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With social media continuing to gain traction in the marketplace, it's an easy bet to say it’s here to stay. Read on for some additional thoughts about what social media can do for the PM profession.

Promoting, marketing and branding your internal projects are key elements of successfully implementing change management within the organization--and social media tools are the answer.

Stop the insanity! These three tactics are designed to help you solve today’s leadership problems and distinguish yourself as an effective leader--just when your workforce needs as many as it can get.

People fail to consider that social networking has its shortcomings--and that there are serious and embarrassing repercussions if not executed properly. As our series continues, we look at more of the seldom-discussed problems.

Social media democratizes communication, but many project leaders are cautious about incorporating the technology into their efforts for fear of derailing carefully structured best practices. The key is taming social media’s sometimes chaotic tendencies while leveraging its many benefits.

How do you promote your project management brand in the marketplace? This article provides a few creative approaches to establishing your PM brand and reputation using a variety of social media approaches.

How (and how much) is the project management community using social media tools to do their jobs and advance their careers? A recent survey explored these questions.

Trying to figure out how you can use social media marketing to your advantage is an exercise in head scratching. But the medium is also considerably less expensive than other marketing methods (at least initially) and is a frontier that needs adventurers.

It’s time to make way for new training tools and techniques…or get run over. Old methods are fast becoming obsolete, but the replacement tools have not been fully tested and will not be immediately acceptable to all organizations. Use these tactics to move more quickly toward faster project workforce development.

Product development requires a unified, collaborative team effort. A social project management framework, combined with the right social tools, helps to connect team activities to the product development process and stakeholders. The benefits include increased visibility, more accurate estimates, responsive, real-time analysis and streamlined workflows.

Wouldn’t it be easier if someone just sent you all the information that you needed to know? Social media helps accomplish this goal by leveraging the interactive and collaborative platforms that Web 2.0 provides.

The Annenberg Innovation Lab at the University of Southern California is developing projects that address technological change in social media and communications. Three major projects in web research, digital entertainment and geolocation are underway.

Staying on top of technology trends is one of the biggest advantages a CIO can grab. Here's a look at what's hot for this year, so you can keep your sites on the ever-moving technology target.

The research analyst's PPM and IT Governance Summit in June will feature new research, new ways to embrace change, a keynote presentation from Tom Peters, and a case study on social media as a PM tool, among other highlights.

Given the “lean and mean” mantra companies have preached the last few years, most workers have picked up duties from “eliminated” jobs, making sustaining relationships harder than ever. It takes time and effort to stay in touch and build up the goodwill that can be tapped for help during a job search. Here are 10 easy tips to help you find some new contacts and strengthen existing ones.

Do you have an idea to improve your organization or department that you want your executive management to adopt? Do you feel like an underdog with little hope of influencing a meaningful change? If, so you probably need “connected converts” to improve your chances of success.

People fail to consider that social networking has its shortcomings--and that there are serious and embarrassing repercussions if not executed properly. As our series concludes, we look at more mistakes to avoid at all costs.

Collaboration software provider Daptiv predicts that the role of project management offices will expand into business strategy, social software will be used even more to engage project teams and stakeholders, and PPM systems will play a greater role as a business intelligence source.

Like all fads, social networking has the masses excited with thoughtless abandon. But people are failing to consider that it has its shortcomings--and that there are serious and embarrassing repercussions if it's not used properly.

Newer information and communications technology is constantly phasing out existing information and communications technology. Will e-mail and social networking go the way of cold calling and faxing?

LiquidPlanner has revised its online project management software, with a focus on app-style planning features and cross-project scheduling and prioritization. This, along with a “social project management” approach, allows for a truly collaborative vibe on project teams.

Leadership gaps arise as projects trend toward higher complexity. It will take some significant new skills to succeed in complex near-future projects. When you succeed with the workforce, however, much of the complexity evaporates.

Gamification of project management practices can potentially do two things better than traditional approaches: engage teams by making tasks fun and improve performance by recognizing achievement on a regular basis. Skeptics abound, but shouldn’t we embrace gaming tactics that work? It's not such an alien concept anymore.

The project manager’s critical success factor will be leadership skills, according to a global panel of consultants and senior executives assembled by ESI International.

A wide variety of technology solutions and services are available to help organizations implement, customize and improve their project portfolio management processes. Here is our August roundup of recent updates and announcements from CA, Daptiv, Innotas, Oracle Primavera, Planview, PowerSteering, Rally and others.

The start of a new year is a great time to look for a new job--and according to a few experts, things are starting to look up. What can IT professionals and project managers expect? Find out by reading on...

Unchecked and forgotten, minor difficulties are left alone until they bubble up and become real irritations. Having a systematic process in your customer service and support area--one that allows you to act proactively with clients to correct these issues--can set you apart from competitors and give your own project teams peace of mind.

Although the role of the business stakeholder has evolved using agile as a methodology, the business need or pesky constraint typically remains for delivering functionality by a particular date. Hence, project success many times is still measured by delivering functionality by a pre-defined date to meet business goals. Here we offer some suggestions to try if your organization is using an agile methodology--yet expected to deliver a large-scale project that has the same constraints that have existed over time.

Customers are acting with considerably more caution these days as we see how difficult economic times are putting pressure on them to be more particular about who they choose to do business with. What you don’t want to do is push your customers away...so keep these thoughts in mind.

Social networking tools can help project teams work faster and smarter, but they’re only as good as the collective buy-in, security is still a concern, and they don’t make the tough decisions for you. Here, some Enterprise 2.0 evangelists share their thoughts on benefits, pitfalls and the changing technological landscape.

What is worse for a CIO than a bad economy? An uncertain economy, and that's exactly where we'll be heading in 2011. CIOs will have to shift strategies--if not priorities--to weather the upcoming turbulence in the business atmosphere. Hold on tight and read on for advice to keep you on steady ground.

As project leaders, a track record of success is important. But what often leads to greater opportunities is the impression we make on people while we are working with them and after we are gone. It is said that we spend upwards of 80 percent of our time communicating. By establishing and maintaining a personal brand, we can influence that communication and take control of the "noise" attached to it.

Even with the widespread acceptance of social networking, many job hunters aren’t fully exploiting all its advantages. Find out why social networking sites are ideal vehicles for promoting your career.

The traditional ways of adding new tools to the toolkit lack innovation and excitement. Fortunately, you don’t always have to travel or take a computer-based test to add a few new tools to the toolkit. Here we present 21 ways to add new tools to your toolkit as an IT project manager or professional.

In the middle of a three-year SAP implementation, the IS department at a polypropylene wrapping manufacturer is connecting through a new project management tool that fosters tighter collaboration and swifter communication in a modern, social-media manner.

The projects that will be approved next year are the ones that offer the highest return--and the quickest. Time is of the essence, and these IT consultants offer some tips on which projects are most likely to get the green light in 2009.

Collaboration is a common theme throughout many of the leading trends for project management in 2012, as determined by a global panel of senior executives and subject matter experts.

No matter how much preparation goes into a job interview, there’s no escaping those mind-bending questions. Unlike indisputable solutions to mathematical problems, there are seldom pat answers to tough interview questions. Some experts weigh in with advice.

As Agile evolves beyond software development, its people-centric mandate is a natural ally to the social technology revolution transforming today’s enterprises. Here, a leading strategist in the social business landscape shares his thoughts on the interplay of these two movements, including how Kanban and DevOps fit.

With an integrated application lifecycle management solution, Rally Software addresses the challenges of transitioning to enterprise agile software development, with an emphasis on engaging communities of users and stakeholders.

The Facebook phenomenon has travelled an interesting road. And with recent statistics showing that the popular networking site received more hits than Google, project managers and businesses should all take more notice.

A technology forecaster and strategic planner predicts the remaining trends that will dominate IT in 2008.

Operating with leaner workforces, organizations are adopting new approaches to professional development initiatives that align to the individual’s workflow and the translate into tangible, measurable business impact.

Social project management success is all about people — and starts with the people on the frontline. This is the new paradigm for managing project-based work.

For workforce members over the age of 50, a set of challenges is making it even harder to keep their careers on track during the tough economy. What’s standing in older workers’ way? Some studies and trends paint an unfortunate picture.

As project and portfolio management processes spread throughout organizations, the greatest roadblock to executive visibility isn’t the software or methodologies employed. It’s individual contributors. Traditional top-down approaches just don’t work. Here are keys to increasing team member participation. Increased visibility and value will follow.

Shortsightedness can shortchange your organization on the benefits of project portfolio management. A top PPM analyst shares best practices on how to embrace the big picture and how evolving PPM tools can help.

Social networking is becoming a powerful tool for savvy project managers, and leveraging social networking platforms can pay big dividends for your global project teams. Here are some considerations before adopting a social networking tool for your project, as well as an overview of some effective options to explore.

LinkedIn has been ranked the best social networking tool for career builders, and potential employers are keeping a watchful eye on the site. Are you on board?