Project Management Blogs & Links

To discover more about project and programme management we suggest visiting these popular websites and blogs.

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 with tips, suggestions and in some cases downright cajoling!

Aotea Studios 
Excellent blog from Aotea Studios with free posters and articles for business analysts and project managers.

Kareem's Blog 
Kareem is a PMP certified project manager with 10+ years of experience in working and managing challenging IT projects. He uses his blog to write about portfolio, programme and project management, leadership, soft skills, people management and anything else he sees worthwhile to write about.

ESI's PMO Blog 
ESI's PMO blog serves as a valuable resource for anyone working or interested in the Project Management Office (PMO) Community. Features: Weekly articles posted by PMO Experts, views on the latest PMO industry developments and debates, plus free related resources to further PMO development.

Raven's Brain 
Raven Young's blog with her latest thoughts on all things project management, as well as other business centric topics such as leadership, professional development, personal growth, communication essentials, trust and more.

Expiriance Project Management Blog 
Monthly posts about the project management world. Opinions, experiences, best practices, processes, tools and of course visitor feedback are all part of this blog.

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.

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 UK 
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.

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

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

GanttProject 
GanttProject is a cross-platform desktop tool for project scheduling and management. It runs on Windows, Linux and MacOSX, it is free and its code is opensource. Includes the ability to import and export Microsoft Project files.

Genius Project 
Genius Project is a Project Portfolio Management solution that incorporates a best practices approach in document management. It helps project management practitioners in their ability to work better with the project documents they interface with on a daily basis.

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.

Visio Stencil and Template for UML 2.2 
UML stencils for Microsoft Visio supporting all symbols of the UML 2.2, specified in OMG UML Superstructure Specification, formal/2009-02-02, as well as all previous versions.

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.

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.