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Feature Article: Announcing Stream by @task, the World's First Social Project Feature ArticleAnnouncing Stream by @task, the World's First Social Project Management Platform As PPM methodologies spread throughout organizations, the greatest challenge facing business leaders is a lack of voluntary team member participation in the project management process. Taking a traditional top-down or command-and-control project management approach doesn't work with today's workforce, resulting in... Read the complete article here Click here to read the @task Stream Press Release EventsOn-demand Webinar: Definitive Project ROI: 5 Keys for Increasing Project Portfolio Value Are you inundated with project requests that will stretch already scarce resources? You’re not alone. Many organizations with a broad range of contributing business units receive hundreds, if not thousands, of project ideas that could quickly consume limited budgets—but it doesn’t need to be that way. Focusing on the right projects is just as important as executing projects the right way. Craig Symons, Vice President of Forrester, will discuss strategies for increasing business value: 
Paul McGriff, Manager of Governance and Administration for Buckman Labs, shares what Buckman Labs does to ensure they are working on the right projects. According to Paul, "If someone presents a potential project that doesn’t tie into a strategic initiative, we ask, ‘why are you doing this?’ It’s that important to us." Blog PostsComments on the Facebook Imperative There is a lot of chatter, no pun intended, about the place of social software in the enterprise. There is also a lot of concern about whether or not this phenomenon is leading us into disorder. At the highest levels, the shift is that organizations who will compete the best will be the ones that offer a place for innovation, will trust their knowledge workers to solve problems, and will be able to react to change quickly—very, very quickly… Read the complete blog post here 
Here’s a buzzword for you: social project management. Most of the stuff you’ll find on the web about social project management relates to social media being used as project management tools. But simply using a social media tool doesn’t mean that you’re practicing social project management… Read the complete blog post here Project Management Success is All About People 
The Gallup Organization estimates that there are 22 million actively disengaged employees in the United States costing the American economy as much as $350 billion dollars a year in lost productivity. One of the biggest challenges facing project management in general and project managers particularly is a lack of voluntary team member participation in the process. Not only is the traditional top-down or command-and-control approach to work management a real morale killer, it doesn’t work with today’s workforce… Work Management Using Social Media 
A few days ago Elizabeth Harrin of the Girls Guide to Project Management blog, published the results of her survey Social Media in a Project Environment. A colleague introduced me to the study knowing I supported incorporating the communication and collaboration aspects of social media into project management tools. “While social media practices are established for marketing, brand awareness and customer outreach,” says Harrin, “I felt that project managers should be taking advantage of the available tools—and I wanted to find out if they were.” I think you’ll find some of the results interesting… The Three Keys to Increased Team Participation and Work Management Success Technology doesn’t drive project success, people do. In fact, enterprise work management success is all about people. I’m a firm believer in project software—I’m just suggesting that it’s people that are actually responsible for getting work done. The software doesn’t write any code, manufacture any product, or create anything new—people do. Which is why project management tools need to effectively engage the workforce in the project management process… |
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