Project Management

“Good project management is the art of making problems so interesting and their solutions so constructive that everyone wants to get to work and deal with them”                             Paul Hawken

All projects have a beginning, a middle and an end. The job of the project manager is to make sure that each of these phases follows the previous one smoothly and delivers the expected result. However, project management is not the domain of one project manager alone. It generally involves the coordinated efforts of several people to ensure that their particular parts of the project are successfully performed. This makes project management quite distinct from operational management, which tends to be characterized by activities that are ongoing and repetitive.

To learn a little more, read ReadytoManage author Anne Sandberg's recent article on Secrets to Success in Project Management which you may find of interest.

We also have a sample report from of one of our newest tools, the Project Management Profile, available to preview below.   Or browse the listing below of Project Management products to help you continue to explore this topic. You'll find books, assessments, games, workshop kits and more.

Samples of Project Management Tools

Our newest Project Management resource is the Online Project Management Effectiveness Profile from our Profiles-R-Us line of Competency Profiles. The online instrument looks at 8 competencies important for project management success.  The online profile features a customized "report of results" for all participants with coaching suggestions for each competency.  

Click here to download a sample report and see how taking a Project Management Effectiveness Profile today can put you on the road to improving your skills in this important area today.