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Note From the Editor: For Those Who Missed the Second Annual @task User Conference Note From the EditorThe Internet revolutionized the way we communicate and do business which had previously been impossible. An announcement at the Second Annual @task User Conference offered another such game-changing innovation with the introduction of Stream, the world’s first social project management platform. It has been exciting to see such a positive response to the announcement, and we wanted to make certain that all of our customers and friends knew about it. If you weren’t able to join us at this year’s conference, we wanted to make copies of the video from the keynote sessions and information about Stream available. Click here to view the videos. We’re excited to share this announcement, and would love to share how we believe this will help your organization get work done. If you’d like to learn more or participate in the upcoming beta testing, click here. Feature ArticleLearning Project Management Best Practice Doesn’t Just Happen Sir Isaac Newton’s contributions to science include his theories of universal gravitation, the first practical reflecting telescope, along with the study of white light and the speed of sound. Newton’s theories remain singularly influential to scientists today. In Newton’s day, collaboration was problematic at best. Personal correspondence took days, or even weeks. Despite the difficulty, Newton acknowledged the information shared with his peers and mentors. Fortunately, the advent of the Internet and social networking allows us to almost instantaneously create personal and professional relationships with peers and potential mentors… Read the complete article here EventsAs 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
Join us June 3, 2010 at 8:30 a.m. PDT 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. Blog PostsDon’t Forget the Fundamentals of Project-Based Work Most nine-year olds I knew played little league baseball. Like most teams, we practiced several times a week. Throwing, hitting, running, and other drills were never the fun part of baseball practice—we wanted to play the game. I’ve since come to appreciate how learning the fundamentals is important in any field of endeavor. In my opinion, managing projects is no different. Here are some fundamental… Read the complete blog post here Mind the Gap: The Difference Between Knowing and Doing 
As a University student my final dissertation was on the subject of Knowledge Management and, in particular, the transfer of knowledge from one party to another. I undertook a study, based on a real project, of transferring a support operation from an in-house team to a third-party organization in India. My hypothesis was that there would be a loss of knowledge because of what is referred to as the “Knowing Doing Gap.” As any consultant will tell you, during an engagement with a customer, there is often a period of discovery time when you sit down with the other party to try and understand what it is they do and how they do it… Read the complete blog post here Unbreakable Rules for Project-Based Work 
Mark Lily and Tim Rahshulte ask, “Why do so few projects succeed? Despite the decades of increasingly complex attempts to manage projects, far too many managers overlook the 10 unbreakable rules for project success … these common sense guidelines hold the key to increasing your success rate and delivering greater consistency across your project’s life-cycle.” As technology advances and makes it easier for project managers to streamline processes and address challenges, I think it’s important to occasionally remind ourselves about the basic rules for successful projects. When I need a reminder, I usually look at this list… Read the complete blog post here Can I Buy an Insurance Policy for my PPM Implementation? Wouldn’t it be great if we could purchase an insurance policy that would give us back all the time, money and resources spent if we had a failed PPM implementation? Or, we could look at it in a different way. Create your own insurance policy for your PPM project implementation… |
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