The Project Management Toolkit

As an independent consultant or service professional, you've got your hands full. You've been meaning to take a project management class or read that book you bought two years ago, but you can never find the time.

We don't blame you. We spent lots of time taking project management classes and reading project management books, and while the information is useful, learning it that way isn't very easy or much fun. Fortunately for you, we've synthesized all that book learning and our project management experience, into our easy to learn, easy to use Project Management Toolkit. The toolkit is a stand-alone product designed to deliver project management tools and training in a fast, fun and easy-to-learn format. We've created a set of templates and how-to "tip sheets" to help you write project plans, create schedules and budgets, manage your teams, contractors and clients and keep track of just about everything.

Each module in the Project Management Toolkit includes a short overview of the concepts you'll learn, exercises for putting those concepts into action, and templates you can use to create your own project tools and materials. Our Toolkit helps you solve real life problems, by giving you simple, easy to use tools and techniques that you can implement quickly. With the Project Management Toolkit, your projects will be up and running smoothly in no time.

The PureProject Toolkit includes 5 modules:

• Scoping the project

  - Understanding, documenting and reaching agreement on project scope is the way to create the solutions your clients want, on time and on budget. This module will be helpful to anyone looking for better ways to convert client needs and desires into successful solutions.
  
  We focus on brainstorming techniques you can use to help your clients define their projects. We also provide you with formats and templates to document project requirements, and truly understand your client's business objectives.




• Wrangling Risk

  - Do you wake up at night worried about all the things that might go wrong on your projects? Risk wrangling is a simple method you can use to identify, prioritize and resolve risks, painlessly and with no loss of sleep. We'll go over the core concepts behind risk management, show you how to run a Risk Worksession and teach you simple ways to identify and prioritize risks. We'll also explain how to partner with your clients to resolve or avoid project risks altogether.




• Scheduling and Budgeting for the Rest of Us

  - Our helpful how-to materials cut through all that confusing scheduling and budgeting terminology, giving you a simple, clear overview of key time and cost estimation concepts. We'll show you how to build schedule and budget templates you can use on all your projects. We'll also go over easy ways to keep your time and cost estimates up to date as your projects progress and analyze how to schedule smarter on the next project. We can also check your rate structure and bidding system and teach you a simple way to make sure you are charging enough.




• Client Care and Feeding

  - The client is always right, right? Wrong! Clients may not know what they want, may be unable to explain what they want, or may want something impossible to create. Clients are your lifeblood, yet they can also be the source of great anxiety and frustration. Our client management tutorial teaches you how to translate your client's wants and needs into successful solutions. We'll also cover ways to integrate client input and feedback into your daily operations. We'll teach you how to produce great products and services while maintaining solid, rewarding and long-term client relationships. And, we'll give you useful tips and recommendations on writing proposals that close the work.




• Managing Teams

  - Do you often find yourself struggling to manage teams of people with different backgrounds, expertise and work styles? Are you looking for ways to build team rapport and improve communications? This class focuses on building and managing successful project teams. We teach you motivational tools and communication techniques that will keep your teams humming and your clients smiling.