Project Management Resources

It makes a great career move toward project management path.  Project managers earn more, and their jobs are more secure. While many technical jobs such as programming are moving to offshore, project management jobs are more likely to stay.  Since today's business environment is more mixed with technology and management, you need to obtain basic project management skills whether or not you consider project management as a definite career path.  The following online resources  provide expertise insights that should help you gain knowledge in project management.

Project Management Institute (PIM) (http://www.pmi.org/)

Project Management Institute website. includes the PMBOK (Body of Knowledge), information on PM certification, and numerous articles and information regarding project management.

All PM (http://www.allpm.com/)

The project managers homepage.  White papers, forums, templates, articles, etc. related to  project management.

ProjectConnections (http://www.projectconnections.com/)

Comprehensive knowledge and information about project management. Good resources provided in the links page.

PM Forum (http://www.pmforum.org/)

provide a global source of educational and useful project management news and information, and to promote the usage and spread of professional project management practices and applications.

PMFORUM™

TenStep (http://www.tenstep.com/)

TenStep specializes in business methodology development, training and consulting with  focus in project management, PMO's, portfolio management, the project lifecycle and application support.  This website features ten step project management process. Free PM templates available.
4PM.COM -(http://www.4pm.com/)

A broad range of resources for project managers, including PM training, books, free tools, templates, and articles. Very good PM knowledge base.

PM World Today (http://www.pmworldtoday.net/)

PM World Today is the world's leading online global project management (PM) eJournal, containing articles and news related to professional project management.

American Academy of Project Management
(http://www.projectmanagementcertification.org/)

The AAPM  is a Global Graduate Board of Standards offering graduate credentials to Project Managers.

Gantt Gead (http://www.gantthead.com/)

This site provides help to project managers in a number of ways. It is a community, your community, for IT project managers.  A lot of articles, downloads, podcasts, whitepapers, discussions/blogs, PM techniques wiki .

StartWright (http://www.startwright.com/)

StartWright is the leading reference site for the information needs of information technology project managers and support staff traveling to, starting up, and working on remote, dispersed or virtual projects.

Software Engineering Institute (http://www.sei.cmu.edu/)

Software Engineering Institute - Carnegie Mellon – Site includes a lot of process improvement material, for example the Capability Maturity Model® Integration (CMMI), a process improvement approach that provides organizations with the essential elements of effective processes; and risk management.

International Institute of Business Analysis (http://www.theiiba.org/)

The IIBA is the independent non-profit professional association serving the growing field of Business Analysis, including requirements management, systems analysis, business analysis, requirements analysis, project management, and consulting. The site includes a BABOK (Business Analysis Body of Knowledge) similar in structure to the PMBOK.

Academy of Program / Project and Engineering Leadership (APPEL)
- http://www.nasa.gov/offices/oce/appel/home/index.html

NASA APPEL contributes to NASA’s mission by promoting individual and team excellence in program/project management and engineering through the application of learning strategies, methods, models, and tools.