Project Management Tip Sheets
Table of Contents

• NEW: Review - Project Insight
  An on-line PM aplication with ease of use and a growth path.
   
• Measuring a Project's Progress
  1. Project Phases
  2. Intermediate Deliverables
   
• Recession-Proofing Projects
  1. Criteria that influence priorities
  2. Reestablishing project priorities
  3. Evaluating options
   
• Three tips on how to separate projects from non-projects.
  1. Avoid confusion between "projects" and other concepts
  2. Comparing project and operations management
  3. "Start-stop" and "pet" projects
   
• Four tips on how to create strong project titles.
  1. Adjectives help create a project title
  2. Avoiding over-sized project titles
  3. Avoiding project titles that are playful or coy
  4. Generally, project titles contain four to six words
   
• How to build a project inventory.
  1. Project titles and identification numbers
  2. Project duration, status, leadership
  3. Using the Project Inventory
   
• Prioritizing multiple projects: a case study with examples.
   
• Eight steps to develop a schedule for any project.
  1. Tasks    2. Dependencies   3. Phases    4. Subtasks 
  5. Milestones   6. Iterative tasks  7. On-going tasks
  8. Emergency Tasks
   
• Grouping similar projects.
  1. Provide focus
  2. Streamline management
  3. Support standards  
   
• Projects on the fast-track.
  1. Trust: the first rule of fast-track projects
  2. Trading cost for time
  3. Compressing time out of project schedules
  4. Using gateways to focus cross-functional teams
   
• Nonprofits and Project Management
   
• Government (public sector) and Project Management
   
• PM software downloads and links
  1. Gantt charts in Excel
  2. Project KickStart 30-day trial, scheduling tutorials
  3. Outlook PM tools
  4. MS Project templates and blog
   

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• What Is Project Management (video)
• Guide to Online Project Management Applications
• Gateways Help to Maintain Project Progress
• Earned Value Management and Project Tracking
• Getting the Most from PM Training
• Project Description, Goal Statement and Benefits Lists
• Project Gateways: Coordinating Various Project Groups
• Project management for large (capital) projects.

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Project Management Tip Sheets

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