Sep 13

Sep 13 Progress On Open and Collaborative Project Management

Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

My friend Dave Witzel posted an article titled 12 Leadership Lessons of Internet Pioneers in which he summarizes the findings of a recent report he did for IBM’s Center for the Business of Government, Designing Open Projects: Lessons from Internet Pioneers.

Jun 13

Jun 13 How Can Collaboration Systems and Social Media Complement Agile Project Management?

Dennis D. McDonald

Agile, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, 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.

Mar 5

Mar 5 Project Management, Social Media, and Defining "Community"

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, Definitions, Enterprise 2.0, Governance, Mergers & Acquisitions, PMandSM, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, , , Web 2.0

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.

Jan 21

Jan 21 Project Blogs, Email, and Dual Collaboration Channels

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Email, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

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:

Dec 26

Dec 26 What Should Project Managers Know about Social Media and Social Networking?

Dennis D. McDonald

Change, Collaboration, Facebook, Governance, Management Tools, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, ,

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.

Dec 10

Dec 10 OK, what IS a "project blog," anyway?

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, Web 2.0

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.

Dec 7

Dec 7 Presentation: Blogging and Project Management Survey - Preliminary Findings

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Content Management, Management Tools, Presentations, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, , Web 2.0

This presentation is a progress report on the dozen or so interviews I’ve conducted so far in my blogging and project management survey:

Nov 30
Nov 30 Project Blog Survey Notes

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Change, Collaboration, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

Here are selected notes from interviews conducted as part of my project blog survey:

Jun 21
Jun 21 CIO.com Article Promotes Internal Company Blogs

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Content Management, Project Blog Survey, Project Management

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.

Jun 16
Jun 16 Using MindMeister to Map Project Blog Survey Comments

Dennis D. McDonald

Collaboration, MindMeister, Mindmapping, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, Web 2.0

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.

May 24
May 24 Are You Using a Blog to Support Project Management?

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, MindMeister, Mindmapping, Project Blog Survey, 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.

May 21
May 21 Best Podcasts I've Heard on Enterprise Adoption of Social Media

Dennis D. McDonald

Blogging, Collaboration, Content Management, Knowledge Management, Network Effects, Project Blog Survey, Project Management, , , Web 2.0, Wiki

The best podcasts I’ve heard recently on enterprise adoption of social media are two interviews with Toby Redshaw of Motorola by Dan Bricklin. One is from March of 2006 and the other from March 2007.