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Top 25 Project Management Blogs


14 May 2009 | Outsourcing Tips | Tamara

Working with any team, including remote teams, requires great project management skills.  Thus, we thought we’d put together a list of top 25 project management blogs to help you manage your workteams wherever they may be.

20 PROJECT MANAGEMENT BLOGS

  1. Project Shrink Though software projects have been Bas de Baar’sspecialty, his thoughts on project management in general are increasingly sought after on the internet. He’s become a bit of a guru, with posts like “Fifth Discipline: What to Do When All Your Projects are Failing.”
  2. Bob Sutton: Work Matters There’s a reason Bob Sutton keeps getting book deals. His project management and all-around leadership advice is often priceless, even when it’s simple (or laced with certain profanities). Case in point: “Do You End Meetings on Time?”
  3. Herding Cats The expertise of Glen Alleman shines on this blog, with posts such as this one on increasing the probability of project success, called “Back to Basics.“
  4. Project Management Hut Readers will find job listings here, as well as innovative tips like how to use a weather metaphor next time you assess the state of your project.
  5. PM Crunch This blog from multiple contributors offers various insights on the topic of project management, including this  post from John Reilly on Software as a Service–otherwise known as” SaaS.”
  6. Raven’s Brain Here, Raven Young gives readers great highlights of the blogosphere on project management. In this way, her blog is a gateway to many other points of view.
  7. A Girl’s Guide to Project Management This blogger, Elizabeth Harrin, offers a distinctly feminine viewpoint, but she has the all around expertise to pull it off for any gender. An example? “What Are You Worth?”
  8. PM Majik This blog comes from multiple contributors, contains a job board, and contains a stellar post posing the question “Are You A Prima Donna PM?” It’s a worthwhile read–if nothing else, you have to see the image topping the post.
  9. Gary Gagliardi’s Blog He seems to be on the blogroll of every project management blogger around. Maybe it’s him or maybe it’s the Science of Strategy Institute behind him, but Gary offers up insights like  “What Isn’t Changing in the Twenty-First Century?”
  10. Project Management Bistro The project management community site PM Boulevard sponsors this blog, with great tips like this article from guest blogger Raven Young (see #6) called “4 Keys to Successful Project Management.”
  11. PM Think! This blog from multiple contributors has been around for years, and still manages to find interesting things to say. Example?   “Project Managers Specialize in the Project Management Lifestyle.”
  12. Crossderry Coming from experienced project manager Paul Ritchie, the beauty of this blog is typically found in it’s simplicity. No long rants or lectures here, just quick tidbits of advice, food for thought or simply quotes, like this one from Abraham Lincoln.
  13. Zen, Project Management and Life This one from Bob Tarne has been going strong for four years, with thought-provoking posts like this one: “Can You Share Best Practices?”
  14. Eight to Late This insightful blog goes deep and even includes graphics to help project managers who learn visually. An interesting sample, from creator Kailash Awati: “A Communication-Centric Approach to Tackling Project Complexity.”
  15. Beaufortes Blog Blog creators and co-founders of Beaufortes Jason Bates and Philip Greenwood prefer innovation in project management, and it shows in their blog. An example?  The N-Gage Process.
  16. Better Projects Here, you ‘ll find Craig Brown’s musings on project management.  Sometimes his thoughts are brief, but almost always helpful, such as “The Better Projects Scrum Reading List.”
  17. How to Manage a Camel This blog from Arras People includes a lot of project management outsourcing advice, such as “How to Maximize Short Term Project Management Contracts.”
  18. Cutting’s Edge Here, blogger Thomas Cutting instills his wisdom for project management with posts like “Killing False Confidence.”
  19. The Tao of Project Management This blog’s title isn’t just a cute play on words. Blogger John Carroll is serious in his observations of Taoism and the art of proper project management. Take a look at this convicting post: “Owning or Being Owned.”
  20. PM Karma Though it’s a smaller blog, from a blogger named Sreejith, it is impressive in the areas of practicality and thoroughness. Check out Sreejith’s review of project management software 5PM.

5 AGILE PROJECT MANAGEMENT BLOGS

  1. Agile Blog When Jean Tabaka and Ryan Martens (founder of Rally Software) talk Agile, people listen. This blog has a growing following for posts like this one: “8 Ways to Re-Tool a PMO in an Agile Environment.”
  2. Agile Thoughts This blog from Agile consultant Tobias Mayer has a solid following for thoughtful posts about things like this: the place of Scrum in the world.
  3. Drunken PM Here, Dave Prior offers Scrum and Agile project management thoughts and a lot of humor. A good sample? “Done, Done and the Bag of Oranges.” (P.S. He will be the first to tell you, he did not come up with the concept–but he might just word it the best.)
  4. Agile Project Management This blog from Patrick Merg proves Agile is “more than a method, it’s a mindset” with posts like this one on “MoSCoW.”
  5. Tommy Norman Posts like “How Scrum Are You?” might make Agile purists cringe, but Norman seems to maintain balance.

What do you think of our list? What’s your favorite project management blog?

25 Responses to “ Top 25 Project Management Blogs ”

  1. steve
    May 14th, 2009 at 5:04 am

    Great Info ! Really helpful . Got a good heap of PM resources.

  2. Susan
    May 14th, 2009 at 5:32 am

    An awesome list for project managers – thanks for putting it together!

  3. Paul Ritchie
    May 14th, 2009 at 6:57 am

    Hi Tamara, Thanks for the shout-out and I’m glad you enjoy the blog and my approach. I hadn’t found your blog before, but I’ll be sure to poke around soon!

    Best, Paul

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  5. Brenda
    May 14th, 2009 at 7:20 am

    Thanks for this list. If I may, let me suggest an interesting blog I’m reading on a regular basis: http://www.aceproject.com/cs/blogs/

  6. Bas
    May 14th, 2009 at 9:27 am

    Gee. Uhm. Thanks Tamara for your kind words! Blush. :)

    Just subscribed to your blog. Looking forward to your future posts.

    Cheers
    Bas

  7. Steve Wilheir
    May 15th, 2009 at 5:39 am

    Great stuff! Thanks for putting this together. Some of my favorite reading is in here, so I have to assume the others must be pretty good, too. I’ll check them all out.

    - Steve http://Twitter.com/GanttGuru

  8. Brain Washer
    May 15th, 2009 at 6:09 am

    If it were a list of “Top 1000 PM Blogs”, my baby (http://deepfriedbrain.blogspot.com/) might have made it too !

    But hey … we have this nice comments section where I can just post my own link. And guess what, I just did that.

    :-)

    Tamara – you have a great list. I’m going to check out each and every blog that you listed here. Thanks for putting this list together.

    - Brain Washer

  9. Elizabeth
    May 15th, 2009 at 11:29 am

    Hi, thanks for including me in the list! There are a couple of blogs here I don’t know that well so I’ll have a look at the rest of your recommendations.

  10. Kailash Awati
    May 15th, 2009 at 2:28 pm

    Tamara,

    Thanks for the kind words about my blog. Much appreciated!

    Regards,

    Kailash.

  11. Josh Nankivel
    May 16th, 2009 at 10:44 am

    These are wonderful blogs! I’m going to have to work harder on pmStudent.com so it makes the cut next time!

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  13. Tamara
    May 20th, 2009 at 12:56 pm

    Thanks, guys. I’m glad the list has been helpful and am anxious to check out the other sites some of you have shared.

  14. Bruce
    May 29th, 2009 at 8:29 pm

    I just found your post – Nice list. I also try to share tips on Project Management and have a “favorite” list at http://fearnoproject.com/2009/04/10/my-favorite-project-management-websites/.

    I am looking forward to looking through your list to add to my reading!

    Thanks,
    Bruce

  15. Mustafa
    June 3rd, 2009 at 5:44 pm

    Cool Hope to improve my skills.

  16. proje
    June 6th, 2009 at 7:52 am

    Great job. Thank you.

  17. Brad Egeland
    July 24th, 2009 at 8:37 pm

    Two comments….

    1) You included PM Majik on there which hasn’t been updated in months. I disagree with this one.

    2) You didn’t include PMTips (www.pmtips.net) which is a great blog with decent readership, lots of feedback and 40-50 fresh articles every month. Ok, I’m biased because I’m the biggest contributor to this site, but it truly is a good, solid site for useful real-life PM information and experiences.

    Thanks again for posting this list, btw – it is a good list…I just would like to suggest you include PMTips.

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  20. Lita Delgado
    November 29th, 2009 at 4:17 am

    Hi,

    Interesting list of PM blogs.
    I especially enjoy ‘a girl’s guide to pm’.

    I also read http://projectmagazine.com It’s updated pretty regularly.

    Lita

  21. Indranil B
    December 26th, 2009 at 12:49 am

    I have created a blog which reveals some underlying facts about the Mid Level Managers of any Corporate, just go thorough http://www.bluevisiontech.wordpress.com

    Looking forward for all of your comments..

  22. Lindsay Scott
    January 13th, 2010 at 5:36 am

    I mentioned this blog list yesterday on the Guardian Careers Live Q&A for Project Management, I think it’s an excellent way for people new to project management to learn more about their profession. Of course it’s not just for newbies but I believe its a group that need to look at their professional development more.

    The link is http://tiny.cc/project_career

    Any many thanks for including the Camel in the list :)

  23. Joe Senna
    January 20th, 2010 at 10:40 am

    Nice list – Very helpful

    http://sites.google.com/site/projectmanagementtemplates/

  24. Jennifer Rai
    January 31st, 2010 at 3:45 pm

    Thank you so much for this list, it is extremely helpful!

  25. agilista
    February 2nd, 2010 at 2:16 pm

    This list is a great resource, thanks!

    Here’s another one for the Agile section: The Agile Management Blog

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