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C. Further Reading

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Schwaber, K., & Sutherland, J. The Scrum Guide (free at scrumguides.org).

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Phillips, E. M., & Pugh, D. S. How to get a PhD, for managing the doctoral project.

Your institution's thesis regulations, ethics procedures, and AI-use policy.

Note: Book and article details are given from memory and should be checked against the originals before formal citation. The descriptions of the PMBOK Guide's eighth edition and PRINCE2 7 are drawn from secondary summaries consulted online, since the official standards are paid publications; consult the official texts before relying on any detail. Certification requirements, tools, and policies change often.