UCI Project Management Special Interest Group (UCI-PMSIG)

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Note: April 23rd meeting has been postponed.

Welcome to the UCI project management information page - An information source for people involved in project management or people wanting to learn more about project management at UCI.

Contents

About UCI-PMSIG & How to Join

UCI-PMSIG is a campus group interested in exchanging information and resources related to project management, as well as encouraging communication among the various folks on campus who find themselves managing projects. Started by staff from the Libraries and AdCom, we invite you to join us in developing and sharing effective approaches to managing projects at UCI.

Whether your projects are big or small, technical or non-technical, we're interested in hearing from you.

Join UCI's Project Management mailing list (uci-pmsig@uci.edu). Ask questions or share your project management experiences with others on campus. Open to all staff and faculty.

Getting Started

Education & Training

Resources & Templates

Software Options

Basecamp (http://www.basecamphq.com/)
Common project management features in an easy-to-use collaborative environment. Good choice for those getting started or for those with smaller projects/teams. Free for one project with pay plans for additional projects.
Dot Project (http://www.dotproject.net/)
Open source project management software.
FastTrack Schedule 9 (http://www.aecsoftware.com/products/fasttrack/)
Free demo available. Comes in both Mac and Windows versions. Can exchange data with MS Project. Feature rich, relatively easy-to-use, nice for multiple projects or juggling multiple resources.
Microsoft Project (http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/)
Free trial available available. Products include a Standard and Professional version.

Bibliography & Recommended Reading

Project Management
The Complete Project Management Office Handbook, by Gerard M. Hill
Provides an excellent overview of the Project Management Office(PMO) stages and functions.
Effective Project Management: Traditional, Adaptive, Extreme, by Robert K. Wysocki
Addresses the issues in management of IT projects.
Fundamentals of Technology Project Management, by Colleen Garton and Erika McCulloch
Contains useful project document templates. Provides thorough information on "how" to implement the processes.
The One-Page Project Manager: Communicate and Manage Any Project With a Single Sheet of Paper, by Clark A. Campbell
Shows how to reduce a project into a simple, one page document.
The Project Management Communications Toolkit, by Carl L. Pritchard
Provides hundreds of templates for effective project management communication.
Software
Dynamic Scheduling with Microsoft Office Project 2003: The Book by and for Professionals, by Eric Uyttewaal
Provides best-practices to make the most effective use of Microsoft Project.

Contact Us

Have a question or want more information? Please contact us:

Additionally, you can join UCI's Project Management mailing list (uci-pmsig@uci.edu).