Project Management Knowledgebase

If you're new here, you may want to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for visiting! aizen is the engine of competitiveness in the Toyota Production System. It can have the same effect on the how we do our projects. Literature is thin on the topic.

Building Relationships in Project Management Get the PDF Version By Michael L Young

Make sure your team-building event has a purpose. You've probably been involved in a team-building exercise at some point. Perhaps it was a weekend retreat, or an afternoon at the climbing gym learning to rely on one another, or a day on the golf course getting to know everyone.

This is a list of PM related resources on the EDUCAUSE website. EDUCAUSE is non-profit that serves higher education and IT. This resource contains podcasts, publications, and blogs.

Mindjet Connect a free online tool for managing projects. It's integrated with Google and fairly intuitive. You can manage multiple projects with others who may or may not crossover on different projects.

A another way to look at project management

online project management software; provides support for academic leaders managing and co-ordinating large and complex academic projects.

The product owner is supposed to represent the voice of the customer. What is the voice of the customer exactly? It's a deeper understand of customer language and requirements...and there are even metrics! This article describes the qualities of a good set of "voice of the customer" metrics.

MS project is pretty much the standard for PM; however, it pricey and takes some getting use to operate. There are other alternatives i.e. OpenProj .14.

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

Just found it interesting; has much of what we covered and templates

warning signs: - Multiple versions of templates, forms - Different procedures but no one is sure which one to use - Procedures that are unnecessary or seem superfluous and the list goes on...

A free online project management training course with mini-lessons, PM cartoons and humor, monthly articles written by managers, practical tips, and glossary of project manager terms.

This looks like a good resource for new PMs!

This looks fantastic. I think project management is one of those things that you don't know you need until you realize you really do need it. Then, you can't live without it. Thanks for posting!

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Easy, professional online project management software with integrated features for scheduling, collaboration, time tracking, analytics and reporting. Mobile apps available.

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!

The GoToMeeting platform can be used for meetings for groups in which all teammates are not in the same location.

I have used GoToWebinar and I loved it. It is easy to use and professional looking. I am curious to try GoToMeeting and GoToTraining.

It is interesting to me that so many people like GoToMeeting/Webinar/Training. I've had mixed experiences with it. It lacks some of the functionality of other tools like Adobe Connect (chat features vary depending on which version you have, playing videos is very problematic, relies on screen sharing to share documents and do presentations). We do a lot of webinars, many with very large audiences (300-1000 people). While this is fine for meetings and daily business. I don't recommend this for large groups., It also isn't good if you want to have a virtual room when you can leave your documents, notes etc.

yEd is a powerful desktop application that can be used to quickly and effectively generate high-quality diagrams. Create diagrams manually, or import your external data for analysis. Our automatic layout algorithms arrange even large data sets with just the press of a button. Great for making those WBSs and free to boot