Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 19, 2023

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place!

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

You can earn PDUs (professional development units) for ongoing certification renewal, such as for the Project Management Professional (PMP)®, from reading. 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. What books qualify for PDUs?

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PMI Certification Sustainability Technical Review 361

Rebel’s Guide to PM

AUGUST 2, 2022

Earlier this year, searches for “project management” reached an all-time high on Google , and these searches are widespread, reaching the far corners of the globe. The surge in project management is creating a career path for changemakers. Here’s what those career benefits of project management look like.

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2030 PMI Infrastructure Certification 471

ProjectManager.com

AUGUST 22, 2023

What qualifications do you need to land a project management job? What Are Project Management Qualifications? Being qualified for a position as a project manager means you have the skills, experience and temperament for the job. Qualified project managers need the right tools for the job. Thanks for watching!

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ProjectManager.com

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Product Manager vs Project Manager. While both are leadership roles and the titles are similar, there’s a difference between a product manager and a project manager as Jennifer Bridges, PMP, explains. What Is a Project Manager? Let’s take a look at the most important project manager responsibilities.

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Project Life Cycle Prince2 Certification PMI 444

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JULY 12, 2024

I don’t have the time (or the requirement) to take a certification course, but I’m always prepared to develop the project management competencies I need to succeed. In this article we'll talk about the top competencies for project managers and how you can develop your skills. If you feel the same, what should you be focusing on?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

APRIL 2, 2023

There was a question in our Facebook group recently: where can I get project management templates? And another question: where can I get free or cheap project management training materials? There are many premium project management templates available — including my template bundles and ebooks. And training to choose from.

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Prince2 PMI Certification Software Review 400

MPUG

DECEMBER 12, 2022

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. The PMI RMP Exam Blueprint.

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ProjectManager.com

JUNE 15, 2021

Project managers are the point person in charge of a specific project or projects within an organization. We regularly feature project management resources to help train PMs to land jobs in the industry or develop better skills in their current role. What Does a Project Manager Do? How Much Does a Project Manager Make?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 15, 2021

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) 7 th Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into 3 performance domains. Domain I: People.

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PMI Technical Review Influencer Leadership 473

International Institute for Learning

MARCH 22, 2023

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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Leadership Technical Review PMI Consulting 92

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 1, 2023

When I brainstormed a list of project management skills to put on my resume (which over here in the UK we call a CV), it was a long list. How do you list the project management skills required without it turning into a giant list of buzzwords? Below, we’ll look at some examples of common project management skills for your resume.

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Leadership PMI Risk Management Governance 365

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

Want to make it as a program manager ? I’ve worked as a program manager for a few years now so I can tell you the top program management skills that I use each day. As it happens, they are also the most likely skills you are going to see on a program management job description. And what skills do program managers need?

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Project Risk Coach

JUNE 17, 2016

Mark Langley, President and CEO of the Project Management Institute (PMI), penned a great article entitled Using Project Management to Reduce Risk. Indeed, “high-performing companies manage risk in conjunction with projects and programs far more often than low performers do.” Make an investment.

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PM Basics

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

I’ve been managing software development projects for more than 11 years. Risk management is arguably the most crucial piece in my project management approach. Therefore, I spent lots of time and effort creating a practical risk management process. You’ll get the whole risk management process below.

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Techno-PM

MARCH 15, 2022

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. This course is designed to help you prepare for and pass the PMI-PgMP Certification exam.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 3, 2023

A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge – ( PMBOK® Guide ) Seventh Edition represents a major shift in the way ‘how to do project management’ is presented by PMI. Instead of the Knowledge Areas , we have the whole body of project management split up into performance domains.

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Technical Review Software Review PMI 2023 307

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 29, 2022

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future? People who just do managing projects?

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Artificial Inteligence 2023 Technical Review 2027 487

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 2, 2023

Are you wondering whether it’s worth getting a degree in project management? Or what you can do with a project management degree for a job once you finish your bachelor’s or master’s studies? Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. “Do I need a degree in project management?”

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Technical Review Prince2 PMI Certification 349

The IIL Blog

JULY 26, 2018

The Project Management Institute (PMI) ® Talent Triangle ® has addressed the need for project leadership competencies. The PMI Talent Triangle. (1) 1) Technical Project Management. (2) 2) Strategic and Business Management. (3) 3) Leadership. Project Management Technical. Leadership.

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ProjectManager.com

JULY 20, 2023

Project management consultants don’t only add value to a project, but they can help introduce project management processes to any team. It’s a great career transition for current project managers to consider. What Is a Project Management Consultant? What Is a Project Management Consultant?

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Consulting Certification PMI Technical Review 394

Rebel’s Guide to PM

MAY 4, 2021

Recently I spoke with Lela Machaidze on Clubhouse about future trends in project management. That’s echoed in the PMI Pulse of the Profession 2021 report. The next topic that comes to mind for the future of project management is data science and analytics. Read next: Project Management Trends. Community shares.

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Kiron Bondale

APRIL 10, 2022

To understand why, let’s draw a parallel to project risk management. Teams might do a reasonable job at identifying risks, assessing them and coming up with risk response recommendations for the higher priority ones. Unfortunately, often times those risk responses never get implemented.

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Risk Management PMI Risk Agile 358

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 13, 2020

Do you need to earn PDUs to maintain your PMI certification? If you hold a PMP ® , PgMP ® , PfMP ® or PMI-PBA ® certification, you need to earn 60 PDUs every three years. If you hold a PMI-ACP ® , PMI-RMP ® , PMI-SP ® certification, you need to earn 30 PDUs in a three-year cycle. You’re in the right place!

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2020 PMI Certification Technical Review 350

ProjectManager.com

OCTOBER 21, 2022

In project management, a program is a set of related projects that are executed simultaneously by organizations to make the most out of their resources and maximize their return on investment (ROI). Program management requires company-wide collaboration and lots of planning. A program manager oversees this process.

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Certification PMI Risk Management Budget 410

Rebel’s Guide to PM

JUNE 19, 2024

We aren't managing projects now in the same way that people managed projects years ago. The approaches taken by many companies and professional bodies to managing projects are different now to when I first started out in the field in 2000ish. How long has project management been around?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

This is a guest article by Brantlee Underhill, Managing Director, PMI, North America. We needed a schedule we could both follow to help manage these new expectations of living, working, and schooling in the same location: balancing the needs of work and family. Read next: How 6 project managers manage their work/life balance.

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Kiron Bondale

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

Project management standards such as the PMBOK® Guide, Sixth Edition state that contingency reserves, which are established to offset the cost or schedule impacts of realized identified risks, are considered part of the project budget and cost baseline. This matches my own experience from the previous two companies I worked for.

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Risk Management PMI Construction Budget 328

ProjectManager.com

JUNE 24, 2022

Project manager vs. program manager. Program managers are more strategic in their thinking and deliverables, while the project manager is often working on day-to-day task management on a more cellular level. Here are two quick definitions of project and program in project management. Learn more.

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Project Life Cycle Certification PMI Software Review 545

ProjectManager.com

JULY 24, 2024

Projects help execute those strategic plans, and organizational project management is the framework that aligns that work to the organization’s objectives. Let’s start by digging deeper into the definition of organizational project management and the various components that make it up. What Is Organizational Project Management?

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

FEBRUARY 20, 2022

A project manager approached me recently with a problem. That didn’t sit quite right with her (and she didn’t know she was a perfect example of a project management ethics case study when she was telling me the story!). What is Ethics in Project Management? What are ethical issues in management?

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Underperforming Technical Team PMI Risk Management Estimate 435

NimbleWork

NOVEMBER 30, 2023

This year, we participated in the Project Management Institute’s annual PMI Summit, held in Atlanta. While many of them did not have a lot of time to spare, we still managed to connect with at least over a hundred people with whom we had some great conversations. Has it become easier in many ways?

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PMI 2023 Technical Review PMO 52

Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 29, 2021

What does a business analyst do on a project, and how is that different to the role of the project manager? First, let’s look at the different responsibilities for the roles of business analyst vs project manager on a project. They work with product managers or product owner as well as other stakeholders to do that.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

What is the future of project management? Let’s look ahead and see what the next 10 years will bring for project management software, jobs, and the role itself. Does Project Management Have a Future? So will we need ‘professional’ project managers in the future? People who just do managing projects?

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Techno-PM

MARCH 16, 2022

Overview: The Project Management Institute's Registered Risk Manager Program (PMI-RMP®) is a risk management certification for project managers. The PMI-RMP Certification covers the tactical, strategic, and operational aspects of managing risks and opportunities for organizations.

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Rebel’s Guide to PM

MARCH 18, 2022

Recently someone got in contact with me to ask about how to become a project manager. She wrote: I have been advised that you have to do a degree in a particular subject e.g. engineering, do project management training e.g. PMI®, PRINCE2® etc and work your way up in order to become a project manager. Is this true?

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Prince2 Certification PMI Healthcare 354

Rebel’s Guide to PM

OCTOBER 4, 2021

I have updated my responses in order to better reflect the PRINCE2 and A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge — PMBOK® Guide , as at October 2021 as the PMBOK® Guide has been updated since this interview first took place, and PRINCE2 US was launched in 2020. She first took her PRINCE2 Practitioner exam in 2004.

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