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AceProject offers a collection of features pulling from the best of professional project management applications, such as Microsoft Project. Some of the features include storing and sharing documents online, using your interactive Gantt Charts to visually track projects & tasks progress, viewing deadlines & task dependencies. AceProject offers a basic account that is free: http://www.aceproject.com/signup/.

This article is second in a series about eLearning and Project Management, and I chose to post this because it really points out the similarities between IDs and PMs while really emphasizing the role of the ID.

A successful Project Manager must simultaneously manage the four basic elements of a project: resources, time, money, and most importantly, scope. All these elements are interrelated. Each must be managed effectively. All must be managed together if the project, and the project manager, is to be a success.

Basic Project management information with links to related topics

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.

This site uses a model based on three categories that define project management competencies. The categories have numerous sub-categories; this is a very detailed, almost to the point of confusion, visual model. Nonetheless, it breaks down every facet of project management that I can think of.

This is a great free tool for sharing documents (especially large documents that are too big to email).

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.

Celoxis is a web based project management system, ideal for small teams and small projects to large multimillion dollar enterprise projects. SaaS or on-premise options.

This is a great free tool for virtually meeting with stakeholders face-to-face. You can talk, screen-share, and document-share.