Monday, December 19, 2005

free online PM tools

This site has got an online project management tool. They have a free version also. I tried this and seem good. You can also create some users and track all aspects of the projects.

http://www.aceproject.com/

Project Management Associates - India

PROJECT MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATES
A - 48, SECTOR 5
NOIDA - 201301
UP, INDIA
TEL: + 91 120 242 0444 / 0463
FAX: + 91 120 242 1484 /1482

Email: pma1@vsnl.com
Web site: www.pma-india.org

Project Management Associates founded in 1993 is a professional body dedicated to advancing project management professionals nationally in India. The major objectives of PMA are to:

propagate professional management ideas and practices in India.
undertake on its own and/or in collaboration with other corporate bodies, educational and research institutions, education, training, consultancy and research for the promotion and development of project management and general management.
develop case studies, organize, hold and conduct meetings, other training material, group discussions, lectures, speeches, workshops, clinics, research projects, seminars, conferences, study programmes for the purpose of exchange and dissemination of information and ideas either on its own and/or collaboration with other institutions, government bodies and corporate enterprises.
establish and define professional standards to assist members of the Society in effective discharge of their duties, to frame and establish rules for observance in all matters pertaining to professional practice by the members; and exercise professional supervision over them in these regards.

project primer.

Sunday, December 18, 2005

free course and exams

Sunday, December 11, 2005

papers on EVM

free sample questions

Thursday, December 08, 2005

Memorization Aids

Knowledge Areas (extent of my cooking knowledge, see below)
I Stir Chicken Quickly or Help Clean Ruined Pans
(Integration, Scope, Cost, Quality, Human Resources, Communication, Risk, Procurement)

Integration Processes
(naughty integration)
Peter & Paul Do Peggy & Patty Even In Catholic Church
(Project Plan Development, Project Plan Execution, Integration Change Control)

Scope Processes (whats the scope of this garden?)
Should I Plant Daisys in Very Close Clumps?
(Scope Initiation, Planning, Definition, Verification, Change Control)

Time Processes (as in very good time)
Ann Does Sam Does Sam Does Sam Collapses
(Activity Definition, Sequencing, Duration, Schedule Definition, Schedule Control)

Cost Processes (one way to recoup your costs)
Ralph Proposed Choking Every Bad Client
(Resource Planning, Cost Estimating, Budgeting, Control)

Quality (for good quality quilts)
Quilters Piece All Cottons
(Quality Planning, Assurance, Control)

Human Resource (a note to the Human Resource dept about my check)
Oh Pay Salary All Times Double
(Organizational Planning, Staff Acquisition, Team Development)


Communications
(one way to communicate your intentions)
Call Paul In Doors Practice Rub And Cuddle
(Communications Planning, Information Distribution, Performance Reporting, Administrative Closure)

Risk (a risk for every quilter)
Mary Put In 2 Quilt Activities Ruining Perfectly Managed Cleanup
(Management Planning, Identification, Qualitative Analysis, Quantitative Analysis, Response Planning, Monitoring and Control)

Procurement (a woman’ procurement process)
Pay Patty She Purchases Self Something So Cute After Cooking & Cleaning
(Procurement Planning, Solicitation Planning, Solicitation, Source Selection, Contract Administration, Contract Closeout)

Project Management Templates

this is an excellent site that gives the templates free of cost

http://www.cio.sc.gov/PMDT/

NPV (Net Present Value)

what is monte carlo simulation?

http://www.decisioneering.com/monte-carlo-simulation.html


What do we mean by "simulation?"
When we use the word simulation, we refer to any analytical method meant to imitate a real-life system, especially when other analyses are too mathematically complex or too difficult to reproduce.
Without the aid of simulation, a spreadsheet model will only reveal a single outcome, generally the most likely or average scenario. Spreadsheet risk analysis uses both a spreadsheet model and simulation to automatically analyze the effect of varying inputs on outputs of the modeled system.
One type of spreadsheet simulation is Monte Carlo simulation, which randomly generates values for uncertain variables over and over to simulate a model.
How did Monte Carlo simulation get its name?
Monte Carlo simulation was named for Monte Carlo, Monaco, where the primary attractions are casinos containing games of chance. Games of chance such as roulette wheels, dice, and slot machines, exhibit random behavior.
The random behavior in games of chance is similar to how Monte Carlo simulation selects variable values at random to simulate a model. When you roll a die, you know that either a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, or 6 will come up, but you don't know which for any particular roll. It's the same with the variables that have a known range of values but an uncertain value for any particular time or event (e.g. interest rates, staffing needs, stock prices, inventory, phone calls per minute).
What do you do with uncertain variables in your spreadsheet?
For each uncertain variable (one that has a range of possible values), you define the possible values with a probability distribution. The type of distribution you select is based on the conditions surrounding that variable. Distribution types include:
and .
To add this sort of function to an Excel spreadsheet, you would need to know the equation that represents this distribution. With Crystal Ball, these equations are automatically calculated for you. Crystal Ball can even fit a distribution to any historical data that you might have.
What happens during a simulation?
A simulation calculates multiple scenarios of a model by repeatedly sampling values from the probability distributions for the uncertain variables and using those values for the cell. Crystal Ball simulations can consist of as many trials (or scenarios) as you want - hundreds or even thousands - in just a few seconds.
During a single trial, Crystal Ball randomly selects a value from the defined possibilities (the range and shape of the distribution) for each uncertain variable and then recalculates the spreadsheet.

Project Management Resources