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Best PMI-ACP Exam Prep Books

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Are you aiming to achieve your PMI Agile Certified Professional ( PMI-ACP )®? The most successful students also include reading a range of PMI-ACP books in their exam prep, as well as a training course, just as that little bit of extra comfort. They all feature on PMI’s exam reference materials list. Short on time?

PMI 195
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Stakeholder Engagement Essentials You Always Wanted To Know (Book Review)

Rebel’s Guide to PM

There are two things I think worth pointing out about this book: The book leans heavily on PMI ways of working First, although it is very much grounded in reality and practical skills, it also heavily leans on A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). And that brings me to the second point.

PMI 443
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Product Manager vs Project Manager – What’s the Difference?

ProjectManager.com

Here’s a screen shot of the whiteboard for your reference! For example, many project managers are accustomed to working within the PMI guidelines for best project management practices. Whereas product managers might rely on agile product development, lean manufacturing processes or lean software development methodologies.

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Top 10 Project Management Methodologies – An Overview

ProjectManager.com

The Project Management Institute (PMI) is a not-for-profit membership association, project management certification and standards organization. It’s a book, published by PMI, that collects the processes, best practices, terminologies and guidelines that are the accepted norm in the industry. Lean Methodology.

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How To Make 2023 A Successful Year for Your Projects

Rebel’s Guide to PM

John Estrella John Estrella With the release of the Agile Practice Guide along with the PMBOK® Guide Seventh Edition , we can’t ignore PMI’s direction to incorporate adaptive life cycles such as agile , iterative or incremental life cycles into project and development life cycles. XP, scrum, lean, etc.)

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Troubleshooting in Lean-Agile Development

MPUG

Many project managers utilize a Lean-Agile approach when there is high change or churn in project requirements, significant lack of clarity in scope, high complexity to their projects, and/or a larger number of risks associated with such. Two Lean-Agile Types. Iteration-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based Lean-Agile. Flow-based.

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Ad Hoc Project Management: The Art of Chaos and Confusion

MPUG

Let’s look at this from the perspective of Lean. Lean management is a business methodology that’s designed to increase quality and efficiency by eliminating wasted resources like time, money, and effort. It also is sometimes referred to as lean production or lean manufacturing. Business Case Nope.