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Associations:

Project Management Institute (Home page)

Project Management Institute (Apply for membership)

American Society of Naval Engineers

APICS Downeast Chapter

Maine Business

Maine Chapter of American Society for Quality

Maine Connection

Maine Section, The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc.

Mesda (previously Maine Software Developers Association)

Maine Quality Center

Professional Consultants of Maine

Earned Value:

Earned Value Management Web Site

General :

All of Maine

The Project Management Forum - online forum

Projects@Work - excellent free quarterly magazine; has very good reviews of PM software, leadership and team building program components

pmProfessional - Free online newsletter written by PMPs

Major Milestones - free newsletter from KIDASA, publisher of Milestones project scheduling software

Google Group for Microsoft Project - Google's easy to use from end for Usenet discussion group (aka News Groups).  Help on this feature at Google.

OnTimeOnBuget - free newsletter from the Rigorous Program Management Group .  To subscribe send email to OnTimeOnBudgetPM@aol.com

Information Systems:

The Atlantic Systems Guild

DOD Software Program Managers Network

Free Systems Engineering Management Text

Project Management Consulting:

TSI Systems, Inc.

Utowna, Inc.

Project Management Software Trends Articles:

Welcom - Trends in Project Management Systems

HMS Software - Project Management Articles

Software:

Mind Tools

Directory of Project Management Software - mind boggling list of available PM software

Project Kickstart - a easy to use tool to build a 'point & click' project plan

WBS Chart - an add-in to MS Project

Milestone Simplicity - fast an easy Gannt chart drawing tool

Pathways - free Team Building and Meeting Planning software

IT Estimating - free COCOMO II based estimator

Risk Radar - free risk assessment tool

Control Panel - Analysis reporting

PM Office - example of an Enterprise Project Management system

Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (for Project) - tips & software compatible with Microsoft Project

Quality:

Overview of the Problem Solving Cycle - A start from scratch page.  Part of the The Guide to Managing for Quality focused on health care; a joint effort of Management Sciences for Health and the United Nations Children's Fund

The Sprint Quality Handbook - a more advanced top to bottom problem solving handbook, made available for free from Sprint

iSixSigma - Determine the Root Cause, The 5 Whys (and lots of other cool quality stuff!)

SixSigma IQ- Six Sigma and Process Excellence IQ

Useful links:

The Society of Cost Estimating and Analysis (SCEA) - A Non-Profit Organization dedicated to improving cost estimating and analysis in government and industry and enhancing the professional competence and achievements of its members

Design Build Institute

Earned Value

Maine Chapter Electronic Devices & Computer Societies

One Hundred Rules for NASA Project Managers

Partnering/Value Engineering - Federal General Services Administration.  As they describe:

"Value engineering considers alternative design solutions to optimize the expected cost/worth ratio of construction projects at completion. Value engineering elicits ideas on ways of maintaining or enhancing results while reducing life cycle costs."

PMBOK Guide - PMI's Official Guide

Superlinks

System Engineering Fundamentals - Free PDF file from Defense Systems Management College.  As they describe it:

"Topics include the systems engineering process; system analysis and control; and planning for, organizing, and managing systems. The guide provides a basic, conceptual-level description of SEM as it relates to the development and life cycle management of a system -- including basic concepts, problem-solving, tools to balance the process, and issues integral to the SEM effort."

 

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