Webliography -> Links of Interest
Project Management Organizations
Australian Institute of PM (AIPM)
Description: If you were every curious of what Australia is like for PM, try the Australian Institute of Project Management.
Hampton Group, Inc.
Description: Offers cross functional project managers free articles, templates, and tools.
WBS and PERT Chart Add-ons for MS Project .
Description: Add-on tools that draw the tree view WBS chart, and the time phased PERT chart for you.
- PM Forum's Directory of PM Organizations
- Description: The PMFORUM directory provides international project management organizational contacts and particular organization information. The directory is accessible by country and by topic (special interest group).
- Project Management Institute (PMI®)
- Project Management Institute (PMI®)
- Description: This is the premier organization in the US representing PM interests. It is the certifying body for Project Management Professionals (PMP). Since its founding in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMI®) has grown to be the organization of choice for project management professionalism. With almost 100,000 members worldwide, PMI is the leading nonprofit professional association in the area of Project Management. PMI establishes Project Management standards, provides seminars, educational programs and professional certification that more and more organizations desire for their project leaders.
- American Society for the Advancement of Project Management
- American Society for the Advancement of Project Management
- Description: The American Society for the Advancement of Project Management - ASAPM - is a professional association dedicated to promoting the use of project management as the business solution of choice and supporting member career advancements through increased knowledge and competency.
- Association of Project Management
- Description: The APM is the UK based organization dedicated to advancing the science of Project Management and the professional development of Project Managers and Project Management Specialists. It was formed in 1972 to advance the discipline of Project Management and to promote the professional development of Project Managers in all business areas.
- Center for International Project & Program Management
- Center for International Project & Program Management
- Description: serving, producing, and advancing Project & Quality Management for the Betterment Society
- APICS
- APICS
- Description: APICS?The Educational Society for Resource Management is a not-for-profit international educational organization respected throughout the world for its education and professional certification programs. With more than 70,000 individual and corporate members in 20,000 companies worldwide, APICS is dedicated to using education to improve the business bottom line.
- AFITEP
- AFITEP
- Description: Francophone Association of Project Management. Web site in French. Since 1982 the AFITEP association works with the technicians and Engineers for the development of the Project Management in Europe and procures a certification in Project Management.
Software Project Management Focus
- Software Program Managers Network
- Description: Our mission is to enable managers of large-scale, software-intensive development or maintenance efforts, to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying to them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct support.
- Software Engineering Institute
- Description: The SEI's charter is to address the transition of software engineering technology. Areas of focus include Management Practices, Engineering Practices, and Technology Adoption.
- Gantthead.com
- Description: Gantthead.com is an IT focused web site full of information by, for, and about project managers of IT projects. Lots of downloadable forms, templates, and WBS's for a variety of life cycles.
Contracting and Legal
- DOE PERFORMANCE-BASED CONTRACTING GUIDE
- Description: Critical elements of effective PBC are a well defined and clearly written statement of work with achievable performance standards, a performance requirements summary which sets the performance standard for each measurable service of the contract, defines, where possible, acceptable quality levels, methods of surveillance and percentage of the contract price each service represents to establish; the basis of payment for acceptable and non-acceptable performance and a quality assurance surveillance plan.
- DSMC's Program Manager Tool Kit
- DSMC's Program Manager Tool Kit
- Description: DOD's System Management College document; a graphic summary of acquisition policies and managerial skills required by PMs--including PM rights and responsibilities.
Human Resource and Teamwork Aids
- Consulting Psychologists Press
- Description: This company is the offical publisher (and copyright owner) of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, the most widely used personality inventory in the world, and the most accurate, valid, and reliable measure of psychological type preferences. The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator is based on over 50 years of research, validation and application and should be taken by anyone who wants the most accurate measure of his/her type preferences. International distribution of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, available in Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Romanian, Spanish, and Swedish, can be accessed through CPP Europe, Tel: (44) 1865 404500, Fax: (44) 1865 310368. Contacts in different countries for instruments and company training in the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator include:
- Canada: http://www.psychometrics.com·
- France: (e-mail) porot@compuseerve.com
- India, Bangladesh, Nepal & Sri Lanka: (e-mail) jmojha@del2.vsnl.net.in
- Korea: http://www.kpti.com
- New Zealand: http://www.nzcer.org.nz
- Philippines: Fax: 63-2-896-0972, Tel: 63-2-896-0970·
- Singapore: Fax: 65-733-2252, Tel: 65-732-2252 (distributor of Australian, Chinese, and Bahasa Malay translations of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
- Switzerland: (e-mail) porot@compuserve.com
- U.K. & Ireland: http://www.opp.co.uk (distributor of Anglicized Myers-Briggs Type Indicator)
- Canada: http://www.psychometrics.com·
- Humanmetrics Myers-Briggs Personality Profiler
- Humanmetrics Myers-Briggs Personality Profiler
- Description: This is stripped-down version of the Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI). It's not as accurate as the real one, but is OK for our purposes. When you get to the site, click the free "Take a Test, Jung-Myers-Briggs Typology" in the upper left corner. Forget about all the "mate" stuff. Just click "Do It".
- The Personality Page
- Description: A site offering a preliminary measure of psychological type for a small fee, accompanied by extensive feedback and applications to personal development, relationships, careers, and children. The explanations of type here are the best on the web.
- Keirsey Temperament Sorter
- Description: Myers-Briggs like personality test, based on David Keirsey's popular book "Please Understand Me, II"
Theory of Constraints and Critical Chain Project Scheduling
- Avraham Goldratt Institute (AGI)
- Description: This is the center of the universe for the Theory of Constraints school of thinking.
- Crazy About Constraints
- Description: A web site dedicated to providing resources and information about the Theory of Constraints, the Thinking Processes, Synchronous Manufacturing, and other techniques developed by Dr. Eliyahu Goldratt (author of The Goal).
- Frank Patrick's Focused Performance TOC FAQ
- Frank Patrick's Focused Performance TOC FAQ
- Description: Frank Patrick's web site is dedicated to the Theory of Constraints (TOC) approach to project scheduling and performance improvement. He has put together a good Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) about Critical Chain, and how it compares to the Critical Path Method (CPM).
- ProChain
- Description: Company specializing in Critical Chain consulting and tools. Their ProChain critical chain scheduling tool is an add-on to MS Project98 and 2000. CEO Rob Newbold is the author of a great book on the subject: Project Management in the Fast Lane, Applying the Theory of Constraints, published in 1998.
- Scitor
- Description: Their PM tool, PS8, has a built-in critical chain methodology. Also, their white-paper on CCPM is a pretty good description of how the nuts and bolts of CCPM scheduling work, despite the obvious bias toward their own tool.
Earned Value Analysis and Earned Value Management Systems
- NNH ' Earned Value Website
- Description: The goal of this web site is to address the basic tools of Project Management, including Work Scope Definition, Scheduling, Resource Allocation and Budgeting, Status Monitoring, Management Reporting, Corrective Action, and C/SCS. Application of a Performance Measurement System or the Earned Value Technique is delineated.
Templates, Forms, Tools, and Tips
- Glossary of Common Project Management Terms
- Description: Very useful glossary of PM terms
- List of Software Tools for Project Management
- List of Software Tools for Project Management
- Description: This site tries to list every available tool supporting project management. Most are schedulers or time and accounting tools. But they run the gamut from large scale database enterprise tools to Palm based Personal Information Managers (PIM's).
Project Management Books and Articles
- Project Management Bookstore
- Description: This is a place to find books about Project Management.
- Management Roundtable
- Description: Management Roundtable Web Site The Management Roundtable page has, in addition to their marketing information, articles and interviews on product development topics. The sponsor the Critical Path email newsletter on PM topics.
- Project Management Books
- Project Management Books
- Description: View this web page to review books related to project management. You can read the first 20-30 pages of a chapter free on each book.
Dispersed Team Project Aids
- Web-Based Project Management Software
- Description: This site rates Web-based PM tools for usability, presentation, functionality, originality, user friendliness, and cost effectiveness.
- Instinctive Technology Inc (eRoom).
- Description: eRoom brings together all elements of the team's work such as documents, discussions, voting, milestones, issues, tasks, and communications and gives its members anywhere, anytime access to keep the project alive and on track. eRoom automatically notifies team members of project updates, so staying on top of hot issues is never a problem.
- Framework Technologies (ActiveProject 5.0)
- Framework Technologies (ActiveProject 5.0)
- Description: Framework Technologies develops and markets Web-based project communication software for the extended enterprise. ActiveProject 5.0 enables teams to leverage the Internet to find, present, discuss, review, track, and collaborate on project-related information in real time.
- InventX
- InventX
- Description: InventX was founded in 1997 with the expressed intent to develop the best Web-based Enterprise Project Management tools available in the market. Key factors included creating products that meet the requirements of both management and team level participants. This has been accomplished. InventX's products are functionality rich in both breadth and depth. The products are based upon the
industry's most respected project management and software development frameworks (PMI/SEI). The products are also 100% web-based and written in 100% Pure Java? to maximize accessibility and portability across operating systems.
Risk Management
- Resource for Risk Management - world wide!
- Description: A major site for Risk Management. The site is a library, commercial directory, and other resources.
PMI PMP Exam Prep and PM Education
- PMPrep.com
- Description: Provide PMP Certification Examination preparation tools
- ESI International
- Description: ESI International is a site the provide trianing and consulting for project managemet. The key to this was that if you go through and get a PMP, this site offers course to maintain that.
General Purpose and Other Links
- Michael Greer Project Management Resources
- Description: This site has links to Michael Greer's publications, presentations and other freebies.
- Dr. McNamara's Program Management Library
- Description: This library is a community resource to be shared and contributed to by the public. The overall goal of the library is to provide basic, how-to management information to managers -- particularly those with very limited resources. Items in the library are relevant to both for-profit and nonprofit organizations unless otherwise marked at the top of the item. Loads of great PM links!
- Project Managers Watch Tower (4PM.com)
- Description: A good site to access PM resources and information
- NewGrange Center for Project Management
- Description: A non-profit professional organization whose focus is on a hands-on, practical approach to project management. Sponsors and active email news and discussion service.
- WWW Project Management Forum
- Description: The Project Management Forum is a non profit resource for information on international project management affairs dedicated to development, international cooperation, promotion and support of a professional and world wide project management discipline