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As you move ahead in your career, you are likely to face more complex and difficult challenges.

Some of these will involve the coordination of many different people, the completion of many tasks in a precise sequence, and the expenditure of a great deal of time and money.

Whether you succeed or fail with these projects depends on how good you are at project management.

This section of Mind Tools teaches more than 50 individual project management skills. Start with our quiz, which helps you assess your current skills levels. Then explore the key areas of project management, learn how to schedule projects, and find out how to manage change so that your projects are accepted and embraced by the people they affect.

The Browse by Category box below will help you target specific project management skills areas, while you can look through the full list of tools to find interesting topics. Enjoy using these tools!

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Project Management Framework

Scope Management

Building Support for Your Projects

Communication

Change Management

Project Improvement and Review

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Project Management – Start Here!

How Good Are Your Project Management Skills?

Agile Project Management
Organizing Flexible Projects

Program Management
Structuring Projects as Part of a Program

The Iron Triangle of Project Management
Balancing Your Budget, Scope and Schedule

Words Used in Project and Program Management
A Glossary of Terms

Project Management Framework

Project Management Phases and Processes
Structuring Your Project

The Planning Cycle
A Planning Process for Medium-Sized Projects

Logframes, and the Logical Framework Approach
Planning Robust, Coherent, Successful Projects

How to Write a Business Case
Getting Approval and Funding for Your Project

Project Initiation Documents
Getting Your Project Off to a Great Start

Project Charters
Getting Your Project Off to a Good Start

Request for Proposal (RFP) Documents
Getting Better Terms With a Competitive Bidding Process

Risk Impact/Probability Chart
Learning to Prioritize Risks

Project Issue Management
Identifying and Resolving Issues

Business Testing in Projects
Involving Real Users as an Important Testing Step

Benefits Management
Getting the Greatest Possible Benefit from a Project

Rationalizing Your Project Portfolio
Delivering Strategic Benefits with Limited Resources

Managing Project Finances
Understanding and Controlling Project Costs

Project Close Activities
Ending Projects Properly

Scheduling

Project Schedule Development
Planning the Timing and Sequence of Project Activities

Action Plans
Small-Scale Planning

Planning Large Projects and Programs
Planning Large-Scale Projects

Gap Analysis
Identifying What Needs to Be Done in a Project

Estimating Time Accurately
A Key to Project Success

Gantt Charts
Planning and Scheduling More Complex Projects

Critical Path Analysis and PERT Charts
Planning More Complex Projects

Scope Management

Business Requirements Analysis
Clearly Agreeing What You're Going to Deliver

Work Breakdown Structures
Mapping Out the Work Within a Project

Scope Control
Avoiding Too Many Changes in Projects

Building Support for Your Projects

Stakeholder Analysis
Winning Support for Your Projects

Stakeholder Management
Planning Stakeholder Communication

Project and Program Governance
Using Senior Management Support to Ensure Project Success

Working with Project Sponsors

The Responsibility Assignment Matrix (RAM)
Knowing Where the Buck Ultimately Stops

The RACI Matrix
Structuring Accountabilities for Maximum Efficiency and Results

Influence Maps
Uncovering Where the Power Lies in Your Projects

Communication

Project Dashboards
Quickly Communicating Project Progress

Project Milestone Reporting
Keeping Projects on Track by Monitoring Significant Check Points

Change Management

How Good Are Your Change Management Skills?

Change Management
Making Organizational Change Happen Effectively

Overcoming Cultural Barriers to Change
Moving to a High Performance Culture

Lewin's Change Management Model
Understanding the Three Stages of Change

Beckhard and Harris' Change Equation
Overcoming Resistance to Change

The Change Curve
Accelerating and Improving Change

Leavitt's Diamond
An Integrated Approach to Change

Burke-Litwin's Change Model
Unraveling the Dynamics of Organizational Change

Kotter's 8-Step Change Model
Implementing Change Powerfully and Successfully

Changing People's Habits
Encouraging and Sustaining New Behaviors

Why Change Can Fail
Knowing What Not to Do

SIPOC Diagrams
Making Sure Your Change Process Serves Everyone

The ADKAR Change Management Model
Using Goals to Accomplish Change

Bridges' Transition Model
Guiding People Through Change

Project Improvement and Review

After Action Review (AAR) Process
Learning From Your Actions Sooner Rather Than Later

Post-Implementation Reviews
Making Sure That What You Delivered Actually Works

Conducting a Project Healthcheck
Finding Out How a Project is Progressing

Why Do Projects Fail?
Learning How to Avoid Project Failure

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