Project Management 2.0 Archive

Is Enterprise 2.0 just a Software implementation?

By
Ghiath
Published: September 15, 2009Posted in: Enterprise 2.0, Project Management 2.0, Web 2.0Tags:
Is Enterprise 2.0 just a Software implementation?

IT projects are notorious of being difficult to manage and have lower success rates than other projects. There are many reasons for this problem including unclear vision of the project outcome, poor requirement analysis and the communication gap between business and IT. An additional reason for the IT software projects failure is the poor change management. Many organizations such as Nestle learned the hard way, which resulted in the loss of millions of dollars that the implementation of a software package is not about the software only. It’s about managing the change in the organization.

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Project Management 2.0

By
Ghiath
Published: September 3, 2009Posted in: Enterprise 2.0, Project Management 2.0, Web 2.0Tags:
Project Management 2.0

Enterprise 2.0 facilitates creative methods of communication. The concept of pushing information instead of pulling in Enterprise 2.0 is unique. On the other hand, communicating effectively with stakeholders and project personnel is key factor for successful project management. Exchanging project messages or updates in a timely fashion is critical. Therefore, communication channels are established early in projects and maintained thought the project course. From there, the concept of Project Management 2.0 emerged.

In a previous post, I cited a definition of Project Management 2.0 as “the natural evolution of project management practices brought by Web 2.0 technologies”. This post will investigate how Web 2.0 tool can be used to in project management.

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