Project Management Knowledgebase

This is a web based project management tool that functions similarly to Smartsheet. There are a lot of bells and whistles, and it seems to be priced affordably starting at $20 a month. You can then pick and choose add on features for nominal pricing - choosing what you want and not having to pay for features you may not use. Managers can list milestones, tasks, subtasks, generate Gantt charts and resource charts, communicate using wikis, chats and forums and collaborate with others synchronously or asynchronously. Another neat feature is this cloud hosted technology integrates with Googledocs, Google calendar and gmail. This tool seems intuitive and offers many features worthy of looking into.

This is a fun comprehensible video for new users regarding building and using a Wiki. It shws how it can be utilized

This will help to gain an understanding of educational wiki's and how to use wiki

This is great tutorial befor you begin and or set up an adobe connect sesion as a host.

Exforsys provides free online training in business skills. The module on EI has 11 units ranging from "what is EI" to "business relationship management."

This resources provides beneficial information on the effective stages of project management in a technology-driven world.

This resources discusses bridging the gap between instructional design and project management.

This article describes the stages of project management and instructional design. It outlines and compares the roles of project managers and instructional designers, and discusses how designers need to use a systematic approach.

A short wiki on the definition of project management of instructional design projects.

This article, written by PCub3d, a project management consulting company, for Microsoft, provides a general overview of the importance and structure for communication planning in project management.

Here is a free communication plan template laid out in Microsoft Excel. The template was provided to Microsoft by PCub3d, a project management consulting company.

This article illustrates how successful eLearning project management is directly tied to University culture and processes. I found the "Tactics and Technique" section particularly enlightening. -Duncan McBogg Abstract: Iain Doherty VOL. 24, No. 1, 91 - 106 We outline the project management tactics that we developed in praxis in order to manage elearning projects and show how our tactics were enhanced through implementing project management techniques from a formal project management methodology. Two key factors have contributed to our project management success.

This is the program Dropbox, not to be mistaken for the UCD dropbox. This was a great tool for our team this semester, and I will be using it a lot more for other projects. The tutorial is great because he takes you step by step on his desktop.

This site has rich resources on EI, including articles grouped by category, references, and even some reprints. A good place to look for seminal resources such as Goleman.

Great article on creating a positive environment with employees as people and recources, rather than as worker bees.

This article has five emotional intelligence skills.

As students of project management, we learn how PMI's Project Management Professional Certification (PMP) is the ultimate PM industry certification to obtain (with which I agree). The PMP is a great goal to reach for, however, most students of project management are nowhere close to meeting the eligibility requirements necessary to pursue the PMP. You may or may not know that PMI has another option for entry-level project management professionals called the Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM). The CAPM is appealing because it serves as a much more attainable stepping stone in our quest for the coveted PMP. - Duncan McBogg

This site offers a whole host of tools that are helpful--in addition to other content and guidance. Here is the description from their site: The purpose of the tools and resources feature is to provide assessment instruments and various group process and project management aids that will help Higher Education institutions better manage their most critical technology projects. This Month's Featured Tool Intervention Diagnosis and Planning Tool This management development tool helps the manager discern the type of intervention assistance that is situationally appropriate for their leaders.

Zoho offers a suite of online web applications geared towards increasing your productivity and offering easy collaboration. Zoho's online office tools include a word processor, spreadsheet application, presentation tool, hosted wiki, notebook, CRM, Database software, etc. I have used it for some of the database applications. They also have a Project Management tool. The collaboration tools could also be used by members of a project team to share documents and to work together on projects. Here is an interesting story that I found on their site: http://www.time.com/time/business/article/0,8599,1855616,00.html.

This is a great resource that ties instructional design the the Agile project management methodology. I found the pages on "Selecting the Course Format" (http://www.intulogy.com/addie/course-format.html) and "The Course Development Process" (http://www.intulogy.com/addie/develop-materials.html) very interesting. There's a lot of great information here, but not really one place to see all of what is contained herein--like a table of contents. So, set some time aside and enjoy perusing!