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PMI Membership for Professionals and Students: Is it Worth It?

Rebel’s Guide to PM

So you’re considering joining PMI® as a member or a student member? Closely followed by: “So is it worth joining PMI?”. I’ve been a member of PMI for many years, so I feel I can confidentially give you the insider information! What are the benefits of being a PMI member?

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PMI-PgMP® Certification

Techno-PM

The Project Management Institute's Professional in Business Analysis (PMI-PgMP) certification is one of the most sought-after certifications for professionals who want to enter the project management field. The benefits of PMI-PgMP® Certification?

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 2

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part two of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. Be sure to see article one that explains leadership for project managers and outlines the five leadership components covered in the series.

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PMI-ACP Certification

Techno-PM

What is the PMI-ACP Certification? PMI-ACP Certification is a professional certification offered by PMI. The PMI-ACP Certification is a professional certification designed to help project managers with their day-to-day tasks. Team Leadership.

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PMI-ACP and My New Book “Beyond Agile: Achieving Success with Situational Knowledge and Skills”

Leading Answers

It has been 10 years since the PMI-ACP exam was created, and I published my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book. So our scope included more than just Lean and agile; it had a little leadership and emotional intelligence. PMI was correct to focus on the universal fundamentals.

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Virtual Leadership [Book Review]

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s why I was keen to read Virtual Leadership by Dr Penny Pullan. What Is Virtual Leadership ? The third concept defined pretty early on is virtual leadership , which you’d expect, what with it being the title of the book and all. I work in a virtual team.

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part three of this four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This article examines leadership styles, motivation, and psychological safety – all critical skills for today’s project manager.

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A History of PMI & Its Role in Project Management

ProjectManager.com

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. Quick Facts About PMI. The PMI footprint is huge. A History of PMI. But where did PMI start? The Goals & Standards of PMI.

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How to Earn Leadership PDUs for PMP Renewal in 2020

Rebel’s Guide to PM

If you are like many Project Management Professional ( PMP )® certification holders, you might be finding it hard to source enough quality learning materials for your Leadership PDUs. What are Leadership PDUs? Leadership PDUs form part of the Education requirement for recertification.

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PMI Organizational Agility Presentation

Leading Answers

Please join me on Thursday, September 12 th for the PMI Organizational Agility Conference. This free, online event for PMI members awards viewers PDUs.   Agile Project Management Events Leadership Teams

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Leadership Tips for Project Managers – Part 1

International Institute for Learning

By Mike Griffiths Welcome to part one of a four-part series introducing basic leadership ideas that any project manager or Scrum master can employ. This first article explains how leadership differs from management and outlines five core leadership attributes for managing projects.

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10 Easy Ways to Get PDUs & Stay PMI Certified

ProjectManager.com

If you hold a qualification from the Project Management Institute (PMI) like PMP (Project Management Professional) or PMI-ACP (PMI Agile Certified Professional), CPD is mandatory. The PMI measures CPD in Professional Development Units, or PDUs. PMI’s PDU Requirements. Some PMI certifications require you to earn a minimum number of PDUs over a three-year cycle. Agile Certified Professional (PMI-ACP) requires 30 PDUs; 10 per year. Leadership.

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Project Management and Leadership Competencies: A Snapshot

The IIL Blog

The Project Management Institute (PMI) ® Talent Triangle ® has addressed the need for project leadership competencies. The PMI Talent Triangle. (1) 3) Leadership. Below is a contrast between project management vs. project leadership competencies. Leadership Technical Competency. Leadership. More on this topic of project leadership…. The PMI website provides information about GAC and the 100+ degree programs that have promoted.

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PMI-ACP Supported Self-Study Group - April 10, 2021 Start

Leading Answers

The program works as follows: Read a chapter of my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book each week and work through the exercises. Receive exclusive discounts on the PMI-ACP FASTrack exam simulator. I look forward to helping you towards your 2021 PMI-ACP goal.

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PMI-ACP Supported Self-Study Group - February 2021 Start

Leading Answers

The program works as follows: Read a chapter of my PMI-ACP Exam Prep book each week and work through the exercises. Receive exclusive discounts on the PMI-ACP FASTrack exam simulator. I look forward to helping you towards your 2021 PMI-ACP goal.

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How to prepare for the PMI-RMP Exam

MPUG

The PMI-RMP® credential is an industry renowned certification, certifying that Risk Management Professionals have the necessary knowledge to apply project risk management knowledge, principles, tools, and techniques. This article will assist you in preparing for the PMI-RMP Exam.

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PMI plus Disciplined Agile might be a marriage made in Heaven

Kiron Bondale

The announcement of the acquisition of Disciplined Agile (DA) by PMI is almost a month old so I thought I would share my thoughts on it. There is no doubt that PMI has been flirting with agile progressively over the past decade. The launch of the PMI-ACP credential, the addition of adaptive life cycle considerations to the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition and the release of the Agile Practice Guide were all signs of this growing interest.

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PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New?

MPUG

The preparation for the new Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide, 7 th edition is currently underway, and the Project Management Institute (PMI®) has made the draft for the standard part publicly available for comments. What kind of leadership behaviors are expected?

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Earning Leadership PDUs for PMIs Certification

iZenBridge

Leadership PDUs are a valuable asset to embrace your leadership skills. Once you earn these leadership PDUs, you can apply them to PMP® certification or any other PMIs certification renewal. Leadership PDUs are one of the categories of the Talent Triangle.

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PMI Are some more equal than others?

The Lazy Project Manager

And the declaration is I am challenging all of the project management organisations and publications around the world (you may have seen a series of articles from 2015 at the same time as the PMI EMEA Congress in London and this year I am back again just before the PMI EMEA Congress in Barcelona but that is because it is at this time of the year I reflect on what I am doing, and look at the project community around me – and so, to be very clear I am not just attacking PMI ).

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PMI Education Contact Hours and PDUs: Your Essential Guide

Online PM Courses

The PMI is currently the most widely used source of professional project management accreditation. To win your coveted CAPM, PMP, or PMI-ACP, to will need to chalk up enough education Contact Hours. The Project Management Institute, or PMI, is the largest professional body for project managers, and provides several tiers of accreditation for professional status. PMI Contact Hours and PDUs. Achieving a PMI professional qualification. PMI-ACP 21 hours.

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PMI Conference observations

Zen Project Management

The PMI Conference was held this past weekend in Chicago. When I first started attending almost 20 years ago, it was the PMI Symposium, then Global Congress and now the PMI Conference. He talked about how the leadership structure of agile teams evolved at Riot Games. It was led by Jesse Fewell and Mike Griffiths, both long-time agile names in the PMI community.The session was a good way to start understanding what is in the guide.

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The PMI Talent Triangle: A Guide [for members and non-members]

Online PM Courses

The PMI Talent Triangle is a simple tool that reminds us all about the value of a broad range of professional skills. The most succinct – and possibly best known – articulation of that full range of capabilities is the PMI’s Project Management Talent Triangle. Just a Moment… Who or What is the PMI? If you don’t know who or what the Project Management Institute (PMI) is, take a look at this video before reading on. Leadership.

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Success in Disruptive Times: PMI’s 2018 Pulse of the Profession

Online PM Courses

The PMI has titled its 2018 Pulse of the Profession report: Success in Disruptive Times. You can download your copy of Success in Disruptive Times from the PMI’s website. The PMI’s Annual Project Management Survey: The Pulse of the Profession. Our regular readers will know that, for the last two years, we have extracted the marrow from the bones of the PMI’s Pulse of the Profession survey. Terrific Insights from the Annual PMI Project Management Review 2016.

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LEAD: Your Four Project Leadership Priorities

Online PM Courses

When you are in a Project Leadership role, you will have a lot to do. They look to you for leadership and guidance. But, with so many responsibilities, it can be hard to know what are your leadership priorities? For me, it forms a great checklist and reminder of my leadership priorities. Your Leadership Priority is to LEAD. We have talked about project leadership in an earlier article. LEAD – Your Four Project Leadership Priorities.

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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. For me, The Power of Project Leadership is where these two worlds combine in the most impactful of ways! . Susanne asserts that we must do this through the expansion of our project leadership skills.

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The growing need for project leadership

Susanne Madsen

According to the PMI only 52 per cent of projects are delivered on time and 69 per cent meet their goals and business intent. According to the PMI, organisations are losing an average of $97 million for every $1 billion spent on projects due to lack of focus on people, processes and outcomes. Leadership is not a result of the job title you hold but of the attitudes and behaviours you possess. You are probably as familiar with the statistics of failing projects as I am.

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LEAD Your Team: How to Use Your Top 4 Project Leadership Skills

Online PM Courses

When you have a Project Leadership role, there's a lot to do. So, we'll focus on my top 4 project leadership skills, that set you up to LEAD. The post LEAD Your Team: How to Use Your Top 4 Project Leadership Skills appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Leadership, Leadership Levels, and Leadership Styles for Project Managers

MPUG

Leadership, Leadership Levels, and Leadership Styles for Project Managers. She taught the young, down, and dejected Peter (Spiderman) the basics of leadership. But every manager doesn’t have leadership capability. Leadership Vs. Management. Leadership.

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Webinar Recap: PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New?

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s PMI PMBOK Guide 7th Edition Standard – What’s New? Kyle: Hello everyone, and welcome to today’s MPUG webinar, What’s New With PMI PMBOK Guide’s 7th Edition Standard. This is PMI lingo.

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PMI-ACP Exam Prep Course with Mike Griffiths, Calgary, Alberta

Leading Answers

I am gathering names for my next Calgary based  PMI-ACP  Exam Prep course. Please let me know via email to Mike LeadingAnswers.com if you are interested in reserving a spot on the next 3-day Calgary based PMI-ACP Exam preparation course held late May / early June 2018. We   Evolution of the PMI-ACP Credential. Popularity has grown in the PMI-ACP from niche to mainstream with over 20,000 people now holding the credential.

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PMI-ACP Exam Prep Course with Mike Griffiths, Calgary, Alberta

Leading Answers

I am gathering names for my next Calgary based  PMI-ACP  Exam Prep course. Please let me know via email to Mike LeadingAnswers.com if you are interested in reserving a spot on the next 3-day Calgary based PMI-ACP Exam preparation course held late May / early June 2018. We   Evolution of the PMI-ACP Credential. Popularity has grown in the PMI-ACP from niche to mainstream with over 20,000 people now holding the credential.

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Rich Maltzman’s Best Project Management Advice: Value, Sustainability, and Servant Leadership | Video

Online PM Courses

He tells me, among other things, about value, sustainability, and servant leadership. The post Rich Maltzman’s Best Project Management Advice: Value, Sustainability, and Servant Leadership | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The future is CAPM (and I DON’T mean PMI’s designation!)

Kiron Bondale

While there is still the need for leadership provided by biological organisms, that leadership relies on automation to guide much more ambitious exploratory pursuits than could be achieved in their absence. . Many professions are starting to face the threats and opportunities created by machine learning. For those who view the glass as being half-empty, a very real threat is that jobs which can be automated and performed more efficiently will diminish over time.

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What is Servant Leadership? Project Leadership at its Best | Video

Online PM Courses

I’d argue that servant leadership the an approach no leader can afford to ignore. So, in this video, I’ll answer the question: 'What is Servant Leadership?'. The post What is Servant Leadership? Project Leadership at its Best | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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How Servant Leadership can Deliver Better Results from Your Project Team

Online PM Courses

Servant Leadership is the most valuable approach to leadership for Project Managers. The post How Servant Leadership can Deliver Better Results from Your Project Team appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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Webinar Recap: Want To Be A PMI-ACP? The Primary Steps to Take

MPUG

Please find below a transcription of the audio portion of Satya Narayan Dash’s session, Want To Be A PMI-ACP? If you want to be a PMI-ACP, here are the primary steps to take. Today’s session is eligible for one PMI-PDU and the technical category.

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Leadership Models Project Managers Need to Know | Video

Online PM Courses

This video is a primer of the Leadership Models that Project Managers Need to Know. The post Leadership Models Project Managers Need to Know | Video appeared first on OnlinePMCourses. You aren't just a Project Manager. You are also a Project Leader.

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PMI Report: The Impact of Disruptive Technologies on Project Management

LiquidPlanner

The impact of this digital disruption on organizations and their project management practices is the subject of a new global study by the Project Management Institute (PMI), N ext Practices: Maximizing the Benefits of Disruptive Technologies on Projects. The automation of these more mundane elements of project management creates greater opportunities for the project manager to take ownership of all the leadership components of the project. Leadership Methodology Project Management

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7 Reasons Why Changepoint is Best Aligned with PMI’s 7th Edition PMBOK®

Planview

I was recently listening to an episode of the Project Management Office Hours podcast , and they were discussing the upcoming publication of Project Management Institute’s (PMI) Seventh Edition of the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK®) Guide.

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