Project Management Blogs & Links

To discover more about project management we suggest visiting these websites.

Blogs, Publications and Magazines

Ron Rosenhead's Project Management Blog 
Why do so many projects fail to deliver on time, to budget and with the right results? Ron Rosenhead supports those engaged in projects to reverse this with tips, suggestions and in some cases downright cajoling!

Scope Crêpe 
Scope Crêpe is for musings and thoughts on Project Management, but covering a wide variety of eclectic PM topics. Based on my 20-year career in PM and a parallel career teaching PMs at the University level, this hodgepodge of holistic hooey will help hone your heuristics and happily handle herds of headaches.

Great Project Management 
The blog of Darren Cockburn and Tristan Chown who have many years experience in project management and aim to provide stuff that you don't necessarily get within a lot of the common training courses and textbooks. Much of their content is provided as podcasts.

Projects@Work 
The magazine of business and technology solutions for project management. Contains plenty of quality articles and a nice review of products for project managers.

Project Manager Today 
Project Manager Today is a UK publication that keeps project managers up to date on project management techniques, tools and methodologies. The publication often includes reviews of the latest project management tools.

Associations

Project Management Institute 
Since its founding in 1969, Project Management Institute (PMI) has grown to be the organisation of choice for project management professionalism. PMI promotes career and professional development, offering certification, networking and community involvement opportunities.

PMI UK Chapter 
PMI's UK branch, founded in 1995, exists to support the goals and objectives of PMI within the United Kingdom.

The Official PRINCE2™ Website 
The official PRINCE2™ website managed and published by APMG in partnership with OGC and TSO in the UK.

Association for Project Management (APM) 
APM is the largest independent professional body of its kind in Europe. Their aim is to develop and promote project management across all sectors of industry and beyond.

Microsoft Project User Group (MPUG) 
MPUG has been the User Group for Microsoft Project for over ten years. MPUG connects project managers around the world, enabling them to collaborate and learn from each other to maximise their project's success. Contains plenty of articles about Microsoft Project.

Consultants and Trainers

ESI International U.K. 
A leading provider of project management and business analysis on-site training, e-training, classroom courses, and assessments. The website has many useful resources including case studies, white papers, articles, podcasts, events, and webinars.

Life Coaching Solutions 
A resource website offering personal and business coaching tools and ideas for use in areas including team building and project management.

Project Performance 
In-house and public training with the very latest project management techniques in risk management, project planning and earned value analysis.

Derek Bell and Associates 
An accredited training organisation for PRINCE2™ courses, specialising in on-site training.

Wise Owl - Project Training 
Providing scheduled or on-site Microsoft Project training in the UK since 1992.

PMProfessional 
PMProfessional have been delivering support to those undertaking projects and programmes since 1985. Support is offered in the form of Project Management training, development frameworks and consultancy.

Spottydog's Project Management Website 
UK based consultancy providing training and project management services. Site includes a beginner's guide to project management.

Software Solutions

Wrike: Project Management Software 
Wrike is an integrated solution that helps you manage projects, people and businesses. By turning email overload into well-organised plans on the Web, Wrike can make your organisation more efficient, transparent and agile.

Open Workbench 
Open Workbench is an open source Windows-based desktop application that provides robust project scheduling and management functionality (similar to Microsoft Project) that is free to download and use.

Visio Stencil and Template for UML 2.0 
UML stencils for Microsoft Visio supporting symbols of the UML 2.0, specified in OMG Revised Final Adopted Specification.

OPM Creator 
Simple on-demand, online project management and collaboration solutions. A 30-day free trial is available.

Vertabase Pro 
Track and manage your projects better. Great features and powerful global reporting in an easy-to-use, web-based project management system.

MindMapper 
MindMapper is an effective and proven tool for visual thinking, organising thoughts and ideas visually, decision making, making presentations, planning, brainstorming, outlining ideas and more.

MindManuals.com 
MindManuals.com offers templates, accessories and resources for Project Managers who use MindManager visualisation software to plan and scope projects.

Business Performance Pty Ltd. 
Project Master is an easy to use automated Microsoft Excel project tracking tool for producing Gantt Charts, Task Lists and Project Reports.

Other Resources

PMP Exam Self Assessment Test 
If you're going for PMP certification try this Self Assessment Test with 75 timed sample questions. Good luck!

Project Management Proverbs 
A large collection of amusing project management sayings that ring all too true.

Software Project Management 
A useful listing of sites well categorised covering articles, methods, quality, risk, software and organisations.

StartWright 
A reference site for the information needs of information technology project managers and support staff.

Planning Planet 
This site uses networking between project planners around the world to create its content, which includes an extensive database of production output rates.

PMConnection 
A collection of information about project, programme and portfolio management as well as MS Project and MS Project Server. Includes a useful events calendar.

Project Management Basics 
This website provides simple information about project management. It doesn't cover specific sectors or systems, but provides a good basis covering the key techniques.