This article contains the answers to some Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) often seen in various newsgroups on the net regarding project management and project management software.
I will use the term "PM" as shorthand for project management throughout this file.
In addition it includes some extra information (such as a glossary) to help those new to the field to understand some of the issues discussed.
My background is in UNIX, and although I have access to PC's, I have little or no interest in PM on PC's. Therefore I rely on others to give me the PC/MSDOS info. This sometimes means that the PC/MSDOS entries are sketchy. If you can fill in any of the gaps (for any parts of this FAQ), then please do so.
The original document used UK English, now I use USA English. Some mixtures remain. Dates are Year/Month/Day.
If you need to mail me with info/queries, please quote the version number of this FAQ, and the site you read it on if you read it on a WWW site. This will allow me to update WWW site maintainers with the latest versions of this FAQ.
This FAQ is now written in SGML and uses the linuxdoc DTD. This enables me to convert to postscript, text and html from the one source. However, I have not finished converting the publications stuff yet, so that is missing for the moment.
The original author was Pete Phillips, pete@smtl.co.uk,
until August 1999.
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The aim of the list is to discuss project management techniques
generally, not just project management software and programes.
The following sites have PM related info.
The WWW PM FORUM is a not-for-profit resource for
information on international project management affairs. The Forum
supports the development, international cooperation,
promotion and support of a professional and world wide
PM discipline.
(David H. Curling curlingd@loday.com)
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chrisv@cam.org,
updated 99/09/05 scot@wilcoxon.org)chrisv@cam.org)rbillows@msn.com
maintains this site
dedicated to
project and program management. It includes Free book chapters from
some of his books, such as
PROJECT & PROGRAM MANAGEMENT by Dick Billows
AT-HOME WORKERS: Converting in-office departments to at-home jobs by
Billows and Gooden
In addition it covers Project Management Discussion Forums, training over the Internet, and a variety of Project Management courses. It also has "The SAGA of the Project from Hell" - the worst project management nightmare you've ever read about and an opportunity to add your war stories to it (disguise the names so we don't get sued)"
sudha@informix.com Sudhakar Ramakrishnan)BDBG3Y0@baplaza.bell-atl.com on 96/04/16).
(from a net posting by bergmap@govonca.gov.on.ca Paul Bergman
to news.newusers.questions on 21/October/1993)
guest",go project"ag384@FreeNet.Carleton.CA (William R. Watt),
Mon, 24 Jan 1994 )
Thanks to Priit Parmakson pp@cc.ttu.ee for picking this up.
There are a number of review files available.
A link will be inserted here shortly.
I need more decent reviews of software. Please contribute to the reviews file by sending email to myself at Scot@Wilcoxon.org.
The latest version of the FAQ, the Review file, the book file and the glossary are all available at http://www.wilcoxon.org/projplan/.
I'm glad you asked me that!
If you have any info or opinions on the FAQ or Reviews file, I'll be glad to add them to this file. Mail them to myself at Scot@Wilcoxon.org.
I can't promise to respond to all the mail I get. I will try to acknowledge all contributions - if I forget to do this, please remind me !