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Now that Oprah joined Twitter, it is a serious medium. In Project Management we like “serious”. It sounds wise, professional, the proper thing to do. Now that Oprah is leading the masses towards Twitterland, we need a serious answer to why we should use this medium in our projects. The short answer: Twitter can enable [...]

Looking for an excuse to try Twitter? How about getting a chance to win a free copy of “SharePoint for Project Management: How to Create a Project Management Information System (PMIS) with SharePoint“? This week I am running a short contest on Twitter and I am giving away 5 copies of this great book by [...]

A year ago I was raving about LiquidPlanner 1.0: “If there is a playground for project management software, this is the cool kid to hang out with. It is Web 2.0, it is cool, it is innovative and it is just what our profession is looking for. Look at their site to see what I [...]

If you want to be competitive in a global market you need to be on top of developments in your area of expertise. You simply cannot afford being out of the loop. I said it before: Every Project Member Needs To Be An Expert. Following the latest news and blogs is one way of enhancing [...]

In my series called “Future of Project Management Software” I am talking with Project Management software vendors about their view of the future. This time I am talking to John Reeve from Pelago, creators of Intervals. I especially like the fact that they support a good cause: “One Percent for the Planet” (see final question). [...]

We all know that the key ingredient to successful outsourcing is frequent and fast feedback; keep your customer in the loop, let him know about your progress and problems and get him involved. Next to “communication” the keyword is “transparency”. What happens if you take this to the next level? What if the productivity of [...]

In my series called “Future of Project Management Software” I am talking with Project Management software vendors about their view of the future. This time a conversation with Avinoam Nowogrodski, CEO and Co-Founder of Clarizen. 1. What do you think project management software will look like in 5-10 years? The future of project management is [...]

Within Project Management we use a lot of metrics. The metrics will provide some relatively objective “description” on how the project is doing. They are the Project Managers’ seismometer, they record if your project world is rocking, and how hard. Traditionally our metrics are focused on time and money. But how about that all important [...]

In my series called “Future of Project Management Software” I am talking with Project Management software vendors about their view of the future. This time a conversation with Vadim Katcherovski from Easy Projects .NET. What, do you think, Project management Software will look like in 5-10 years? It’s hard to predict what kind of technologies [...]

What do you do when everybody is using “the wrong tools”? Are you going to convince everyone to do it “your way”? Or are you going to tap into the existing information stream and improve the existing stream? As the words in “Paradise By The Dashboard Lights“: “What is it gonna be, boy?” Andrew Filev, [...]