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5. Training & Miscellany

5.1 Which companies provide training in Project Management in the UK ?

Most companies mentioned below provide training in Software Project Management OR Project Management using S/W tools.

5.2 Which companies provide training in Project Management in the USA ?

Miscellany

Virtual Experience Corporation (VEC), announces the release of VX-1 Basic Software Project Management simulator, an interactive simulation-based training environment for software developers (February 1997). Priced at $350., VX-1 provides users with an environment to safely, effectively, and comprehensively learn software project management concepts and skills. For more information Dr. Bernard W. Jordan, Jr., Virtual Experience Corporation, 3344 Prospect Street N.W., Washington, D.C. at (202) 338-4913, Fax (202) 338-4915, via e-mail at buckjordan@aol.com, or through the World Wide Web at http://www.vx1.com.

Softstar Systems develops and markets Costar, a software cost estimation tool. Phone: (603) 672-0987 Web: http://www.SoftstarSystems.com Address: 28 Ponemah Road, Amherst, NH 03031 USA Email: info@SoftstarSystems.com

Platforms: Costar runs on DOS, and (soon) Win 3.1 and Win 95. price $950 for a single copy, $5,000 for a Site License, $23,000 for a Corporate License

Costar is a COCOMO-based software cost estimation tool. Costar supports traditional COCOMO, Ada COCOMO, Incremental COCOMO, and (soon) COCOMO II.

journyx Webtime provides web-based time and attendance tracking on Linux, AIX, FreeBSD, and soon on Solaris. Prices are $1000 for each server installation plus $25 per user. Data is at http://journyx.com/products.html

5.3 What do all these weird PM terms mean ?

Dave Wagner dave@nis.com, at National Information Systems, Inc. has kindly provided a rather complete project management glossary.

As it is about 25 Kb, it is not kept as part of the FAQ, but rather is available from the mail server (see above for the mail servers address and instructions on usage).

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I believe the glossary refers to some NIS products (eg: under "Late Finish" it says "this is done by selecting ANALYZE & PROCESS REPORTS from the Reports pull-down menu") but this does not, in my opinion, detract from the usefulness of the list.

5.4 What Books/References are available ?

The following list of books/references is presently small - I am sure that there are a lot more available - I just don't know about them. If you can contribute to this section, please do.

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In addition, I have been sent a _huge_ book list from Kurt Aerenlund Pedersen kup@hdc.hha.dk, which is available froom the mail server and via ftp

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5.5 What other information is available ?

Magazines

Software Engineering Files

The software engineering news groups (eg: comp.software-eng) have an interest in the PM field, and some files which may be of interest are archived in ftp://ftp.qucis.queensu.ca/pub/software-eng 

      pdcase        7 Jul 1992 Public-domain CASE tools
      petri         7 Jul 1992 Petri net tools
      pmtools       7 Jul 1992 Project management and design tools
      productivity 18 Sep 1991 Feature point productivity for several countries

Also, some software engineering terms on http://dxsting.cern.ch/sting/sting.html

(Thanks to Mike Sendall sendall@dxpt01.cern.ch)

Razor

Razor is problem tracking system (with integrated file version control) from 

      Tower Concepts, Inc           
      103 Sylvan Way               
      New Hartford, NY 13413
      (315) 724-3540
      sales@tower.com
Further info, copies of their manual, and even their software releases are available via anon ftp from ftp://ftp.tower.com/pub/tower as well as more information from their web site http://www.tower.com

Tom Sawyer Software

Tom Sawyer Software is a producer of portable graph layout libraries that can be licensed by various project management companies to produce drawings of nested outline PERT project schedules and time scale PERT project schedules.

With standard components such as ours, the user interface of various project management programs could be greatly improved.
For ordering and price information, please contact : 
    Tom Sawyer Software     phone: 510.848.0853
    1824B Fourth Street     fax: 510.848.0854
    Berkeley, CA 94710      e-mail: info@TomSawyer.COM
(Brendan P. Madden" bmadden@tomsawyer.com)

Software Technology Support Center

Jeffrey A Lewis lewis.jeffrey@smumc.mcclellan.af.mil writes as follows:

Two valuable resources in the project management domain are the Software Technology Support Center (STSC) at Hill Air Force Base in Odgen, Utah, and the Software Program Manager's Network, managed by the US Navy.

The STSC maintains Gopher, ftp, and Telnet sites at Hill AFB. I only know of the Gopher site. You can reach it at gopher://stscbbs.hill.af.mil

Some of the handy info there includes: information on how to contact the Software Program Manager's Network, as well as a very well written software project management tools report (in the folder Software Technology Reports from the STSC).

Additionally, the STSC sponsors the annual Software Technology Conference each April in Salt Lake City, Utah. Each conference in the past has included tracks on software project management.

5.6 What groups/organisations exist for project managers ?

In Europe, "Internet", the International Association of Project Management. UK address: 

        The Association of Project Managers,
        85 Oxford Road,
        High Wycombe,
        Buckinghamshire,
        HP11 2DX.
(Submitted by William R. Watt ag384@freenet.carleton.ca).

In the USA "The Project Management Institute". Both have membership world wide. The PMI holds certification examinations. 

        For change of address/subscription/membership inquiries

        Project Management Institute
        130 South State Road
        Upper Darby, PA 19083
        (610) 734-3330
        Fax (610) 734-3266 or 3270
Information submitted by kup@hdc.hha.dk, JimS@cybernetics.net, and DenysM@aol.com. For editorial/advertising queries and reprint/bulk copy/permission requests: 
        PMI Communications Office
        
      Postal

        P.O. Box 189
        Webster, NC 28788

      Shipping (UPS, etc.)

        200 Ed Norton Road
        Cullhowhee, NC 28723
        (704) 293-9711
        Fax (704) 293-9801
Information submitted by Ken Glade 71546.66@compuserve.com and JimS@cybernetics.net.

Randall Raemon <0005650778@mcimail.com> writes:

I called them about a week ago, asking for a membership information kit. The kit came in the mail today, which gives the address and phone.

They publish "The Project Management Journal" 4 times a year, and have a magazine "PM NETwork" published 12 times a year. A one year membership is (all US$) $90.00, with a $10.00 application fee for new members. Local chapters have fees also, with $20.00 being the typical amount. Apparently you can join without being a member of a local chapter. Overseas air mail is $45.00 for mailings outside the US and Canada.

There is a certification exam for people wanting the Project Management Professional (PMP) designation. Examinations are held quarterly at various locations. Contact PMI for details.

No mention is made of any BBS access (though I have heard rumors that a BBS exists), nor is any mention made of an email address. I would expect any details to be given in their magazine."

Robert Monaghan rmonagha@sun.cis.smu.edu on Mon, 15 May 1995 writes:

They have a regular rate (circa $150) and a student rate membership ($20)....

There now appears to be Web page as well (thanks to John B. Ennis JBE@dean.med.ufl.edu. http://www.pmi.org/

Also, in Holland: 

        PMI
        Buitenplaats 135
        8212 Ae Lelystad
        Holland
        tel . 31-3200-22464
        fax. 31-3200-80434

Thanks to Erwin Traas etraas@te.xs4all.nl for information on a www site for project management information: 

        <htmlurl url="http://www.oslonett.no/org/int/"
        name="http://www.oslonett.no/org/int/">
The organisation is called IPMA (INTERNATIONAL Project Managment Association). Email adress of the newsletter editor is: Cris_Seabury@qmail.newbridge.com.
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