Project Management Knowledgebase

A great overview of Conflict Styles as well as an interpretive guide to Conflict Style Inventories such as the TKI and Kraybill (Style Matters).

This is a tool that I wanted to share because I know in ILT a lot of people tout using Adobe Captivate for various projects. I recently came across Active Presenter, which has a no-time-limit free version that does all of the basic features of Captivate, most notably screen capturing. One of the obstacles I run into with project management is having everyone on a project team understand how to use various resources. If you have an SME who would be willing to make a quick screen capture of how to use a tool and record it using this program, it will save a lot of time getting everyone on the same page.

Time saver and better screen capturing than Captivate? I must try it!

This site has a lot of great media resources. It includes two podcasts (a PM 101 for beginners and a more advanced one) which both have multiple casts. It also includes Google Hangouts that the host has put together, which speak to many topics related to Project Management. The Hangout pages include videos of the sessions, and suggested websites and books that came up during the videos. This is a great way to listen to experienced PMs and benefit from their list of recommended resources. An added bonus is that the site itself recommends related content and postings at the bottoms of pages, so you can easily browse around for information that interests you.

This is a pretty neat concept. Have you used it much? I would be interested in hearing some first hand feedback - but maybe I'll check it out and then we can discuss further!

Melissa, thanks for sharing I like the approach to search for resources that suits your specific needs.

I was researching information on writing an effective business case when I came across this blog. It's written by a practicing PM, which makes it interesting to me because I'm not officially a PM. The author's posts cover a variety of topics that are informative and interesting, and she gives a lot of helpful tips about project management. I especially like how she tags her articles and gives them simple titles, which makes it easy to skim over the pages and find something that piques your interest. Also, the articles are a good length for quick information-gathering.

OneNote is a great product from Microsoft, and it's basically a digital series of binders that you can create and customize. You can create and label binders, sections, and individual pages. You can add notes, checklists, links to web pages, embed documents...almost anything you find can be placed there. The two most beneficial features: everything you put there can be made searchable, and your binders are sharable via SkyDrive (Microsoft's cloud) and by emailed link. A project manager could use this for anything from their own simple notes to an official file of collaborative information about a project! View a demo at http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/onenote-help/demo-what-is-onenote-HA010168634.aspx.

I use OneNote all the time and wonder how I managed without it! I tried Evernote, but the bugs finally drove me away and then I discovered OneNote. I don't know why Microsoft doesn't promote it better... it's a great tool!

I am also a big fan of OneNote. I use it a lot to share information with other teachers.

If you want a way to make the most beautiful Gantt charts you've ever seen... use Smart sheet. It's not free, but there is a free trial. I wanted to make a one page Gantt chart, that was vertical rather than horizontal, and I didn't want to pay money or download open project, and smart sheet came to the rescue. It does have more features, like assigning tasks to your team members... but I really only used it to make the Gantt chart of my dreams.

This review published in the American Journal of Pharmaceutical Education examines "examines the foundations of the definitions of emotional intelligence as well as existing educational research involving emotional intelligence, both within the health professions and externally." What I found most helpful was the Summary of Emotional Intelligence Research Trials.

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

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

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.

Access more than 30 articles that help you become a highly effective leader.

Helpful information and good tips to put into practice.

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

B Busco/ Photographer's Choice/ Getty Images A successful Project Manager must effectively manage the resources assigned to the project. This includes the labor hours of the designers, the builders, the testers and the inspectors on the project team. It also include managing any labor subcontracts. However, managing project resources frequently involves more than people management.

Continuation of the Project Management 101 - Part 1 link, that includes more in depth topics and additional related links.

EQ for Education What if every child was fluent in the language of emotions, able to make careful choices, and committed to making a better world? How? Six Seconds' Center for Social Emotional Learning. Go shopping Check out The EQ Store with an amazing catalog of books, games, curriculum, training modules, and more -- for business, education, and everyone.

Interesting articles and a way to connect with others in the world of change.

This guest post was provided by Ryan Sauer who contributes in areas of project management certification for the University Alliance, a division of Bisk Education, Inc. He actively writes to help professionals succeed in preparing for their PMP training online. Have you ever experienced the following range of emotions throughout the lifecycle of a project?

Good information. Very practical and often times forgotten.

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.

Managing e-Learning Projects is extremely important for successful e-Learning course design. This article is the third in a series about e-Learning Project Management. Check it out and learn about the Stages of Effective eLearning Project Management and Skill Set Required for Managing eLearning Projects.

Great and helpful information on managing e-learning projects.

tool kits for teachers takes secondary school students and prepares them for college and career readiness. Through framework the students are taken through the initiation, planning and execution phase of the project.Students are given downloads and directions on how to complete each phase of the plan.

step by step project management through the eyes of a young girl. Kids have a hard time finding relevance in school and what they study. This resource walks the reader through the steps of creating the ultimate tree house, which the child wanted to build. For young girls especially it teaches them that they can do the same thing boys do.