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Entries in Project Blog Survey (11)
How Can Collaboration Systems and Social Media Complement Agile Project Management?
I recently met with Thad Scheer, President of Sphere of Influence, Inc. Thad’s company specializes in agile and lean project management methods. During our meeting Thad and I discussed some of the changes occurring in project management methods and practices.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Social Media, Project Blog Survey, Agile
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Project Management, Social Media, and Defining "Community"
As a continuation of our Conversation about Project Management and Social Media, Lee White in his recent post Project Community states the following: The point here is not that Social Media, as discussed in earlier posts, directly drives efficiencies, but that it can create a community of project stakeholders that are passionate about the successful completion of a project.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Governance, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Enterprise 2.0, Social Media, Project Blog Survey, Definitions, Mergers & Acquisitions, PMandSM
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Project Blogs, Email, and Dual Collaboration Channels
Jim MacLennan, a seriously thoughtful corporate IT manager, recently published Update on Blogs as PM Tools - Tales from the Front Lines. There he made the following statements about the challenges of adopting blogs and wikis in support of project management:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Collaboration, Project Management, Email, Adoption, Project Blog Survey
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What Should Project Managers Know about Social Media and Social Networking?
I’m a member of the online group SdB+PM Forum, a collective of 825 senior project managers who are also members of the Linkedin professional networking group.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Governance, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Networking, Social Media, Facebook, Adoption, Project Blog Survey
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OK, what IS a "project blog," anyway?
I’ve been interviewing technical project managers about their thoughts on the use of blogs as project management tools. Preliminary results are here. One finding is that how you ask the question about blogging and project management makes a big difference in the response.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Project Blog Survey
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Presentation: Blogging and Project Management Survey - Preliminary Findings
This presentation is a progress report on the dozen or so interviews I’ve conducted so far in my blogging and project management survey:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Management Tools, Blogging, Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Social Media, Content Management, Presentations, Adoption, Project Blog Survey
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Project Blog Survey Notes
Here are selected notes from interviews conducted as part of my project blog survey:
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Collaboration, Project Management, Adoption, Project Blog Survey
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CIO.com Article Promotes Internal Company Blogs
CIO.com's Seven Reasons for Your Company to Start an Internal Blog lists the following: 1. Your enterprise e-mail applications are not easy to search. 2. Your e-mail is lost in the eye of the “cc storm.” 3. Ex-employees can take it with them. 4. Too much wasted time checking in with colleagues. 5. With blogs, the humble and the egotist both win. 6. Organizational openness and accountability. 7. People might already be using them.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Project Management, Content Management, Project Blog Survey
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Using MindMeister to Map Project Blog Survey Comments
While writing up notes for my Project Blog Survey, I learned from George Dearing about the new MindMeister product, a web based "mindmapping" tool that supports graphical concept mapping, collaboration, and group Skype calling.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Web 2.0, Collaboration, Project Management, Project Blog Survey, Mindmapping, MindMeister
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Are You Using a Blog to Support Project Management?
I am looking for people to interview (confidentially, if you like) about your personal experiences using a blog to support project management within a corporate or large organization setting.
Dennis D. McDonald
in Blogging, Project Management, Project Blog Survey, Mindmapping, MindMeister
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