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Project Management Institute. (2017). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide)–Sixth Edition: Vol. Sixth edition. Project Management Institute.
A Guide to the Project Management Body of Knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) is PMI's flagship publication and is a fundamental resource for effective project management in any industry.

Project Management Institute. (2021). A guide to the project management body of knowledge (PMBOK® Guide) – Seventh Edition and the standard for project management (ENGLISH): Vol. Seventh edition. Project Management Institute.

Abyad, A. (2019). Project management: Science or a craft? Middle East Journal of Business, 14(1), 4–16.
This paper focuses on how PM has branched out to almost all industries and is used as an essential strategic element for managing and affecting change in modern companies.

Cesarotti, V., Gubinelli, S., & Introna, V. (2019). The evolution of project management (PM): How Agile, Lean and Six Sigma are changing PM. Journal of Modern Project Management, 7(3), 1–29.
The aim of this paper is to evaluate the contamination of Lean, Agile and Six Sigma in the traditional approach to project management. This paper presents a brief literature review about the contribution provided by Lean, Agile and Six Sigma to traditional project management and compares them according to general criteria.

McAlister, D. T. (2006). The project management plan: Improving team process and performance. Marketing Education Review, 16(1), 97–103.
This resource help to understand the quality management plan and the role that the stakeholders, team and project manager all play in the process of creating a project management plan.

Fisher, E. (2011). What practitioners consider to be the skills and behaviors of an effective people project manager. International Journal of Project Management, 29(8), 994–1002.
This paper proposes what project management practitioners consider to be skills and behaviors of an effective people project manager.

Patanakul, P., & Aronson, Z. H. (2012). Managing a group of multiple projects: Do culture and leader’s competencies matter? Journal of the Knowledge Economy, 3(2), 217.
In the literature, team culture has been suggested as one of the factors contributing to the success of a project. In essence, a project manager should create a culture emphasizing teamwork, communication, and knowledge sharing.

Shaw, D. (2017). Managing people and learning in organizational change projects. Journal of Organizational Change Management, 30(6), 923–935.

Study Results from Portland State University Provide New Insights into Project Management (A Systems Approach to Project Stakeholder Management: Fuzzy Cognitive Map Modeling). (2019). Mathematics Week.
Projects that make effective use of stakeholder management tend to run smoothly and be successful because stakeholders understand and agree with the project approaches and outcomes. This resource will help you to understand the importance of stakeholder management and give you some insightful tip on how to be a successful project manager.