Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 22, 2022

I’ve put together my top list of the best books on collaboration, with a few communication skills books thrown in too. These are the books that I turn to time and time again. Emotional Intelligence for Project Managers is the book I wish I had written. It’s also a book I find myself frequently recommending.

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Scrum.org

DECEMBER 1, 2024

If you're wondering if this is gonna be an entire ad for the book, don't worry. We had one concept very clear in mind: this is not going to be the next theoretical management book. We call this a bar book. We started writing the book from a Scrum Master perspective. It won't be (maybe a little). However, over this 2.5-year

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2022

A Short Guide to Facilitating Risk Management is a book that specifically addresses how to get the best out of your risk management meetings. This book, by Ruth Murray-Webster and Penny Pullan, provides practical guidance on facilitating risk workshops, and making project risk management happen outside of the workshop setting as well.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 14, 2021

If you have, this book from Maura Nevel Thomas will give you the tools to evaluate how you organize and track tasks efficiently. It’s a short, colorful, nicely laid out and giftable book, designed to be impactful in just an hour. It’s a short, colorful, nicely laid out and giftable book, designed to be impactful in just an hour.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

I’ve read, I’m guessing, over 150 management books in my career, and you can read my book reviews if you want to trawl through the archives. In this article, I’m saving you some time by highlighting 15 of my recommended books for PDUs, but first, let’s cover off some details about using reading. What books qualify for PDUs?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 9, 2023

The highly anticipated shortlist for The Business Book Awards in partnership with Pathway Group 2023 has been announced for top business books published in 2022. Elizabeth said, “This is the book I wish I had read when I started taking on more projects. To find out more, visit [link]. Elizabeth Harrin is available for interview.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 23, 2022

Actually, this book isn’t about coping with changes to the natural laws of Planet Earth, but rather how to manage people who are scattered all over it. A key theme throughout the book is fostering trust. The book is divided into two parts. The world is flat after all – the ancient philosophers were right! Buy on Amazon.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

I could write my book without his case study (and I did). It's a game-changing book! Grab a free agenda template for lessons learned sessions and book your meeting now. I've taken training courses, read books and generally looked out for my own professional development. And I told him so. I also cancelled our meeting.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 4, 2024

I'm the author of several project management books and I've been leading business and tech projects for over 20 years. You’ll leave with plenty of practical tips for managing your work, and a template you can use to get any project off to a fantastic start. Why learn with me?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 17, 2025

Resources for Learning More Here are some books about portfolio management that I can recommend. Management of Portfolios Management of Portfolios is the Axelos best practice guide the book from the same family as PRINCE2. They are useful further reading if you want to learn more about what it takes to run a successful portfolio.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2024

Others will be a package that includes the exam voucher (which you need to book the exam) and/or a simulator. If you still want to do more reading you can check out the best PRINCE2® books here ! It’s always worth asking! Look at the price and what you get for that. Some will just be the training.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 26, 2024

The real exam at Foundation level is: Multiple choice 60 questions 36 marks required (so a pass mark of 60% for the 7th edition) 60 minutes long Closed book – no notes allowed! What I like about it is that you get an explanation per question at the end of each exam, so you can see what topics you need to revise.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

I'm the author of several project management books and I've been leading business and tech projects for over 20 years. I'm an APM Fellow and a mentor, and I still work as a practitioner alongside my writing and training. In these training sessions, you will learn: How to set up a simple process to prioritize projects once and for all!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2024

Read next: Time management tips for when everything is a priority Book your time off If you haven’t used your entire holiday allowance, check to see what time is owed to you and book it. Encourage the rest of your team to book their vacation days too. So we have to be smart with how we use our time.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

DECEMBER 28, 2022

Given that project teams have to incorporate the business change elements to make sure projects land as expected – but often without the support of a dedicated change manager – this is a useful and much-needed book. The book talks about each section of the method, with QR codes that link out to case studies and online tools (smart!).

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 6, 2023

Business Resilience: A practical guide to sustained progress delivered at pace is a book by an impressive authoring team. The tone is set immediately with the powerful introduction: this is not a book for the faint-hearted! There are 5 domains in the business resilience framework laid out in the book. Who is this book for?

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 11, 2024

Many factors influence the jobs that are beyond the control of field service managers, such as traffic, availability of parts and jobs that take longer than expected. Other issues include the following.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 7, 2022

I’m probably the ideal audience for this book: I don’t need convincing. I wrote a book about stakeholder engagement too. This book sets out a way to manage stakeholders that many project managers will recognize: Identify and document Analyze Develop strategies Plan approach Engage Watch, listen, react and review.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 2, 2024

Harvard Business School professor Teresa Amabile argues in her book The Progress Principle: Using Small Wins to Ignite Joy, Engagement, and Creativity at Work (co-authored with Steven Kramer) that a sense of progress at work makes for more creative team members. Say thank you when someone comes up with a fresh idea.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 26, 2024

Learn how in my book, Managing Multiple Projects. Interested in how these managing multiple projects statistics differ from other research I've done? Organizations need to up their game by creating standardized documents and processes for project management to alleviate the burden of having to create new materials on every project.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 21, 2021

In this extract from their new book, Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero share the characteristics and behaviors of successful and unsuccessful project leaders. This is an edited excerpt from the book: The PM Imperative: Guide for Leading and Managing Projects, People and Delivering Value by Jahn Karsybaev and Fred Obiero. Fred Obiero.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I’ve read dozens of books on time management and personal productivity and researched many techniques for work organization during the process of researching my own books. I would recommend that if you want to manage family and personal notes that you do that in a separate book. Or anything else. Put a date on the front.

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Online PM Courses

FEBRUARY 9, 2025

So, there are plenty of books you can buy to learn more. The post Project Risk Management: What are the Best Books to Advance You? Project Risk Management is vital for project professionals. What are best for you? appeared first on OnlinePMCourses.

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The Lazy Project Manager

AUGUST 12, 2024

He regularly coaches organizations on how to improve their processes, and has written several books on PM techniques and emerging tech. If you’re on board with the idea of more AI in your company’s PM processes but concerned about the execution, start with the steps below from thought leader Peter Taylor. [

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2022

As the project manager, it’s good practice to book out time to spend elaborating the next iteration of the plan as you get closer to the relevant time frame because people’s calendars get booked up. Hold consistent, regular planning sessions. Get Your Copy. Wordery Amazon UK Booktopia Bookshop.org.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 20, 2022

I spoke to the authors of Strategies for Project Sponsorship , a book about how to sponsor projects, and reading it from a project manager’s perspective is a great way to improve how you interact and engage with your project sponsor. Ron Rosenhead, co-author of Strategies for Project Sponsorship.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

JANUARY 27, 2023

In this article, we’ll look at the best exam prep courses for CAPM , plus exam simulators to help you prepare for the test and study books. Haner and Cate McCoy A book in the simulator section? This book contains over 1,000 exam questions and you get access to an online test tool as well. CAPM Practice Exams By James L.

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The Lazy Project Manager

DECEMBER 12, 2024

[Extract From: The Lazy Winning Project Manager: Embracing Project and Personal Productivity in an AI Empowered World by Peter Taylor] Uniform In my well-known keynote of productive laziness, based on my first book, I start by declaring that we have a problem in project management. Dont hold back just go for it!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

Tab your book. Foundation is a closed book exam so you have to work from memory only. The PRINCE2 Practitioner exam is open book, which means you can take the (print) manual into the exam with you. But it’s a big book. Write in your book. Make your notes in the book! Highlight what you need to highlight.

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ProjectManager.com

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

It became a part of agile when Ken Schwaber and Mike Beedle wrote the book “Agile Software Development with Scrum” in 2001. This organization produces a book called the “project management body of knowledge” or PMBOK. First introduced in 1997, in the book “Critical Path” by Eliyahu M.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 25, 2022

She’s even written the book on it. Your book covers all of this. Writing the book gave me a wonderful opportunity to look back on my many projects and savor the moments that were meaningful. I hope to write another book in 2020, but I am waiting to see what my audience wants to know more about before I start that.

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Scrum.org

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Check out the new Illustrated Scrum Myths book by Mary Iqbal. This book presents 74 Scrum Myths, each revealing truths about the framework. From aligning around the right products to finding the right training for your organization to creating a roadmap for success, we have everything you need to make your teams successful.

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