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7 Must Read Books on Stakeholder Management

Rebel’s Guide to PM

Follows PMI practice and aligns with A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide). Guy Kawasaki, Portfolio Penguin, 2011. Very detailed coverage of all the communications tools, methods and techniques available to you on projects. Enchantment: The Art of Changing Hearts, Minds, and Actions.

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The 9 Biggest Project Management Trends in 2022

Inloox

PMI's Pulse of the Profession Report 2021 makes it clear that "Gymnastic Enterprises", i.e. organizations that are flexible and agile, are more successful. the cloud-based version of our software, in 2011, cloud or software-as-a-service (SaaS) was still relatively unknown and many organizations were very skeptical about it.

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Time Estimation for Project Managers: Tips & Techniques

ProjectManager.com

A 2018 study by the Project Management Institute (PMI), in its Pulse of the Profession report, stated that poor time estimating is the root cause for 25 percent of failed projects. The best a project manager can do is develop an accurate time estimate for how long it will take to satisfactorily complete the project. Time Estimation Matters.

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PMI Are some more equal than others?

The Lazy Project Manager

So what is my concern and why am I mentioning PMI? Well I’m not just focusing on PMI but the behaviour I am concerned about seems to be rather more prevalent within PMI and PMI Congresses than others. PMI’s global membership currently exceeds 500,000, impressive of course. Let me explain.

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Managing Multiple Projects: Statistics

Rebel’s Guide to PM

That’s been part of the PMI resource management processes for as long as I can remember, but in reality, project managers often don’t have the seniority or authority to simply secure resources just by asking. In other words, the subject matter experts working on your project are also working on other projects.

2024 288
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Behind The Scenes At PMCamp Barcelona

Rebel’s Guide to PM

The only foreign holiday my boys have been on was to PMI EMEA in Barcelona (I take them to all the good places!). The idea finally took off in 2011 when the first PMCamp took place in Dornbirn, Austria and successfully continued through Switzerland and Germany in the following years. Klaus Hofeditz.

2003 199
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So what’s in your company’s project management dictionary?

Kiron Bondale

PMI and other associations have provided criteria for differentiating projects from other activities (e.g. However this should not deter organizations from establishing a minimum set of qualifications to prevent this scenario from a 2011 Dilbert comic. There is no simple litmus test for what makes a competent project manager.

2011 168