Project Management can easily make or break a company of any size. If there’s anything I miss about working for “the man” it’s having someone else responsible for managing client communication, deadlines, and the tedious tasks that interfere with the bulk work. Even though a PM may get under your skin a few times or peer over your shoulder every other minute.. you can usually still look back and see the value in meeting ridiculous deadlines and not having to worry about client communications.

Interestingly enough, many project managers are women. Females naturally seem to be more organized, decisive, and understanding when it comes to project management. They have a way with connecting with clients and ensuring markers are met. Whether you have this natural ability as a male or female is irrelevant, what matters is that many entrepreneurs reading this don’t have an extra $40k+ lying around to hire a project manager. What to do? Well, here are some resources that may make up for your lack of management/communication skills

• Management according to About.com
• Management Help Website
• Project Management by Mindtools.com
• The Project Management Podcast
• A look at Management by Scott Berkun
• The Importance of a Central Project List – Lifehack.org
• Project Planning – Lifehack.org
• Basecamp Project Integration – Lifehack.org
• Beginner’s Guide to Project Management – Lifehack.org
• Guerilla Tactics of Project Management – Lifehack.org
• Organize Your Life with Project Management – Lifehack.org
• Outsourcing Project Management – Freelanceswitch
• Outsource Project Management pt.2 – Freelanceswitch
• Freelance Project Management – Freelanceswitch
• Simple Project Management – Freelanceswitch
• Accomplished Project Management – Scott Young
• Zen Habits for Project Management
• Project Triangle – Jason Fried
• Review of Scott Berkuns Project Management
• Paper Based PM