In this Edition
Note From the Editor: Social Project Management: A Third-Party Perspective
Feature Article: 4 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Project
Events: On-Demand Webinar: The Case For Social Project Management
Blog Posts: Icebergs, the Gulf Oil Spill, and Project Management
Project Communication: Two Rules You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
10 Tips for Presenting to Project Stakeholders
The Problem with a Reliance on Heroic Efforts
Note From the Editor
I was very pleased to see one of our project management colleagues, Elizabeth Harrin of the Girl’s Guide to Project Management blog, write about Stream by @task. Her brief interview with @task product manager Adam Michaelson provides a great introduction to Stream and how we believe a more social approach to project management will change and improve the way companies get work done.
The above link will take you to Elizabeth’s article or click here if you’d like to view a brief video demo of Stream, and learn more about the world’s first social project management platform.
Feature Article
4 Questions to Ask Before Starting a Project
In a perfect world, every potential project that provided business value would be pursued. However, we don’t live in a perfect world. Anyone doing project-based work understands that there is always more work to do than there is time or resources to do it. Here are four important questions that should be…
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Events
On-Demand Webinar: The Case For Social Project Management:
3 Imperatives that Will Drive Greater Project Success
As PPM methodologies spread departmentally throughout the organization, one of the greatest challenges facing business leaders is a lack of voluntary team member participation in the project management process. The traditional top-down work management approach doesn’t work with today’s workforce, resulting in:
- Project information that executives don’t trust
- An overly structured work environment that nobody likes
- Frustrated project teams whose accomplishments often go unrecognized
Access the webinar and listen to guest speakers Tim Harmon of Forrester and Nate Bowler of @task discuss in depth The Case for Social Project Management and how to revolutionize how you manage projects for your company.
Click here to access the webinar
Other Events
Blog Posts
Icebergs, the Gulf Oil Spill, and Project Management
Although there might be a tendency to hide bad news and hope things work themselves out over the course of a project, often the most dangerous problems are those left intentionally or unintentionally under the surface, out of sight. I’m no expert on the problem in the Gulf, but here are a couple of suggestions for project-related problems…
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Improving Project Communication: Two Rules You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
There are times when I feel like technology has made communicating more accessible, but does new technology really make communication easier? For project communication to be effective, we need to be thoughtful in how we utilize the technology. It’s important to remember that we may be writing an email or status report, but the person on the other end of that email is a person…
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10 Tips for Presenting to Project Stakeholders
Anyone who has to present to stakeholders understands that sometimes it seems like a thirty-minute meeting can be over in sixty seconds. Stakeholders often have short attention spans, and if you don’t capture their attention in the first minute or two, they’ll start checking email and watching the clock.
Anyone involved in project-based work has to deal with sponsors and stakeholders. With that in mind, here are ten tips…
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The Problem with a Reliance on Heroic Efforts
Being super-human may not be enough. By all accounts, whether you were an ancient Greek or Roman, Hercules was “the man.” Hercules’ legendary exploits were so popular, ancient Romans like Mark Antony wanted some of that Hercules mojo for themselves. Antony went so far as to invent a son for Hercules, named Anton, to make the connection to his family tree.
No matter how incredible your personal stamina may be if every project you lead requires heroic efforts to accomplish, you will ultimately crash…
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