Jerry's
Project Management Toolbox
Books, links, and resources for management
& leadership
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This began in March 1997 to share course information, and evolved into
a Master's degree thesis project. Our current vision is to continue
improving and expanding this site as a service to the project management
community. Comments and contributions
are welcome!
Areas unique to this site:
Student web pages for City University's MS in
Project Management. These include the program guide and
course syllabi, plus other course material and PowerPoint files.
The
Toolbox Bookstores. In association with Amazon.com
Books, you can buy books directly from the pages below with
a guarantee of Amazon's pricing and service. Below are some areas to browse,
please drop me a note with your
own additions, comments, or suggestions!.
Additional Project Management links and resources:
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Bay Area
Deming Users Group. Active group, good speakers. Monthly meeting
notes are available on their web site.
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The Capability Maturity Model,
from Carnegie Mellon's Software Engineering Institute.
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The CMM
applied to managing people: a new application of this tool.
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City University. Headquartered
in Bellevue, WA
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Clemson University's CQI server.
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Deming Electronic Network.
W.E. Deming discussion group, hosted by Clemson University. One can "subscribe"
and get daily discussion via e-mail. This is a great resource, but the
mail volume is large (if your e-mail software won't filter incoming messages,
update to Eudora 3.01 first!).
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Covey Leadership
Center.
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Covey's "7 Habits"
Preview of Stephen Covey's 7 Habits of Highly Effective People (620k
ppt file).
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The Dilbert Zone.
(No comment necessary).
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DocPotter Workplace Training &
Books. Beverly Potter, author of The Way of the Ronin.
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GEMS: Growing Experience in Management
Series. A neat collection of simple management tools and
processes to increase effectiveness in various areas!
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GTW Corporation. Project management
consultants, Project Partner software.
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Kiersey
Temperament Sorter. A quick assesment of your Myers-Briggs personality
type.
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The Learning Organization
discussion group. One can subscribe, but there is also an excellent archive.
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Managing for Results.
National Performance Review web page, great information & links.
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The Project Management Institute (PMI).
From their national office in Upper Darby, PA.
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Puget Sound
Chapter of PMI. Meeting and job information, other links.
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Seattle Area Deming Users
Group. Meets the second Tuesday each month at CityU in Renton (Noon-1:30pm)
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Software Program Managers Network.
A Department of Defense web site with free software and good information.
"The Mission of the Software Program Managers Network is to enable managers
of large-scale, software intensive development or maintenance projects
to more effectively manage and succeed by identifying and conveying to
them management Best Practices, lessons-learned, and direct support".
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Third International Congress
in Quality and Reliability. Paris, France, March 25-26, 1999.
"The congress takes place at the forefront of progress, as it emphasizes
on the latest results of research, and their implementation in Quality
and Reliability fields. It is a prime opportunity for professionals and
academics to share views"
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Tri-Cities/Columbia Basin Chapter
of PMI. Nice web page with other good links...
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The Versatile Company.
Project management and MS Project training & consulting.
Towards better sharing of information! (Software
& tools that help):
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Adobe
Acrobat. Free reader software, for pdf files (click to go there
and read more).
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Eudora Light 3.01
Free e-mail software, very good. (This new version will filter messages).
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Frequently asked questions. Software tips
and other information of interest. Look here for tips on Netscape setup,
and downloading files & information from the web!
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LView
Pro. Neat photo & graphics software - small file size but fast
& powerful.
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PAR 4 (Performance
Assesment and Results). New Navy software package. This is free, and runs
on W95 or W3.1.
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PowerPoint
Viewer & Translator. This will run on Win.3.1 or Win 95, and
will allow you to view PowerPoint files created and saved in Windows versions
2 - 4, Win 95 v 7, or Mac v 3 - 4. This also includes a free translator:
if you now have the full version 4, this will update that to work with
v 7 files.
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PowerPoint
Viewer for Win95. The 32 bit viewer version, for Windows 95 only.
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Risk Radar Database.
A neat risk management tool to help project managers identify, prioritize,
and communicate project risks. (Free add-on for MSAccess, from the Software
Program Managers Network.)
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Word 2 upgrade.
If you're running MSWord 2, this free converter (745k file) will update
it to read Word 6 files. (There is also a free stand-alone Word 6 viewer
available from Microsoft).
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Vensim® PLE v1.62-11.
Ventana Simulation Environment modeling software, including 28 sample models.
This "Personal Learning Edition" is free.
Music while you look?
Prefer Bach?
Please send suggestions or comments to jhines@eskimo.com