Program management articles and self-education

How to improve your skills and knowledge in the field of project/program management? Self-education is one of the best ways. By reading program management articles, publications, program management reviews, and other online material you can increase your confidence. Internet is the largest network that gives you almost limitless opportunities for self-education and self-improvement. Various websites and multiple online knowledge databases show you examples of program management best practices and open possible or even impossible solutions. You can download program management white papers, templates and checklists that help you manage your own projects and programs. Plenty of program management case studies will discover how others do their projects and achieve success in program implementation. Self-education is not an easy yet right way for self-improvement. To make this way simpler, you need to take three steps which are described below in this article.

First you need to set a goal [what] and define objectives [how] of your effort. For example, the goal might be “To understand and be able to apply program management principles” and the objectives might be “To find and put a program management manual in practice.” Your goal and objectives should be vivid and comprehensive.

How to realize your goal and accomplish your objectives? This will be your second step. You need to use the web search (Google, AOL, MSN, Yahoo!) to find and select at least 10 websites dedicated to project management articles, publications and solutions. Then you need to carefully examine the selected websites and try to find a clear and complete explanation of the project/program management discipline. For example, it might be a program management manual, a package of templates & checklists, a popular program management handbook or something else. Once you’ve found an explanation, you can start the learning process and investigate program management objectives, ideas, principles, concepts.

But just reading program management articles and reviews is not enough. You need to find a software solution that helps you implement program management concepts, ideas and tips found in multiple online resources. This will be your third step. VIP Task Manager is a great example of software that will help you plan, manage, measure and track tasks, activities and schedules within your projects and programs. VIP Task Manager will help you take the first two steps and successfully accomplish your goal and objectives of self-education. The software allows attaching program management documents and files directly to your tasks and to-do items.

You can try VIP Task Manager for free during 30 days. An evaluation copy of the software is available at this website. Besides, the website contains plenty of articles and reviews on different topics. You can go to Articles section and Solutions section of the website to read about project, task and program management principles and concepts.