Books for PMI PDUs (54 books)

A list of books to help fulfill the education requirements for PMI PDUs. This list specifically focuses on game production/project management.

Books must fall under the following three categories:

* Technical project management: Knowledge, skills and behaviors related to specific domains of Project, Program and Portfolio Management.

* Leadership: Knowledge, skills and behaviors specific to leadership-oriented, cross-cutting activities that help an organization achieve its business goals.

* Strategic and business management: Knowledge of and expertise in the industry or organization that enhances performance and better delivers business outcomes.

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1	The Phoenix Project: A Novel About IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim 4.26 avg rating — 49,737 ratings score: 298, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
2	The Goal: A Process of Ongoing Improvement by Eliyahu M. Goldratt 4.07 avg rating — 82,891 ratings score: 294, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
3	Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us by Daniel H. Pink (Goodreads Author) 3.95 avg rating — 125,098 ratings score: 292, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
4	Radical Candor: Be a Kickass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity by Kim Malone Scott (Goodreads Author) 4.05 avg rating — 56,196 ratings score: 276, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
5	Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action by Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author) 4.10 avg rating — 266,133 ratings score: 273, and 3 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
6	The CEO Next Door: The 4 Behaviours that Transform Ordinary People into World Class Leaders by Elena L. Botelho 4.03 avg rating — 1,427 ratings score: 200, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Creativity, Inc.: Overcoming the Unseen Forces That Stand in the Way of True Inspiration by Ed Catmull 4.21 avg rating — 102,147 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
7	Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 23,530 ratings score: 199, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
9	The Culture Map: Breaking Through the Invisible Boundaries of Global Business by Erin Meyer 4.33 avg rating — 29,483 ratings score: 198, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
10	The Phoenix Project: A Novel about IT, DevOps, and Helping Your Business Win by Gene Kim 4.26 avg rating — 49,737 ratings score: 197, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
11	Dare to Lead by Brené Brown (Goodreads Author) 4.18 avg rating — 125,597 ratings score: 191, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
12	The Five Dysfunctions of a Team (Manga Edition): An Illustrated Leadership Fable by Patrick M. Lencioni 3.90 avg rating — 540 ratings score: 190, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
13	The Mythical Man-Month: Essays on Software Engineering by Frederick P. Brooks Jr. 4.01 avg rating — 15,022 ratings score: 189, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
14	The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change by Stephen R. Covey 4.16 avg rating — 816,084 ratings score: 187, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
15	Thinking, Fast and Slow by Daniel Kahneman 4.17 avg rating — 582,363 ratings score: 181, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
16	Measure What Matters by John Doerr 3.98 avg rating — 37,177 ratings score: 176, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
17	Nudge: Improving Decisions About Health, Wealth, and Happiness by Richard H. Thaler 3.84 avg rating — 94,281 ratings score: 172, and 2 people voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Inspired: How to Create Tech Products Customers Love by Marty Cagan 4.23 avg rating — 25,402 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead by Sheryl Sandberg 3.95 avg rating — 268,845 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Digital Transformation Is Not Digital by Juan Pablo Rozas 4.18 avg rating — 17 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Deep Tech and the Amplified Organisation: How to elevate, scale and amplify your business through the New 4Ps of platforms, purpose, people and planet by Simon Robinson (Goodreads Author) 4.38 avg rating — 8 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Checklist Manifesto: How to Get Things Right by Atul Gawande 4.04 avg rating — 75,032 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Why Do I Feel Like an Imposter? by Sandi Mann 3.45 avg rating — 682 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones by James Clear (Goodreads Author) 4.32 avg rating — 1,265,624 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	Project Management Simplified (Systems Innovation Book Series) by Barbara Karten 2.50 avg rating — 2 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Unicorn Project by Gene Kim 4.07 avg rating — 10,054 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Project Saboteur... and how to kill him by Jeroen Gietema 4.11 avg rating — 9 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
18	The Fifth Discipline Fieldbook : Strategies for Building a Learning Organization by Peter M.; Kleiner Senge 4.12 avg rating — 2,131 ratings score: 100, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It by Chris Voss (Goodreads Author) 4.34 avg rating — 208,377 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	HBR Guide to Dealing with Conflict (HBR Guide Series) by Amy Gallo 3.81 avg rating — 269 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
29	The DevOps Handbook: How to Create World-Class Agility, Reliability, and Security in Technology Organizations by Gene Kim 4.29 avg rating — 5,855 ratings score: 99, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
32	Scrum: The Art of Doing Twice the Work in Half the Time by Jeff Sutherland (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 23,530 ratings score: 98, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	User Story Mapping: Discover the Whole Story, Build the Right Product by Jeff Patton 4.19 avg rating — 3,923 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
33	Corporate Chanakya on Leadership by Radhakrishnan Pillai 4.15 avg rating — 120 ratings score: 97, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can't Stop Talking by Susan Cain (Goodreads Author) 4.08 avg rating — 472,780 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
35	The Four Obsessions of an Extraordinary Executive: A Leadership Fable by Patrick Lencioni (Goodreads Author) 4.12 avg rating — 7,170 ratings score: 95, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
37	The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 73,222 ratings score: 94, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
38	Leaders Eat Last: Why Some Teams Pull Together and Others Don't by Simon Sinek (Goodreads Author) 4.09 avg rating — 63,492 ratings score: 93, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
39	The Last Warrior: Andrew Marshall and the Shaping of Modern American Defense Strategy by Andrew F. Krepinevich 3.92 avg rating — 350 ratings score: 92, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
40	Coaching Agile Teams: A Companion for ScrumMasters, Agile Coaches, and Project Managers in Transition (Addison-Wesley Signature Series (Cohn)) by Lyssa Adkins 4.22 avg rating — 1,938 ratings score: 91, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
41	Peopleware: Productive Projects and Teams by Tom DeMarco (Goodreads Author) 4.14 avg rating — 9,902 ratings score: 89, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
42	Team Leadership in the Game Industry by Seth Spaulding II 4.06 avg rating — 48 ratings score: 88, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
43	The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (Goodreads Author) 4.11 avg rating — 362,882 ratings score: 87, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
44	Agile Retrospectives: Making Good Teams Great by Esther Derby (Goodreads Author) 3.94 avg rating — 2,509 ratings score: 86, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
45	Management 3.0: Leading Agile Developers, Developing Agile Leaders by Jurgen Appelo (Goodreads Author) 4.15 avg rating — 2,839 ratings score: 85, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
46	Crucial Conversations: Tools for Talking When Stakes are High by Kerry Patterson 4.07 avg rating — 81,574 ratings score: 84, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
47	The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business by Charles Duhigg (Goodreads Author) 4.13 avg rating — 558,889 ratings score: 82, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
48	Thanks for the Feedback: The Science and Art of Receiving Feedback Well by Douglas Stone 4.05 avg rating — 9,785 ratings score: 81, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
49	Difficult Conversations: How to Discuss What Matters Most by Douglas Stone 4.07 avg rating — 19,606 ratings score: 80, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
50	Getting Things Done: The Art of Stress-Free Productivity by David Allen really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 167,298 ratings score: 76, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
51	The 80/20 Principle: The Secret to Achieving More with Less by Richard Koch (Goodreads Author) 3.98 avg rating — 30,301 ratings score: 75, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
52	Emotional Intelligence 2.0 by Travis Bradberry (Goodreads Author) 3.85 avg rating — 84,222 ratings score: 74, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
53	The Design of Everyday Things by Donald A. Norman 4.15 avg rating — 47,321 ratings score: 72, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
54	Agile Game Development with SCRUM (Addison-Wesley Signature) (Addison Wesley Signature Series) by Clinton Keith 4.08 avg rating — 215 ratings score: 71, and 1 person voted	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars