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This article breaks down the stages of a project. It is an easy read.

Interesting article, I learned something new in the section releasing the benefits. Specifically, "to gain benefits, you must have change." I know some can be afraid of change but then how does a company grow. Change needs to occur to have everything stay current and up-to date. thanks

This was a great article since it appealed to all skill levels. Whether new to project management or a "seasoned" professional these tips could apply to all. I also like how it was broken down into 21 ways so you could pick one topic and work on that and then move on to the next if need be. A great way to gradually build better PM skills.

I have a hard time deciding whether "versus" is a good word to compare the two roles. On one hand, the project manager and business analyst should be working collaboratively. On the other hand, the two roles do offer a healthy contest in project related decisions.

This is a great article which talks about teaching project management to kids along with project based learning. The author discusses why kids have such a hard time transitioning from school to work. Working with project management and project based learning would give students more real world examples about why learning is important.

A useful article providing some tips on using technology to assist eLearning project management.

I found this to be an interesting article because it's from Kineo. In my first semester in this ILT program, my first group and I presented on Kineo eXe, an eLearning authoring tool. The article talks about the use of MS Project, a timesheet system, a bug database, and a collaborative tool. All of these are needed to manage an eLearning project. There are tools that offer more than one of these options, such as SharePoint as a collaboration tool and bug database, but with a cost. The article lists other options as well and I'd like to investigate the tools listed there more to see if there are free options.

This is a listing of articles on Project Management.

Great information for use in project management

This is a cool trimmed down list of great project management tips. It's broken down into sections including, Five Ways to Avoid Project Disaster.

Good tips on how to problem-solve as a project manager. These seem to be geared more towards corporate settings, but could be adapted for educational settings as well. - Sara Lohndorf

I came across this and looked at it just because it had a unique name, but when I opened it, it is actually helpful. It is a search engine to help you search the topic at hand. There are several links (including a free booklet) on project management.

There is a huge variety of project management applications out there. Most are general purpose apps, not aimed at any one industry. But there are a growing number of project management apps aimed specifically at one industry or another. Applications geared toward creative types are becoming more readily available, and some of the offerings are really quite good.

I love Smashing Magazine. A great resource for anything in digital design! This is a nice article.

Website contains the latest project management articles all in one place from multiple sites. It's pretty neat!

I really like this site! So much to read.... so little time!

teaching children project management through designing a video game. This is something I do now with my students. The video discusses the process of creating and setting up the video game as project managers. How they problem solve issues along with creating the game.

An essential tool in any project management methodology is the risk log or risk register. This provides a means of recording the identified risks, the analysis of their severity and the necessary management actions to be taken.

helpful template for risk assessment

The two things I liked about this site most were the concepts of an RAG status and assigning an early warning sign. I like the RAG status because it gives the risk log a quick visual aspect. You can see right away the amount of risk involved in your project. I like the thought of assigning an early warning sign because it really makes you think out each risk involved in your project. When an early warning sign does occur, you will be aware of the risk much sooner than if you had not thought it through.

This is an online scrum project management tool for teams to manage agile projects. Features interactive task board, free download for up to 5 users, an iphone app that gives portability to your scrum management, live help chat and a resourceful blog. If you are a scrum manager, this tool is worth checking out due to its portability and support features.

This tool seems very helpful. Thank you for sharing it. I really like that it has an iphone app that seems to be a key factor in these newer tools. I think that the live chat and blog is something unique about the tools as well, so thank you for pointing those features out as well.

Great looking tool, and moderately-priced for small businesses. I'd like to learn more about SCRUM! and besides that, it's just a cool term!

The website, by DoIT and UW-Madison, helps walk through each step of the project management cycle/framework.

This is a great tool - especially for our Quality Management Plan! It is well laid out and covers all the Quality Management topics.

I love the step by step instructions, as well as the examples. Really helpful! Thanks for posting :-) - Christine

I understand this class is about project management, but after interviewing our product manager I realized I had misunderstood the difference between the two and how they worked together. Many times though I think both jobs are combined, due to lack of personnel.

Sharepoint is a great project management tool, most especially for eLearning. Our online department utilizes it to manages tasks and build online resources for the department. It's a great place to share files and also comment on those files. It has discussion boards and announcement boards. Users can view files and edit them with versioning.

I agree that SharePoint is a great collaboration tool, although it's nice to have someone around who is an expert with using it. Sometimes it can be a little hard to handle. My favorite thing about SharePoint is that you can set up a workflow where a project manager can approve all document updates and new content before it goes live on the site. The manager can even leave comments to help the person revamp their submission. It's a great cloud-based collaboration and information management tool!

I agree, Melissa - it is a great tool but a bit cumbersome. We have a Sharepoint SME in our office who is working on revamping all of our sites. I am hoping it will make our teams use their sites to their fuller potential. If you have a content management plan, it is fantastic - but it can spiral out of control very quickly!

This site outlines the basics of project management. I especially liked the matrix that compared four commonly used tools in project planning and project management for identifying the strengths and uses of each.

businessballs.com has tons of information on many different topics including project mangement

This site does have a ton of information.. It also provided me with a TQM flashback!