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	Knowledge Links Here are some links to places on the internet you may find useful in your Project Management activities. Each link is intended to open a separate browser window on your computer – actual results may vary with your browser. If you have questions or comments, want to recommend a link, or notice bad links, please contact communications@pmicvc.org.
	PMI and Related Organizations The Project Management Institute (PMI) Hampton Roads VA – PMI Chapter Washington DC – PMI Chapter Metrolina NC – PMI Chapter North Carolina – PMI Chapter Baltimore MD – PMI Chapter Delaware Valley – PMI Chapter Central Indiana – PMI Chapter Project Management Education and Training – SIG Project Management Institute Information Systems – SIG Project Management Institute Risk Management – SIG Microsoft Project Users Group – Global (MPUG-Global) Richmond Chapter of the Construction Specifications Institute Students of Project Management - SIG VA Newswire Virginia Chapter of Healthcare Information and Management Systems Society (VA HIMSS) Virginia Chapter of the American Planning Association Back to Top
	Project Management Career and Job Search Sites ComputerJobs.com – Project Management Jobs Carey and Associates – Executive Compensation employment.com – Project Management Jobs Monster – Project Management Search HotJobs – Project Management Search PayScale PMI Career Headquarters Salary Expert Salary.com U.S. Department of Labor Virginia Employment Commission (VEC) Back to Top
	Project Management Process 10th Annual Conference on Lean Construction 4PM – Project Management KnowledgeBase AgileAlliance Articles – Project Management Agile Modeling – Yahoo Group Agile Project Management – Yahoo Group American Society for the Advancement of Project Management, Inc. (ASAPM) Association for Project Management (APM) Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM) Enterprise Consulting – Business Process & Project Management Consulting enterTECH Extreme Programming (XP) Extreme Programming – Yahoo Group Focused Performance Gemba Research LLC (Lean Manufacturing) Guide to the Software Engineering Body of Knowledge (SWEBOK) The Gurteen Knowledge Website – Project Management International Project Management Association (IPMA) The-IT-Resource.com – Software – Project Management Joel on Software – Project Management search K-Logs (Knowledge Management Weblogs) Keane Project Management Services Group (PMSG) Method123® – Project Management Templates NewGrange Center for Project Management Niwot Ridge Consulting NNH Enterprise – Earned Value Website NNH Enterprise – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers PMAlliance, Inc. -- Provides project management consulting, training, and project management office development services The Organizational Project Management Maturity Model Program PM Boulevard The PMFORUM The PMFORUM BLOG PMO To Go PMPGroup, LLC. Principles of Software Project Management – Created and Maintained by John Musser Program Manager – Defense Acquisition University Periodical Project Hanford Lessons Learned Web Site Project Management Discussion Group sponsored by eProject Experts Project Management Partners The Project Management WWW Site The Project Managers HomePage Project Performance Ltd – PRINCE2 Guided Tour PRojects IN Controlled Environments (PRINCE2) Risk Consultancy and Training from David Hillson – Risk Doctor SheepShank LLC Scrum Users – Yahoo Group The Society for Effective Lessons Learned Sharing The Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis Software as a Human Activity Practiced Effectively (SHAPE) Software Engineering Institute (SEI) Software Engineering Body of Knowledge The TenStep Project Management Process Yin Yang (Tai-Chi) The internetpmo.com is the home for the Project SWAT Team. A project management mentoring, planning and recovery consulting company The Project Management Hut - PM Hut has a thousands of Project Management Articles written by authors from all around the world. PM Hut also has an active and daily updated job section, and a section for Project Management Trainer B ack to Top
	Quality and Process Improvement Adams Six Sigma American Society for Quality – Six Sigma CIO.com: Targeting Perfection General Electric – What is Six Sigma? International Society of Six Sigma Professionals (ISSSP) iSixSigma Lean Manufacturing information, Lean Manufacturing Products, Improvement Guides, Implementation Tips and more Lean Manufacturing Information Optimize: Is Six Sigma Falling Short of Expectations? Optimize: Six Sigma Goes Corporate Quality America: The Six Sigma Revolution Six Sigma and Quality Methodologies SixSigmaZone DataNet Quality Systems - WinSPC statistical process control Software Back to Top
	Project Management In Action Theory of Constraints Success Stories Bringing Civil Engineering Projects in Early, On-Budget, and Within-Scope using Critical Chain [Project Management] Back to Top
	Project Management Metrics APT Portfolio Analytics & Optimization The Goal Question Metric Approach – Basili, Caldiera, & Rombach (32KB Adobe PDF) Back to Top
	Project Management Software Artemis International Solutions – ProjectView, TrackView Artifact - Artifact helps companies manage offshore and onshore software development outsourcing engagements by providing an integrated set of project management, application life-cycle, and dashboard tools in a securely hosted, subscription-based service. ASSESS – web based assessment, survey & exam development, and reporting tool Augeo Software – Augeo5™ Basecamp – Web-based & hosted Boson Software – Practice Tests for PMP Certification Business Engine Network: Project and Resource Management ChangePoint – Changepoint for Corporate IT Critical Tools, Inc. – WBS Chart Pro, PERT Chart EXPERT Dekker, Ltd. – Trakker DOVICO Software – Track-IT Suite DOVICO's Links Pages eLabor.com, Inc. – Enterprise Project Groove Networks – Groove Workspace Indigo Technologies Ltd. – TimeTiger Information Technology Group, Inc. – Project Dashboard Informative Graphics Corporation – ProjectWeb InterPlan Systems Inc. – ATC Professional™, eTaskMaker™ Métier – WorkLenz Mindjet – MindManager Microsoft – Office Project Professional 2003 (also see Project Server 2003, Project Standard 2003) PMBOK Project Management Plan template (.mpp) Niku Corporation – Portfolio Manager, Director, Others Niku Corporation – Open Workbench Pacific Edge – Project Office Performance Solutions Tech – ManagePro Planisware – OPX2 PlanView, Inc. – PlanView Primavera – P3 & TeamPlay Project Assistants, Inc. – Enterprise Project Management Solutions Project Desk – DeskShare ProjectExchange, Inc. – ProjectExchange Project InVision International – Project InVision PX Technologies – Wintility Pro (download available) Scitor Corporation – PS Suite Software Network Systemcorp – PMOffice TrioProject - multi-user project management software. Affordable multi-user project management software. Supports PM methods, forms, documents. Tracks programs & projects. Simple to use, easy to learn. ViaNovus – Paragon Program Management System VitalThought: Toolbox for MPM and Bridge WebEx Communications, Inc. – Interactive Web Conferencing William McMillan – CAN-PLAN, MASTER-PLAN, PROJECT-TIME WSG Systems Corp. – Empire Suite WST Corporation – Open Plan, WelcomHome, Cobra Software Advice - an online resource that reviews and compares project management software, much like a consumer reports. In addition to the reviews, the site offers best practices articles to help construction companies with their research MatchWare OpenMind 2 Business Edition is a professional Mind Mapping tool that is optimized for Project Management Back to Top
	Project Management Training: Tools and Process, Exam Prep Australian School of Industry and Service Management Atocrates Project Education and Research web site Boson IT Forums – Project Management Professional Certification The CBT Workshop Central Virginia Chapter Certification Workshop Cheetah Learning CompTIA Project Management Core Capabilities Course Computer Education Services Corporation – Project Management Certifications Heron Bay Group Miller Performance Solutions - offers organizational consulting services and online workshops and tool-kits for businesses and organizations Mindavation Oak Associates PMI College of Performance Management PMIPMP: PMP Preparation Site PMPExamForum – Assist with preparation for PMI's examination for project managers, Yahoo Group PMP Exam Online Self Assessment – 75 Sample Questions PM Train – Project Management and Leadership Training Productivity Point – MS Project and Project Management ProjectCoaches.com Project Management Basics: A tool to deliver projects on time and on budget, when others can not. Project Success Mentors Projecting Success, Inc. RMC Project Management – Tricks of the Trade® Successful Strategies International (SSI), Inc. Tips for passing the PMP certification exam – by George Sifri The Training Registry – THE internet source for training resources Trioform SARL –Affordable multi-user project management software. Supports PM methods, forms, documents. Tracks programs & projects. Velociteach – Better Project Management Watermark Learning – Project Management & Business Analysis Training Woody's Project Watch – MS Project www.pmready.com – Get Ready to be a PMP Project Seminars, Inc. Metrics Specific Interest Group (MetSIG) - membership offers free access to Webinars which earn you PDUs. The organization will even report the PDUs for you! Back to Top
	Project Management Conferences, Seminars, and Symposia Braintrust Annual Knowledge Management Summit – Institute for International Research Metrics and Measures – Institute for International Research Project Management on Tour Streamlining your Business: Taking IT Project Management to the Next Level – ITEC Conference Series Trouble Ahead? Know Your Project Warning Signs – July 16, 2003 – ESI International Back to Top
	Project Management Higher Education Athabasca University – Online MBA in Project Management Colorado State University – Project Management Certification George Washington University – MS in Project Management Keller Graduate School of Management – Master of Project Management Northwestern University – Master of Project Management Stanford – Advanced Project Management University of Maryland – Project Management Program University of Texas at Dallas – Project Management Programs (MS, MBA, online) University of Wisconsin-Platteville – MS in Project Management University of Wisconsin-Madison – Project Management Masters Certificate Western Carolina University – Online Master of Project Management Back to Top
	Papers, Presentations, and Publications The 5 Pitfalls Of Implementing Project And Workflow Management Software – published by Interneer Inc. Agile Project Management – Abstract Archives – Cutter Consortium The Art of Underengineering – by Christian Koehler and Robert Weissbarth (pages 6-7, Adobe PDF) Business Technology Research Center – Project Management Articles & White Papers CFOs Push IT Managers for More Info About Projects – by Thomas Hoffman Characterizing People as Non-Linear, First-Order Components in Software Development – by Alistair Cockburn CMMI and the Balance of Discipline and Agility – by Barry Boehm, USC Did You SEE What I SAID? – by Don R. James (2141KB MS PowerPoint) Earned Value Management – by Mike Skratulia (US Navy workshop presentation, 1892KB) The Effective Leader as a Link Between Tasks and People – by Randall G. Sleeth and Wallace R. Johnston Embracing Uncertainty: The Executive's Challenge – by Phillip G. Clampitt, Robert J. DeKoch, and M. Lee Williams Evaluating Knowledge Worker Productivity: Literature Review – by Beverly E. Thomas and John P. Baron Extreme Programming and Agile Processes – by David Laurance and Dennis Mancl Finance Law May Force IT System Overhauls – by Gary H. Anthes The irrelevance of project management as a professional discipline – by Peter W.G. Morris (Adobe PDF) Iterative and Incremental Development: A Brief History – by Craig Larman and Victor R. Basili (Adobe PDF) Large Area Telescope (LAT) – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) LCLS Conceptual Design Report – Work Breakdown Structure (WBS) Muda, Service, and Flow – a high level summary of lean thinking from Natural Capitalism: Creating the Next Industrial Revolution, by Paul Hawken, Amory Lovins, and L. Hunter Lovins (Adobe PDF) Nimble Project Manager (and other PM articles) – by Donna Fitzgerald (requires free Builder.com membership for complete access) Optimizing Success by Matching Management Style to Project Type PM Thoughts POST-NORMAL SCIENCE – Environmental Policy under Conditions of Complexity Project Management Articles – HRA Consulting, Ltd, Hampshire, Southern England Project Management Graphics (or Gantt Charts) – by Edward Tufte Resonance, Tacoma Narrows bridge failure, and undergraduate physics textbooks – by K. Yusuf Billah and Robert H. Scanlan Risk Doctor Published Papers – by Dr David Hillson and other authors Risk Management (Is Not) for Dummies – by Lt. Col. Steven R. Glazewski TOC Case Study: Harris Semiconductor – AGI - Goldratt Institute The Top 10 Ways Software Projects are Different – by James Bullock Value-Based Software Engineering: A Case Study – by Barry Boehm and Li Guo Huang VA Newswire – Business intelligence for Virginia's business, technology, and venture communities Wicked Problems: Naming the Pain in Organizations Do You Have the Greatest Project Management Ability by Dr. James T. Brown, PMP, President of SEBA® Solutions, Inc. Here's the Beef! Let Project Management Boost the Bottom-Line by Michelle LaBrosse, PMP- Chief Cheetah and Founder, Cheetah Learning Spring Cleaning Your Work and Your Life by Michelle LaBrosse, PMP- Chief Cheetah and Founder, Cheetah Learning Back to Top
	Government and Business Project Management Organizations Crosstalk – The Journal of Defense Software Engineering Dept of Defense – Earned Value Management Web Site FAA – Standard Work Breakdown Structure / WBS Element Definitions Minnesota North Star Office of Technology Statewide Project Management Office NASA Academy of Program and Project Leadership (APPL) NASA Earned Value Management Website NASA Earned Value Management Website – Work Instructions for WBS NASA Lessons Learned Information System (LLIS) New York State Office for Technology – Project Management Office US Defense Acquisition University – Earned Value Mangement Department US Department of Energy Lessons Learned Information Services Home Page Back to Top

	09/5/2008

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