Bottom-Up Business Acumen: A 3-Part System for Project Managers, Change Agents & Value Leaders (4 PDUs)

Bottom-Up Business Acumen: A 3-Part System for Project Managers, Change Agents & Value Leaders (4 PDUs) 📦 WHAT YOU GET Three integrated resources designed to empower project managers and adaptive teams with systems thinking, field-informed insight, and evidence-based agility. ✅ 1. The Textbook: Discretion, Delivery & Design Explore the intersection of project management, discretion theory, evidence-based management, and Jobs To Be Done (JTBD). This academic yet accessible guide connects Romzek & Dubnick’s accountability matrix, Gilb’s Planguage, and the LaFrance Target Model of Discretion to real-world implementation. ✅ 2. The Interactive Workbook (AI-Ready) Includes 12 chapters of exercises, self-assessments, fillable templates, a coaching persona (Coach Casey), discussion questions, and step-by-step guided reflection. Designed to surface street-level insight and create executive-ready alignment using adaptive metrics. ✅ 3. Boot Camps & Bonus Labs DMAIC for Value Delivery EBM for Strategy in VUCA Contexts JTBD + Kaizen + Large Room Planning AI Coach Prompts and Facilitator Scripts Glossaries & Diagrams for immediate team use 🎯 LEARNING OBJECTIVES ✔ Understand bottom-up innovation and discretion as project enablers ✔ Apply EBM metrics (Current, Unrealized, Time-to-Market, Ability to Innovate) ✔ Use JTBD and Lean Change to drive early value sensing ✔ Integrate accountability models to navigate real-world ambiguity ✔ Practice triple-loop learning in VUCA project environments 🧠 WHO THIS IS FOR Project and Program Managers (PMP®, PMI-ACP®, DASSM, etc.) Change Leaders and PMO Staff Agile Coaches and Scrum Masters Nonprofit and Public Sector Professionals Faculty teaching project management, governance, or change 🧾 PDU INFO 4 PDUs (1 Technical, 2 Strategic/Business, 1 Leadership) Self-report in your PMI dashboard as an “Outside Course” Certificate of Completion provided by AGIL3 Enterprise Coaching & Value Stream Solutions, LLC Note: AGIL3 is an independent training provider not affiliated with PMI. PDU acceptance is at the discretion of your certifying body. 💡 HOW TO USE Start with the intro case study, move chapter by chapter, complete templates and labs, and apply tools in real-world project settings. Use the AI prompts and persona coaching to deepen insights and track learning outcomes. 💬 WHAT USERS SAY “A rare blend of field-level wisdom and system-level thinking.” “Coach Casey made discretion feel actionable—and strategic.” “This should be a requirement for PMO leaders who want real results.”