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Project Management Resources 

Project management is a field that focuses on ensuring projects come in on time, on budget, and to specifications. In view of the tight state of the economy and the need to eliminate waste, more and more organizations are seeing the need to invest in project management. Fortune Magazine calls it, "Career Number 1."

According to Ayana Nickerson, CompTIA Project+ Program Manager, "Industry research indicates that 74% of all IT projects fail, come in over budget or are overdue. And 28% of projects fail all together. These statistics are alarming, especially in light of the current situation of the global economy. Companies are looking for qualified individuals that have the knowledge to successfully bring in projects on time and under budget".

Interested in Project Management? Here are some useful resources you should consider to help you find your way in this exciting and challenging field:

Project Management Certification

- Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
- CompTIA's Project+ Certification 

Effective project management is becoming one of the most important skills needed in IT today. Here are the two most widely recognized project management certifications used by IT professionals to succeed in this area.
http://www.jidaw.com/certarticles/projectcerts.html

Project Management Training

This project management workshop will assist you to overcome the typical pitfalls of poor project management resulting in not achieving objectives, overspending and late delivery.
The workshop is for Managers who work on small and large projects and anyone who want to update their project management competencies.

This workshop will enable you to master planning tools, management techniques, and people skills that will ensure project success.

http://www.jidaw.com/itsolutions/qkonproject.html

Project+ - combining the technical world and the business world:

An Interview with Ayana Nickerson, Project+ Certification Program Manager for CompTIA (the Computing Technology Industry Association)
http://www.jidaw.com/certarticles/comptiaproject.html

More Project Management Resources

Project Management Institute (PMI)
Project management resources and information including many educational resources.

http://www.pmi.org/

"Web's most extensive free PM library." 
Links practical project management resources.

http://www.4pm.com/

ALLPM.COM
http://www.allpm.com

The International Project Manager's Association
http://www.ipma.com/

The Association for Project Management
http://www.apm.org.uk/

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