"The best project management tools – that's all we need to be successful with our projects." This is what we frequently hear in our project management seminars, workshops, or in coaching sessions. When asking the clarifying question "how do you define the term 'tools'?" we often get the answer: "Well, that's software, templates, and checklists, isn't it?"

We think that these things are definitely part of the picture. For successful projects we do need good project management software, templates, or checklists. On this web site, you will find some of them, or helpful links.

But this is only part of a bigger picture. We ask and follow up on two key questions:

On this web site, we give our answers to these questions in form of a practical approach. It is a structured compilation of the project management knowhow we found in literature, in our own project management practice, and in countless discussions in project management trainings, seminars, workshops, consulting, or coaching sessions.

We follow the classical approach, take care of the second question first, and present our view of

• The basic definitions and observations from real life, outlined in The Fundamentals of Project Management.
• The central project management process and its phases (PM Process, Definition Phase, Planning Phase, Implementation Phase, Closure Phase), how it is translated for different types of projects, and the most important supporting processes. These sections give us the wider view of what we consider project management tools.

• How we can create and manage our organizational environment for successful projects, summarized in Project Portfolio Management.

• A successful project management career.
• Best practice sharing in project management, in form of Case Studies.
• Other project management resources.

• Project management products and services like training, consulting and coaching.
• Free Downloads, including free project management tools, templates, checklists, recommendations of software and a free Online Project Management Course.

Our ideas of project management knowhow work well in most real life projects. But every project is different. What we present here is open for discussion. If you want to share your own best practices, an interesting anecdote, or in case you have a different opinion, we invite you to send us your contribution: mailto:contact@project-management-knowhow.com

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