning. The Certified Scrum Master (CSM) Certification Training is a beginner course for individuals looking to become a Scrum Master. The learning objective of this certification course is as follows-. What is CSM? .

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Hiring a Professional Product Owner

Scrum.org

Key Influencers: Fredrik Wendt | Scrum.org , Ralph Jocham | Scrum.org , Andy Hiles | Scrum.org. This Product Owner is a key position that sets the tone for product leadership and the definition of success in the organization. Topic(s): Discovery & Ideation , People & Process. Audience: Product Owners. Subscribe to A Wee Dram!

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Business Resilience: An Overview

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The book definitely aligns with modern project management practice and thinking, but it goes wider than that too. This is very “on trend” with project management thinking at the moment: all the professional bodies and certification schemes seem to be hot on tailoring approaches, and this is no different.

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9 Essential Project Management Competencies

Rebel’s Guide to PM

I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the competencies I need to succeed. I’d say that the competencies you should be looking to develop as a project manager are definitely ‘soft skills’ in their widest form. If you feel the same, what should you be focusing on?