Project Management Knowledgebase

another blog that has all sorts of elearning topics, but also some wrting about project management. I especially enjoyed the post, "Top 10 ways to Annoy a Project Manager".

This looks like a great resource/site. Like you said, there are several interesting looking e-learning topics that are worth checking out. The "Top 10" you mention is a funny, but informative article - i especially liked number 10, which is "Forgetting to thank me when I help you out" :) I also noticed there is a workshop available for this topic, although pricey - if you have the money to burn it could be worth it! Thanks for posting this.

This site is a central resource for people learning and using MS Project. You can access demos, find training, and explore helpful "Tips & Tricks" (e.g., "Make Smart Scheduling Decisions with Task Inspector").

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

This site has 3 prerecorded webinars on Project Management that address the building blocks, practical examples and applying PM principles to your workplace. Although geared toward library application, the PM skills addressed can be adapted and serve as a good refresher, introduction to or continuing education. This site is hosted by the Colorado Dept of Education and the Colorado State Library, which lends reliability to the content. The webinars are FREE and always accessible, and you can download the slides in Powerpoint or as a handout, which is great for note taking.

PMI is a non-profit membership association for the project management profession. Thet are advocates for project management and havecreated globally recognized standards and credentials.

This article has five emotional intelligence skills.

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

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

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

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 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 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 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.

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 is a good article about Risk Analysis