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Project Planning Links

The Guide to Effective Participation http://www.partnerships.org.uk/guide/
Provides a guide to managing participation. The 10 key ideas about participation and Easy Answers sections are especially valuable. (Contributed by Kristy Abbott, 2002).
Reconnect Action Research Kit  http://www.facs.gov.au/internet/facsinternet.nsf/aboutfacs/programs/youth-reconnect_action_research_kit.htm
An Australian Government training and resource manual (PDF Format) for caseworkers working with youth at risk. Section 5 includes useful forms and tools. (Contributed by Kristy Abbott, 2002).
Project Management Institute http://www.pmi.org/ 
They have lots of free resources, including a guide to project management.
Free Management Library http://www.mapnp.org/library/plan_dec/project/project.htm
The address links to many on-line articles and to other topics with free information related to project management.
Project Planning & Feasibility Analysis http://members.aol.com/allenweb/planning.htm 
Includes notes on feasibility analysis which are very useful for large projects. The principles can be applied to smaller projects.   (suggested by Darlene Meagher 2001) 
Britten N (1999) Qualitative interviews in health research in  C Pope & N Mays (eds) Qualitative Research in Health Care, BMJ Books, London. On-line at http://www.bmjpg.com/qrhc/chapter2.html 
A very useful overview of research interviewing methods. (suggested by Darlene Meagher 2001)
Guide to Project Management Research Sites  from Umea University, Sweden.  http://www.fek.umu.se/irnop/projweb.html
Mainly academic resources, and several broken links.
Project Cycle Management manual and training handbook from the European Commission EUROPEAID co-operation office. http://europa.eu.int/comm/europeaid/evaluation/methods/pcm.htm
Though the scope is broader than many of our projects, it shows a valuable approach to project management using a cycle with some similarity with the action research cycle. A manual and a training handbook are available in PDF format for free download

  

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