Project Management Knowledgebase

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 site provides a nice, concise view of the project management process as well as a number of tools.

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.

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.

This is a resource for students which describe different topics in project management. The resource discusses different methodologies and covers many areas of within PM to include scope management, cost management, communications management, etc.

This is a video from the EDUCAUSE 2011 Conference where Loyola University presented its modification to Project Risk -- a game where your team competes against others to complete a project. It' an interesting resource about using game learning to teach PM. You can learn more about it at http://www.successfulprojects.com/Store/ProjectRiskBoardGame/tabid/68/Default.aspx.

This is an open source project management tool which is comparable to Microsoft Project. It's a desktop application and it generates different charts such as Gantt chart, WBS, and networking. It also generates reports.

In an earlier post I called kaizen a numbers game. I've often been asked to explain that. Some people have the notion that we only want the really good ideas or improvements. The little ones are just not that important. This view is particularly prominent in the project setting.

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

In this article, Preetam Kaushik explains what Kaizen is and how it is used in project management. It is an introduction to Kaizen - a philosophy developed by engineers while manufacturing cars at Toyota. It basically involves continuous improvements in all stages of any process with every small improvement making its own contribution to the final process.

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...

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

A blog created by PMAlliance, Inc- a project management and consultation company - to showcase the latest project management news, training tips and techniques.

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.

A another way to look at project management

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.

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