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Project Management
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International Project Management
Association (IPMA)
www.ipma.ch |
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"IPMA is a world leading
non-profit making project management
organisation. IPMA represents 45
national project management
associations on the international
level. IPMA actively promotes
project management to businesses and
organisations around the world. In
order to increase the recognition of
the profession we certify project
managers, award successful project
teams and individuals, and provide a
number of project management
publications. IPMA has spread from
Europe to North and South America,
Asia, Africa and the Middle East,
and the number of nationalities is
steadily growing. Through IPMA
project managers from all cultures
and all parts of the world can
network, share ideas and bring
project management forward
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Association for Project Management (APM)
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"APM is the largest independent
professional body of its kind in
Europe. We have over 16,500
individual and 500 corporate members
throughout the UK and abroad. Our
aim is to develop and promote
project management across all
sectors of industry and beyond. At
the heart of APM is the APM Body of
Knowledge; fifty-two knowledge areas
required to manage any successful
project. We promote the use of the
APM Body of Knowledge through
qualifications, accredited training,
research, publications and events.
APM Members are skilled and
experienced professionals recognized
in the UK and throughout the world
via International Project Management
Association (IPMA); APM is the UK
member of the IPMA." |
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American Society for the Advancement
of Project Management (asapm)www.asapm.org |
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"asapm is a US-based not-for-profit
professional society dedicated to
advancing the project management
discipline. Working with members,
asapm provides the leadership for
professional growth of both members
and the profession. Enhancement of
the profession benefits project
practitioners, their respective
organizations, and the project
management community. asapm is
working at the forefront of the
project management discipline to
push practices, procedures, and
techniques to their best use" |
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Australian Institute of Project Management (AIPM)
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“The Australian Institute of Project
Management (AIPM) is the peak body
for project management in Australia.
Formed in 1976 as the Project
Managers' Forum, AIPM has been
instrumental in progressing the
profession of project management in
Australia over the past 30 years.
AIPM’s role is to improve the
knowledge, skills and competence of
project team members, project
managers and project directors, all
of whom play a key role in the
achievement of business objectives,
not just project objectives. AIPM
also aims to ensure that those
involved at other levels in an
organisation and the community
understand the key role of project
management in today's society.” |
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Global Alliance for Project
Performance Standards
(GAPPS)
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"The Global
Alliance for Project Performance
Standards (GAPPS),
formerly known as the Global
Performance Standards for Project
Management Personnel Initiative, is
a volunteer organisation that
provides a forum for stakeholders
from differing systems, backgrounds,
and operating contexts to work
together to create performance based
frameworks and standards that
address the needs of the global
project management community."
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Global Project Management (GPM)www.globalprojectmanagement.org |
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"The GlobalProjectManagement.org is
a not-for-profit association that
investigates and promotes good
practices for global project
management, through academic studies
and professional workshops. Its
Global Project Management framework
was the basis for the book "Global
Project Management: Communication,
Collaboration and Management across
Borders". The book received the PMI
David I. Cleland Project Management
Literature Award, which recognizes
the best project management
literature published in 2007." |
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The Scrum Alliance
www.scrumalliance.org |
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"The Scrum Alliance is a nonprofit
organization committed to delivering
articles, resources, courses,
and events that will help Scrum
users be successful. The Scrum
Alliance's mission is to promote
increased awareness and
understanding of Scrum, provide
resources to individuals and
organizations using Scrum, and
support the iterative improvement of
the software development
profession." |
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The Agile Alliance
www.agilealliance.org |
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"With thousands of members located
around the globe, the Agile Alliance
is driven by the values and
principles of the "Manifesto
for Agile Software Development"
and the agile approaches to software
development in order to deliver
value to organizations and end
users" |
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Project Management Institute (PMI)
www.pmi.org |
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“For nearly 40 years,
PMI advocated on behalf of project
professionals around the world.
Project Management allows an
individual to speak with one common
language, no matter their industry,
geography, or whether they manage
projects, programs or portfolios.
This common language steers
organizations toward achieving
repeatable, predictable results.
With more than one million members,
credential holders, volunteers and
trained project professionals
worldwide, PMI advocates project,
program and portfolio management can
enhance and accelerate
organizational change - driving
innovation, improving bottom line
performance, and strengthening
competitive advantage.” |
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Freebies |
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CPMM (Cornell Project Management
Methodology)
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Free Project Management Methodology
and Templates from Cornell
University. |
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DoIT |
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Free Project Management Advisor and
Templates from the University of
Wisconsin. |
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DIT - Project Management Methodology
(PMM) |
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Free Project Management Methodology
and Templates from the Department of
Information of Technology -
Michigan.gov. |
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A Project Management Primer
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A free Project Management guide "to
making projects work" (PDF format),
by Nick Jenkins. |
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Project Management for Construction
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Fundamental Concepts for Owners,
Engineers, Architects and Builders,
by Chris Hendrickson from the
Carnegie Mellon University. |
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Learner Paced Project Management
Course |
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Free on line
project management training course
for business and IT people who are
involved in IT projects - by
Mike Harding Roberts. |
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The e-PM Book
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A free e-book about eProject
Management as well as conventional
Program and Project Management, by
Simon Wallace. |
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General Public
License / Open Source / Free Project
Management Software |
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dotProject
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"dotProject is a volunteer supported
Project Management application.
There is no "company" behind this
project, it is managed, maintained,
developed and supported by a
volunteer group and by the users
themselves." |
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ConsultComm |
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"ConsultComm is a small,
lightweight, platform-independent
program written in Java that allows
anyone managing multiple projects,
clients or tasks to effectively keep
track of exactly how long they've
worked on each project. " |
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GanttProject |
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"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."
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TeamSCOPE |
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"TeamSCOPE
is Team Software for Collaborative
Project Environments, a web-based
collaboration tool. The TeamSCOPE
research effort was part of the
INTEnD project.". |
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PHProjekt |
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"PHProjekt is a modular application
for the coordination of group
activities and to share informations
and document via the web." |
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TaskJuggler |
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"TaskJuggler is a modern and
powerful, Open Source project
management tool. Its new approach to
project planing and tracking is more
flexible and superior to the
commonly used Gantt chart editing
tools." |
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phpCollab |
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"phpCollab is an open source
internet-enabled system for use in
projects that require collaboration
over the internet." |
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Hotlinks (reciprocal
links) |
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Michael Greer's Project Management
Resources |
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A
convenient way to get free handouts
and connect to some of Michael's
favorite project management
resources. |
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Dave W Farthing's Software Project
Management |
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Contains advice and links to all
kinds of information about managing
software development projects. |
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Project Agency
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Helping organisations deliver
projects on time and to budget. |
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