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IBM Project Manager Certificate: My Student Review

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Summary review The IBM Project Manager Professional Certificate is a good CAPM® alternative or course to use towards your CAPM prep. I spent a lot of hours reviewing the materials and studying the individual courses, and I hope that time helps you make a choice about whether the course is a good fit for your career needs.

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Making Things Happen [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Normally I take lots of notes when I’m reading books for review. Once it was clear how popular the text was going to be, O’Reilly and Berkun took out some of the superfluous bits, added in over 120 exercises and generally spruced it up to launch it into the best-seller list. I received a copy of this book from the publisher for review.

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Leadership Building Activities

ProjectManager.com

Leadership is a combination of innate and learned traits. Jennifer Bridges, PMP, shows you three key leadership building activities that will help you become a better leader. In ReviewLeadership Building Activities. In ReviewLeadership Building Activities. Activities to Build Leadership.

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10 Strategies for Successful Project Execution

ProjectManager.com

Let’s review strategies and tools you can use, and learn how they can help you close that gap to promote successful project execution. We’ll hear from experts and review key takeaways that project leaders can immediately put into practice in their programs and projects. Conduct Team-Building Exercises.

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10 Best Coursera Courses for Project Managers

Rebel’s Guide to PM

How I made these recommendations In order to review and recommend the training courses, I did some of them completely (Google and LearnQuest), audited others (taking the training but not the assessments so I could do them for free) and did a desk review of others, looking at their content, relevance to project managers, student reviews and more.

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Improving Private Equity Outcomes using Agility / Evidence-based Operating Systems

Scrum.org

When you look deeper, you see them struggling to cope with growing technical complexity, coordination costs across teams, and leadership bottlenecks. You might also call these OKRs, Distributed Leadership, Nimble, DevOps, Lean Startup, or Scrum. . These opportunities are identified and validated via a Due Diligence (DD) process.

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What is Value Stream Mapping (VSM)? A Comprehensive Guide to Process Visualization

NimbleWork

Initially developed as part of the Lean Manufacturing methodology, VSM has since evolved and found application in a wide range of industries, including knowledge work sectors such as IT, software development, marketing, and HR. Value stream mapping can typically be used to improve any process where there are repeatable steps.