Project Management for Beginners

Project Management is Your Job

Making it Easy is Ours

Project management isn't difficult, but most books and websites would have you believe it is.

Whether you're a new Project Manager, a recent college graduate, or thinking about taking the PMP^� certification exam offered by PMI^�, we're here to help you along the way.

We explain how to manage projects in plain English, because as a beginner, you'll need to learn the basics in everyday language in order to fully understand and comprehend everything.

Why do we target beginners like you? Because when I was just starting out, I took a project management seminar offered by my employer and was the youngest, most inexperienced person in the room. None of the concepts made any sense to me, and I knew that if I couldn't understand it, then lots of people out there couldn't understand it either.

Beginners are the ignored, neglected majority, often too afraid to ask for help and too proud to admit it. Thanks to us, you don't have to live in confusion anymore. We'll break it down for you so that it's very easy to understand, using real-world, everyday examples.

Where should you start? That's up to you. Our articles go in sequential order of the project management lifecycle, but feel free to start anywhere you'd like. Here are the main categories:

When in doubt, search. There's a lot of information to digest here, so make it easy on yourself and so a site search to find exactly what you're looking for.

Let's get started!

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Project Initiation
Project initiation is a lot more involved than it sounds. Here are the key steps to take before your project is officially launched.

Project Requirements
Project requirements form the foundation of project management, as they drive the work that has to be done. We'll show you how to capture and document them properly for your project's success.

Project Scheduling
Project scheduling is needed to organize all the activities and work that need to be done.

Project Budgeting
Project budgeting is perhaps the least enjoyable part of project management. Here's how to manage your budget and keep costs down.

Project Issue Management
The practice of project issue management will comprise the bulk of your day-to-day job duties. We'll help you juggle your project constraints for maximum benefit.

Project Risk Management
Project risk management proves that if something can go wrong, it will. We'll help you plan for risk and learn how to minimize it on your project.

Project Quality Management
Project quality management is so important that most companies have their own quality policy that employees must adhere to. We'll explain quality management principles and how you can use them on your own project.

Project Management Communications
Never have project management communications been so important, and never has it been changing at such a rapid pace. Here's how to communicate effectively with your project team.

Vendor Management
Vendor management is not much different than people management. And in project management, it's all about the people. Here's how to deal with vendors so they don't sabotage your project.

Project Change Management
Project change management may be among the biggest challenges you’ll face on the job as a project manager. Read these articles to help keep your scope changes in check before they get out of control.

Performance Management
Performance management measures the progress you’ve made on your project, based on what was planned, what you’ve done, and what remains. Use these techniques to get your project back on track.

Project Closure
Project closure marks the final step in the project management process. Do this to make sure you end on a high note and move on to your next big project.

Project Management Experts
As young project managers, you'd be well advised to learn from other project management experts.

Project Management Terms
A listing of commonly used project management terms and terminology.

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