Project management is an incredibly complex field.
Not only do those new to the industry have to learn specialized language such as “Lean project management” and “Agile software development,” but they also have to navigate how to manage a team to deliver projects on time, on budget, and with quality.
When I started to specialize in reviewing project management software a few years ago, I began the onboarding process as many new hires do: with online research. I quickly discovered that sorting through the hundreds—yes, hundreds!—of online project management resources to find quality advice is exhausting.
I needed to learn industry jargon, navigate different project management certifications, and memorize workflows. I did not need to read about a once-prolific retired project manager’s daily life or scroll through a project management tool’s blog that only contained company updates.
So I began to filter through all the online project management resources to search for regularly updated, premium-quality content. Less than 20% of reviewed content made it to my RSS feed.
And now I’m ready to share these resources with you.
The best project management blogs
I don’t use the term “best” lightly, but the qualifications to get on this list were stringent. I’m confident that the sites reviewed in this post represent the most useful project management blogs available. Period.
I used the following qualifications:
- The blog must regularly update. No blogs made this list that hadn’t published at least one post per month in the past year.
- The blog must be user-friendly. Great blogs load quickly and are easy to read and navigate.
- The blog must be an established authority. I used domain authority to filter out young, unpopular, or small sites without a lot of content. All sites that made this list have a domain authority of 30 or above. I made an exception for individual bloggers, who don’t have a product to help boost their site traffic and lowered the cutoff to 27. For individual bloggers with free blog sites, no domain authority is listed.
- The parent site (if applicable) must be specific to project management. I chose to only review sites that have a built-in project management focus, filtering out many leadership sites that occasionally touch on the subject.
- The blog must provide “useful” content. There are plenty of project management software blogs that center on the product updates, training blogs that exclusively talk about their courses or individual bloggers who mix project management tips in with their online diary. I looked for sites that, over the past year, put out 80% “useful” content to project managers, including how-tos, guides, roundups, and opinion pieces.
With all these filters in place, my research guided me to these 58 project management blogs. I hope you enjoy them as much as I do.
They are organized by Moz score within each category.
- 21 most useful project management blogs from individual contributors
- 9 most useful project management blogs from PM training and consulting companies
- 17 most useful project management blogs from PM software vendors
- 11 most useful online project management communities
- What project management blogs and communities did I miss?
21 most useful project management blogs from individual contributors
Please note that unlike other sections, free sites were permitted here. The first few entries do not have a domain score.
1. Eight to Late
Author: Kailash Awati
Years active: Ten
Domain authority: Free WordPress site; unknown
Brief description: Kailash Awati takes a data-driven approach to project management, and explains how to solve complex problems that arise in large organizations taking a collaborative approach.
Start with this article: “Six ways in which project estimates go wrong”
2. Easy in theory, difficult in practice
Author: Kiron Bondale
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: Free WordPress site; unknown.
Brief description: Kiron Bondale explores how to balance pragmatism with people-first project management.
Start with this article: “What they weren’t telling you when you took over that project…”
3. The Lazy Project Manager
Author: Peter Taylor
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: Free WordPress site; unknown.
Brief description: Peter Taylor explores productivity hacks for laid-back project managers.
Start with this article: “Warning Signs Your Sponsor Doesn’t Care About the Project—and How to Change That”
4. Herding Cats
Author: Glen Alleman
Years active: 12
Domain authority: Free Typepad site; unknown.
Brief description: If you’re a team lead or Agile developer, check out Glen Alleman’s take on project management, along with his book, “Performance-Based Project Management.”
Start with this article: “Principles, Processes, and Practices of Project Success”
5. DrunkenPM
Author: David Prior
Years active: 11
Domain authority: Free Blogspot site; unknown.
Brief description: In spite of the name, David Prior takes a helpful and direct approach to exploring Scrum and Agile project management, on both his blog and podcast.
Start with this article: “Girl Scout Kanban”
6. Leading Answers
Author: Mike Griffiths
Years active: 11
Domain authority: Free Typepad site; unknown.
Brief description: If you’re into Agile, leadership, and beautiful images from the Canadian wilderness, take a look at Mike Griffiths’s blog.
Start with this article: “‘When Will This Software Project Ever Be Done?’”
7. The Tao of Project Management
Author: John Carroll
Years active: Six
Domain authority: Free Blogspot site; unknown.
Brief description: John Carroll, a retired project management consultant, explores the intersection between project management and Taoism. He published a book on the subject called “The Way of the Project Manager” in 2014.
Start with this article: “Staying Centered”
8. Mike Cohn’s Blog
Author: Mike Cohn
Years active: 12
Domain authority: 58
Brief description: Mike Cohn’s blog is dedicated to teamwork and project success. While his site is entitled “Mountain Goat Software,” most of Mike’s services derive from coaching and from his three books: “Succeeding with Agile: Software Development Using Scrum,” “Agile Estimating and Planning,” and “User Stories Applied.”
Start with this article: “Sprint Review Meeting”
9. The Data Farm
Author: Julie Lerman
Years active: Six
Domain authority: 50
Brief description: Julie Lerman is the recognized leading expert on Microsoft’s data access technology: Entity Framework. She uses this blog to share her “how-tos” from decades of programming with the Microsoft team. Julie Lerman has also published many books, including “Programming Entity Framework: Building Data Centric Apps with the ADO.NET Entity Framework.”
Start with this article: “Is Visual Studio Code Bugging You For Your User Name and E-Mail Address?”
10. A Girl’s Guide to Project Management
Author: Elizabeth Harrin
Years active: 11
Domain authority: 48
Brief description: Recognizing a lack of female project management influencers, Elizabeth Harrin started A Girl’s Guide to Project Management to attract women to the field.
Start with this article: “The Ultimate Guide to Getting People to Take Responsibility at Work”
11. Bertrand Duperrin’s Notepad
Author: Bertrand Duperrin
Years active: 11
Domain authority: 44
Brief description: Bertrand Duperrin investigates how organizational performance and social structures intersect to create business value. His blog is available both in English and in French.
Start with this article: “Digital Transformation and the key role of middle managers”
12. Agile Testing with Lisa Crispin
Author: Lisa Crispin
Years active: Nine
Domain authority: 41
Brief description: Lisa Crispin is the co-author of “Agile Testing: A Practical Guide for Testers and Agile Teams” and “More Agile Testing: Learning Journeys for the Whole Team.” She uses her blog to impart practical skills and musings from 35 years in the programming and project management fields.
Start with this article: “Pairing For Learning – Across the Team”
13. Stepping Into PM
Author: Soma Bhattacharya
Years active: Nine
Domain authority: 30
Brief description: Soma Bhattacharya, author of “Stepping into Project Management,” is a results-driven Agile project manager who uses her blog to follow the latest project management trends.
Start with this article: “Virtual Project Manager”
14. Finding Marbles
Author: Corinna Baldauf
Years active: Six
Domain authority: 29
Brief description: Corinna Baldauf, Lean and Agile project management expert, writes about how to identify and fix broken business processes.
Start with this article: “Retrospective fatigue? How to increase follow-through on action items”
15. Confessions of a ScrumMaster
Author: Natalie Warnert
Years active: Four
Domain authority: 29
Brief description: Want a project manager who’s honest about their life experiences? Natalie Warnert understands that project management isn’t always serious. Her posts offer a healthy injection of humor and self-awareness to Agile project management.
Start with this article: “Agile Conference Proposal Submissions – tips to get them accepted”
16. Gina Abudi
Author: Gina Abudi
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: 29
Brief description: Gina Abudi is the co-author of “The Complete Idiot’s Guide to Best Practices for Small Business” and blogs about projects, processes, and people.
She is the author of several project management books, which she offers for free download on her site.
Start with this article: “Does Your Organization Have a Clear Definition of Diversity?”
17. Brad Egeland
Author: Brad Egeland
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: 28
Brief description: With over 25 years of IT and business management experience, Brad Egeland delights his readership with actionable tips for becoming better project managers. His blog aggregates all of his favorite publications—most links to “read the full article” will redirect you to outside sites—and he has not authored everything he links to on his blog feed.
He is the author of several project management books, which he offers for free download on his site.
Start with this article: “5 Things to Consider When Invoicing Questionable Customers”
18. Ron Rosenhead
Author: Ron Rosenhead
Years active: Ten
Domain authority: 28
Brief description: Ron Rosenhead, a U.K.-based project manager with over 15-years’ experience, mixes reflection, theory, and detailed guides in his prolific project management blog.
Start with this article: “How good is project sponsorship in your company?”
19. Developing Project Leaders
Author: Susanne Madsen
Years active: Six
Domain authority: 28
Brief description: Susanne Madsen has a simple project management philosophy that is complicated to execute: Project leadership is more important than workflows and tasks. Learn how she makes the case on her blog, and check out her books, “The Project Management Workbook” and “The Power of Project Leadership,” for further reading.
Start with this article: “How to become a more engaging facilitator of project workshops”
20. Adventures in Scaling Agile
Author: Em Campbell-Pretty
Years active: Four
Domain authority: 27
Brief description: How does Agile apply to team culture, and what does Em Campbell-Pretty, author of “Tribal Unity: Getting from Teams to Tribes by Creating a One Team Culture,” have to say about it? You’ll just have to read her blog to find out.
Start with this article: “How I Fell in Love With Impact Mapping…”
21. Melissa Perri
Author: Melissa Perri
Years active: Four
Domain authority: 27
Brief description: Want to make the business case for a product and guide it to completion? Melissa Perri uses her background in product management and user experience to guide project managers toward deeper reflection and project analysis.
Start with this article: “Stop Blaming the User”
9 most useful project management blogs from PM training and consulting companies
Who better to write insightful tips on project management than those who do it for a living?
1. Scrum.org Community Blog
Parent website: Scrum.org
Years active: Four
Domain authority: 61
Brief description: Scrum.org provides Scrum Masters with community insights to succeed in software delivery.
Start with this article: “The Scrum Master as an Impediment Remover”
2. Rothman Consulting Group Blog
Parent website: Rothman Consulting Group
Years active: 14
Domain authority: 55
Brief description: Johanna Rothman writes for Rothman Consulting Group with frank advice, cutting humor, and excellent project management tips.
3. Scrum Blog
Parent website: Scrum Inc.
Years active: 15
Domain authority: 46
Brief description: How, exactly, does Scrum work? Scrum Inc. investigates in this practical, no-nonsense blog.
Start with this article: “How does a Scrum Master actually facilitate anything?”
4. pmStudent
Parent website: pmStudent
Years active: 11
Domain authority: 39
Brief description: Want to learn about IT project management or PMO leadership? Margaret Meloni, along with her staff, provides useful, free advice to her readers.
Start with this article: “What to do When a Team Member Needs to Rant”
5. Strategy & Projects
Parent website: pmsolutions
Years active: Nine
Domain authority: 35
Brief description: Looking for insights into the newest project management techniques? Check out pmsolutions’ blog, which both flaunts the consulting firm’s expertise and provides actionable insights into the latest project management trends.
Start with this article: “Get Serious: What’s the Role of Happiness in the Workplace?”
6. PM Perspectives Blog
Parent website: TwentyEighty Strategy Execution
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 35
Brief description: TwentyEighty uses this blog to illuminate best practices for projects, contracts, and requirements.
Start with this article: “The PMO – What Does it Stand For?”
7. Parallel Project Training Blog
Parent website: Parallel Project Training
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 34
Brief description: Just getting started with project management? Parallel Project Training offers lots of great advice that anyone new to the field can easily understand.
Start with this article: “Do Project Managers Need Technical Knowledge?”
8. Threon Magazine
Parent website: Threon
Years active: Three
Domain authority: 32
Brief description: Threon’s magazine centers on the most important “soft” project management skill for organizations: communication.
Start with this article: “Three Key Factors to Improve Project Management Performance”
9. ProjectBrief Blog
Parent website: Watermark Learning
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: 31
Brief description: Watermark Learning is a training company that focuses on business skills such as project management, business processes, and leadership skills. Their instructive blog reflects their expertise in these cornerstone topics.
Start with this article: “Agile Retrospectives in 5 Steps”
17 most useful project management blogs from PM software vendors
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1. Highlight
If you’ve used CA Technologies’ project portfolio management software, please leave a review.
Parent website: CA Technologies
Years active: 11
Domain authority: 87
Brief description: CA Technologies, best known for their now retired tool called “Rally,” explores issues relating to enterprise-level IT project management.
Start with this article: “Are Chatbots the Tip of the Artificial Intelligence Iceberg?”
2. Across the Board
If you’ve used Trello, please leave a review.
Parent website: Trello
Years active: Six
Domain authority: 85
Brief description: Trello’s lighthearted blog focuses on Agile, teamwork, and productivity. Anyone interested in working smarter will enjoy their articles, Kanban guru or not.
Start with this article: “Say Yes To Less Stress: Using Trello To Plan A Wedding”
3. Capterra Project Management Blog
Parent website: Capterra
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 70
Brief description: How could we leave ourselves off the list? Capterra’s project management blog centers on how technology can help project managers simplify their processes. The blog also publishes pop-culture influenced articles, including roundup lists of the best project management movies and project management books.
Start with this article: “7 of the Best Microsoft Project Alternatives”
4. Wrike Blog for Brilliant Teams
If you’ve used Wrike, please leave a review.
Parent website: Wrike
Years active: 11
Domain authority: 69
Brief description: Are you all about collaboration? So is Wrike. Check out their articles to learn about how to be the best team member possible.
Start with this article: “3 Crucial Keys to Creative Project Management”
5. Active Collab Blog
If you’ve used Active Collab, please leave a review.
Parent website: Active Collab
Years active: Four
Domain authority: 59
Brief description: Active Collab’s blog is aimed at new project managers and growing businesses. If you’re a startup or looking to start up your PM career, Active Collab has you covered.
Start with this article: “The Real Reason Why Developers and Designers Hate Meetings”
6. Agile Made Easier
If you’ve used VersionOne, please leave a review.
Parent website: VersionOne
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: 59
Brief description: VersionOne is a huge name in the Agile community, so it’s no surprise that their blog exclusively focuses on the iterative project management process. If you’re in Agile, bookmark this site for VersionOne’s expertise and long-form guides.
Start with this article: “8 Reasons Why Agile Projects Fail”
7. Redbooth Blog
If you’ve used Redbooth, please leave a review.
Parent website: Redbooth
Years active: Eight
Domain authority: 58
Brief description: Redbooth’s blog has three major buckets: project management, workplace culture, and personal productivity. If you’re interested in any of these topics, give their blog a few hours of your time.
Start with this article: “7 Components of an Actionable Team Charter”
8. GetApp Project Management & Planning Blog
Parent website: GetApp
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 57
Brief description: Like Capterra, GetApp helps match businesses with the right software. Its project management blog centers on project management tools and tricks to keep your PMO running smoothly.
Start with this article: “How to Choose Kanban Project Management Software: A Handy Checklist”
9. The Productive Teams Blog
If you’ve used Teamwork, please leave a review.
Parent website: Teamwork
Years active: Two
Domain authority: 57
Brief description: Teamwork’s blog is aimed at small teams looking for insights into achieving outstanding productivity and collaboration.
Start with this article: “8 Key Skills Every Project Manager Needs”
10. The Clarizen Blog
If you’ve used Clarizen, please leave a review.
Parent website: Clarizen
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 57
Brief description: Primarily written for more experienced project managers, Clarizen’s blog provides specific tips to further one’s PM processes and personal career.
Start with this article: “What to Include in a Project Scope Statement”
11. The LiquidPlanner Blog
If you’ve used LiquidPlanner, please leave a review.
Parent website: LiquidPlanner
Years active: Nine
Domain authority: 51
Brief description: LiquidPlanner’s helpful how-to articles guide their readers to being more productive, technically savvy project managers.
Start with this article: “8 Best Practices for Prioritizing Project Work for Your Team”
12. Replicon Blog
If you’ve used Replicon, please leave a review.
Parent website: Replicon
Years active: 17
Domain authority: 50
Brief description: Replicon’s prolific blog centers around the intricacies of human resources and project management.
Start with this article: “‘Use it or lose it’ vacation: how to do it right”
13. The Project Manager Blog
If you’ve used ProjectManager.com, please leave a review.
Parent website: ProjectManager.com
Years active: Five
Domain authority: 49
Brief description: ProjectManager.com’s blog focuses on practical leadership tips to guide your project team to success.
Start with this article: “How to Manage Project Scope”
14. Nutcache Blog
If you’ve used Nutcache, please leave a review.
Parent website: Nutcache
Years active: Two
Domain authority: 44
Brief description: Nutcache provides straightforward business advice that centers on project management, teamwork, and leadership.
Start with this article: “21 Best Project Management Books for Beginner and Advanced Project Managers”
15. Celoxis Blog
If you’ve used Celoxis, please leave a review.
Parent website: Celoxis
Years active: Three
Domain authority: 43
Brief description: From the psychology of leadership to tips on boosting your company’s profits with project management software, Celoxis’s in-depth blog is one not to miss.
Start with this article: “Organization Culture: The stepping stone to Project Success”
16. Easy Projects Project Management Blog
If you’ve used Easy Projects, please leave a review.
Parent website: Easy Projects
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 42
Brief description: Easy Projects’ blog is a straightforward portal to expert video tutorials and tips and strategies for managing projects more efficiently.
Start with this article: “3 funny team-building exercises for your team members”
17. PM Box
If you’ve used Genius Project, please leave a review.
Parent website: Genius Project
Years active: Seven
Domain authority: 41
Brief description: PM Box investigates successfully completed projects to deliver case-driven insights to its audience, along with helpful tutorials and guides for newer project managers.
Start with this article: “The Three Gorges Dam: Expert Opinions Matter”
11 most useful online project management communities
Once you’re done looking at dedicated project management blogs, move on to industry forums. These dedicated project management communities are filled with articles and advice, and they typically aren’t trying to sell you anything.
1. Reddit Project Management
Domain authority: 98
Intended audience: Software development project managers
Start with this discussion: “Need Insights. I’m a PM and I feel like I’m an overpaid glorified secretary”
2. Dummies.com: Project Management
Domain authority: 79
Intended audience: People who want more information on a career in project management
Start with this article: “Agile Project Management for Dummies Cheat Sheet”
3. Project Management Stack Exchange
Domain authority: 76
Intended audience: Project managers seeking advice from other project managers
Start with this discussion: “How much technical experience is required to be a software project manager?”
4. Agile Alliance
Domain authority: 67
Intended audience: Agile Alliance members and anyone interested in Agile software development
Start with this article: “What is Waste?”
5. ProjectManagement.com
Domain authority: 57
Intended audience: Project Management Institute members and anyone seeking advanced project management advice
Start with this article: “Ethics: A Means to an End?”
6. Association for Project Management Community
Domain authority: 57
Intended audience: Association for Project Management members and project managers interested in theory-level analysis and advice
Start with this article: “How to make project management more ‘SME-friendly’”
7. Project Management Hut
Domain authority: 50
Intended audience: Project managers looking for advice in specific niches, such as computer-based information systems, integration management, and procurement.
Start with this article: “Key Performance Indicators for the PMO: Metrics for Success”
8. PM Times
Domain authority: 45
Intended audience: Project managers looking to share, write, and read project management reference material
Start with this article: “Managing Stress In Project Management”
9. Projects at Work
Domain authority: 41
Intended audience: Project management practitioners who want to improve their portfolio and team management techniques
Start with this article: “People, Planet, Profits & Projects”
10. Project Management Tips: Guidance for Real Life Situations
Domain authority: 31
Intended audience: Project managers interested in success stories and instructional articles from their peers
Start with this article: “What Does RAG Status Mean?”
11. Planning Planet
Domain authority: 30
Intended audience: Project managers looking for quick answers to their career-related questions
Start with this forum: “Productivity rates and resource loading for team work”
What project management blogs and communities did I miss?
While I’m confident that everything on this page reflects the best of the web, I’m sure that some project management blogs might qualify in the future, or that I missed one or two.
Let me know what you like to read in the comments, and be sure to keep coming back to Capterra’s project management blog for the latest tools, tips, and trend analysis for your project management career.
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Comments
Comment by Lindsay on
Aww we missed out!
Comment by Josh Spilker on
Hey Rachel, great list of resources and I’ll definitely be checking out a few. Would you consider adding Workzone into your PM Vendor Software blog section? Check it out if you haven’t already: http://www.workzone.com/blog
Thanks!
Comment by Rachel Burger on
Hey Josh!
Thanks for reaching out—I did consider the Workzone blog for this roundup of the best project management blogs, but it was eliminated for the following reasons:
These are two easily fixable problems. If you address them, please reach out to me at rburger@capterra.com and I’ll happily update the article, as you meet all other requirements.
All the best,
Rachel
Comment by Atul Gaur on
Absolutely wonderful compilation of useful resources
Comment by Rachel Burger on
Thank you! These are definitely the best project management blogs.
Comment by Daniel Raymond on
Hello Rachel, another project management blog is Project-Management.com We offers articles, books, software and training, all related with project management.
Comment by Vivien on
This is awesome list of PM blogs. I will add http://pmtips.net to this list as another greate project management blog.
Comment by David Miller on
Quite decent. All the blogs you mentioned can be used as ready resources for project managers to help them with everyday stuff. One thing that I would like to add is, every section can talk in detail about the key offering of every blog. Moreover, there is plenty of scope for expansion. Personally, I follow the ProProfs Project management blog quite often. I found their coverage of the domain to be pretty decent, as they talk more about mistakes in project management, essential skills and tips and tricks related to everyday management.
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Comment by Ohlsone Mckinnis on
Very much helpful Project Managent blogs list. I would like to add https://breakdownstructure.com/ to the list as another useful Project Management Resource.
Comment by Jeff Sullivan on
Hey Rachel,
Fantastic list! Unfortunately, we seemed to have missed the cut 🙁
Would you consider adding Workamajig’s blog to this list? The blog has been around since 2013. We’ve put a lot of effort into it in the last 6 months, expanding the focus to cover project managers as well as agency owners.
Here’s a link to the blog: https://www.workamajig.com/blog
Some posts that we’re particularly proud of:
A MASSIVE list of team building activities (https://www.workamajig.com/blog/team-building-activities)
On creating a culture of diversity (https://www.workamajig.com/blog/how-to-create-culture-of-diversity)
Some agency marketing hacks (https://www.workamajig.com/blog/agency-marketing-hacks)
Would love to hear your thoughts!
Comment by Saurabh Rai on
Very useful.
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Comment by Julie Sanchez on
You missed tensix.com/blog which has some pretty good tool tips and PM articles. I think it ranks pretty high compared to your already awesome list!
Comment by Garner Lawfirm on
not bad
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