Project Management Blogs I Love
September 27, 2007
My PM Resources list here at Raven's Brain is growing a little stale and, let's face it, Windows Live spaces isn't the best at organizing blog rolls or lists of info. Good blogs come and go, great bloggers move on to new and exciting opportunities (Blaine... Read more...
Some Good Requirements Management Articles
September 21, 2007
I've been saving some articles on managing requirements and now there are too many to write up! I'm not one to complain about an over abundance of information, especially on such an important technology project management topic as Requirements. Dreaded... Read more...
Blog Book Tour: Interview With Author Curt Finch On His New Book
September 18, 2007
I recently did a review of Curt Finch's new book on time tracking: All Your Money Won't Another Minute Buy. Curt is not only a time tracking guru and author, he's also the CEO of Journyx Inc. - a company that develops time tracking software and related... Read more...
Check out SdB+PM Forum for Senior PMs LinkedIn
September 18, 2007
The SdB+PM Forum asks "Are you a senior project manager? And a member of LinkedIn?". If you answered yes, you might want to check out the PM focused forum. In order to register you must 1). Be a Senior Project Manager (and provide an explanation... Read more...
Free Web Seminar On Requirements Management
September 18, 2007
The current Sticky Minds newsletter has a reference to a Free Web Seminar On Requirements Management. I checked it out and decided to register, since requirements management is a critical part of a PM's job. The seminar is hosted by HP and is an hour... Read more...
Time Tracking Book Review: All Your Money Won’t Another Minute Buy
September 5, 2007
I had the pleasure of reading an advanced copy of Journyx CEO Curt Finch's new book, All Your Money Won't Another Minute Buy, which starts out with a great quote from Peter F. Drucker: "Time is the scarcest resource and unless it is managed,... Read more...
Free Tools: Project Management Guidebook, Templates, Articles
August 31, 2007
Method 123 is offering several good tools for project managers free of charge. I know the internet is overloaded with free templates, newsletters, ebooks and articles, but these resources from Method 123 are solid, professional and very useful: Free... Read more...
Free eBook: A Project Management Primer (PDF)
August 23, 2007
I came across a free eBook (PDF) for Project Managers: A Project Management Primer, or "A guide to making projects work v2.0". It was written by Nick Jenkins in 2006 and is a comprehensive read at 43 pages. The book covers basic project... Read more...
Project Management Insights: Lessons in project quality
August 22, 2007
Tanmay from The Software Quality and Management Insights Blog points us to some excellent information on project quality. In a post titled Lessons in project quality Tanmay references a CIO article on quality and briefly discusses 6 of the lessons. Here... Read more...
Free Project Management Tools: Replace Microsoft Project with OpenProj or similar tools
August 16, 2007
lifehacker has a post on a free project management tool that they claim is "simple enough for students and small businesses and advanced enough for major corporations." In Replace Microsoft Project with OpenProj you get a brief overview of... Read more...