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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. If you are planning on a career in tech, do the IBM IT Project Manager Certificate instead. You’re in the right place. Once you have passed all the courses, you’ll earn the certificate.

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Transforming Leadership with Minecraft Education

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James was the VP of Product Development at Innovatech, a leading company in the tech industry known for its cutting-edge solutions and dynamic work environment. Despite leading teams of brilliant minds at Innovatech, James encountered hurdles in coordination and meeting deadlines due to the projects' rapid pace and complexity.

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A Simple Exercise To Define The Product Of Your Scrum Team

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What should product leadership look like? What if the product is a feature, a platform, or a technical component? Due to the many dependencies, the team has with other teams, departments, and suppliers, it’s not possible to ship fast. Because there’s not much to show, the Sprint Review has lost its value as well.

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Overcoming bias in project management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Her leadership and guidance is of paramount importance during planning and execution. Since good decision-making is critical for good leadership and guidance, project managers need to know how heuristics (mental disposition) and biases (personal inclinations) influence a project manager’s decisions. Roland Hoffman.

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Book Review: The Power of Project Leadership

LiquidPlanner

I just finished the last chapter of Susanne Madsen’s piece on The Power of Project Leadership (2nd edition). I’ve been a longtime student of both Project Management and of researchers like Brené Brown , who explore emotional intelligence with leadership. The Power of Project Leadership is an excellent book on leadership in general.

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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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5 activities to spice up your next Scrum Sprint Review

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The Sprint Review meeting is one of the Product Owner’s most important events. As discussed in a recent article Making the Most of the Sprint Review , it’s an opportunity for the Scrum Team and stakeholders to inspect what was delivered, discuss the progress made towards the Product Goal, and adapt accordingly. Audience polls.