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Top 10 Most Downloaded Project Management Resources
Since I launched my first iteration of this PM (project management) Resources website in 1999 (over 14 years ago!), I've been happily sharing free tools, articles, and more to help new project managers become more effective. Recently I examined the statistics and compiled this list of those most frequently downloaded or read. Thanks to all of you who've used these and shared them with your colleagues! And if you're new to this site or new to PM you might want to check these out for yourself. Enjoy!
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1. Ten Steps to Project Success.* This is Project Management Minimalism in a one-page PDF nutshell!
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2. Project "Post Mortem" Review Questions.* This tool includes 35 starter questions (customizable) and instructions for conducting your own Post Mortem. It's useful for evaluating a single project or as the starting point for an organization-wide discussion of this question: "How can we manage our projects more effectively?"
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3. Worksheet: Sample Project Sign-Off Form.* Projects are, by definition, finite. And sign-offs provide tangible proof that some portion of your finite project is (finally!) completed, thus helping to mitigate rework. This sample can be used as a model for developing your own sign-off form for your project phases, deliverables, or project completion.
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4. The PM Minimalist Quick Start Guide* is designed to help you plan and manage your first project using the PM Minimalist approach. This 38 page e-book is available in Kindle, NOOK, and PDF formats. ________________________________
5. Free E-Book: One Simple Thing to Improve Projects or PM (An Anthology)* -- In this e-book anthology, many working project managers & PM experts share their “one simple thing…” that could improve projects and/or project management (PM). Available in Kindle, NOOK, and PDF formats.
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6. Do-It-Yourself PM Certification: How to Document Your Skills & Get the Credibility You’ve Earned without Jumping Through Someone Else’s Hoops* - This extended article (PDF) explores the distinction between competence and certification. It then provides a professionally valid, step-by-step process for documenting your own PM skills and self-certifying. -
7. Video Series: Become a Project Management Minimalist - This series of 8 free online videos is designed to help you apply “just enough” project management (PM) to manage your projects effectively.
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8. What’s Project Portfolio Management (PPM) & Why Should Project Managers Care About It? *- The title says it all!
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9. Too Many Projects? Prioritize Them! * -- A practical guide and sample worksheet to help you prioritize that overloaded list of projects. (See also the related item 8, above.) ________________________________
10. (Video) The Project Management Change Agent: How to Lead Your PM Revolution * (55 minute video includes links to 25-page PDF.) - Are you ready to be the change agent who brings about a PM revolution in your organization. This video can show you how to conduct some “below the radar” guerrilla PM warfare.
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* Update, March 1, 2018: This document has a couple of external links in it that may no longer be valid. Please contact me at pm.minimalist@gmail.com if you can't find what you're looking for.
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2. Project "Post Mortem" Review Questions.* This tool includes 35 starter questions (customizable) and instructions for conducting your own Post Mortem. It's useful for evaluating a single project or as the starting point for an organization-wide discussion of this question: "How can we manage our projects more effectively?"
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3. Worksheet: Sample Project Sign-Off Form.* Projects are, by definition, finite. And sign-offs provide tangible proof that some portion of your finite project is (finally!) completed, thus helping to mitigate rework. This sample can be used as a model for developing your own sign-off form for your project phases, deliverables, or project completion.
4. The PM Minimalist Quick Start Guide* is designed to help you plan and manage your first project using the PM Minimalist approach. This 38 page e-book is available in Kindle, NOOK, and PDF formats. ________________________________
5. Free E-Book: One Simple Thing to Improve Projects or PM (An Anthology)* -- In this e-book anthology, many working project managers & PM experts share their “one simple thing…” that could improve projects and/or project management (PM). Available in Kindle, NOOK, and PDF formats.
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6. Do-It-Yourself PM Certification: How to Document Your Skills & Get the Credibility You’ve Earned without Jumping Through Someone Else’s Hoops* - This extended article (PDF) explores the distinction between competence and certification. It then provides a professionally valid, step-by-step process for documenting your own PM skills and self-certifying. -
- See related article/PDF: Seven Benefits of Local PM Certification -- Why Pursuing Locally-Relevant PM Skills Makes More Sense Than Buying Generic, External PM Certifications*
7. Video Series: Become a Project Management Minimalist - This series of 8 free online videos is designed to help you apply “just enough” project management (PM) to manage your projects effectively.
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8. What’s Project Portfolio Management (PPM) & Why Should Project Managers Care About It? *- The title says it all!
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9. Too Many Projects? Prioritize Them! * -- A practical guide and sample worksheet to help you prioritize that overloaded list of projects. (See also the related item 8, above.) ________________________________
10. (Video) The Project Management Change Agent: How to Lead Your PM Revolution * (55 minute video includes links to 25-page PDF.) - Are you ready to be the change agent who brings about a PM revolution in your organization. This video can show you how to conduct some “below the radar” guerrilla PM warfare.
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* Update, March 1, 2018: This document has a couple of external links in it that may no longer be valid. Please contact me at pm.minimalist@gmail.com if you can't find what you're looking for.
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