Introduction to Project Management - Ex - Question 3

Search the internet for the terms Project Management, Project Management Careers, Project Portfolio Management and Information Technology Project Management. Write down the number of hits recieved for each phrase. Find atleast 3 sites that provide interesting information on one or more of the topics. In a one to 2 page paper, summarise key information about these 3 websites as well as the Project Management Institute's Website(www.pmi.org)

Number of Hits for Project Management : Results 1 - 10 of about 128,000,000

Number of Hits for Project Management Careers : Results 1 - 10 of about 14,700,000 for Project Management Careers

Number of Hits for Project Portfolio Management : Results 1 - 10 of about 3,150,000 for Project Portfolio Management

Number of Hits for Information Technology Project Management : Results 1 - 10 of about 40,800,000 for Information Technology Project Management

All search hits courtesy of Google search engine.

Sites that provide Information on the above subjects


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management

http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/project/project.htm

http://management.about.com/cs/projectmanagement/a/PM101.htm


All the sites above focus mainly one goal. To provide knowledge on Project Management
Eg:

• What is Project Management?
• How to be an Effective Project Manager?
• How to apply Project Management? (DIfferent Approaches)
• Tools and Techniques(Software used)
• History of Project Management
• Resources on Project Management
• Importance of Project Management
• Career Prospects and Development in Project Management
• The importance of Project Management in the Information Technology Industry

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Project_management :

This is a global encyclopedia used by all to aquire knowledge on almost every subject. This link provides details on Project Management History, Job Description, the Fundamentals, Objectives as well as many resources on Project management

http://www.managementhelp.org/plan_dec/project/project.htm

Another useful resource for Project management Knowledge, providing indepth knowledge on effective Team building strategiesm, Project managment definitions as well resources (links) to other sites that focus on Project Management

http://management.about.com/cs/projectmanagement/a/PM101.htm

As the link suggests, this is the 101 in Project Management. Providing knowledge to all levels of project managers from the beginner level to the Expert.