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As social networking sites become hubs of information with attribute and interaction data, they become ripe for analyzing behaviors and demographics. This Web 2.0 intelligence can provide businesses invaluable opportunities to harness the power of communities.

What attributes of Web 2.0 bring the power of collaboration to life? Read on as we look at three crucial attributes and explore them further.

Cloud Computing is the newest buzzword in the IT world, but is it really all that new? Here's a quick primer to take away any remaining mystery surrounding this latest technology and to help you decide if it's worth embracing.

With their focus on online communities and social networks, Web 2.0 technologies are helping project managers and teams do their jobs better in non-linear environments. It is the evolution of project management.

Communications 2.0 is all well and good...but when do we get to 1.0? If we’re going to criticize communication that is taking place today, it would be helpful to define what we mean, what the challenges are and what should (or at least could) be done to improve our essential communications.

Project managers have to be great communicators--and new technology can help. In the first of this two-part article, we look at some general tips for project managers who want to make the most of these modern tools.

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.

Web 2.0 and collaborative software enables the dogged government CIO to tame stakeholders and build a foundation for easier project management process improvement across agencies.

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.

For the world’s largest processor of credit card transactions, real-time collaboration with no geographic constraints was the only way to get a handle on a slice of some 4,000 projects. It turned to a highly configurable project portfolio management application that emphasized social networking, visibility and usability.

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.

Almost anyone with knowledge, access to a computer and the ability to draw an audience has potential to become commentator, pundit and critic--and then progress to mentor, teacher and trusted authority.

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.

One of the biggest hurdles in understanding the prevalence and popularity of SOA is pinning down the right definition. Depending on how you look at it, 2008 could be a big year for SOA development and deployment.

As consumers of information--although we are not always aware of what they are--we each have our own communication preferences regarding how we like our information served up to us.

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.

Is there another bubble in the making? Not all is well or smooth in the Web 2.0 world. Powerful people are fanning the waves for its success, while many others are doubting the prediction of its doom and the bursting of the bubble.

International Institute of Business Analysis and Agile Alliance seek feedback from users of new Agile Extension to BABOK Guide.

Collaborative technologies have been looming on the horizon for some time, and now with fresh impetus from Web 2.0 and other developments, they are playing a greater role in the planning and execution of various business initiatives. That's because application development requires many entities to coordinate their activities and collaboration--whether virtual or otherwise--and has become a ubiquitous way of software development.

Here’s our December 2010 roundup of the latest technology solutions and services for project leaders, teams and organizations, including an application to leverage SharePoint … Agile offerings for distributed environments and portfolio-level planning … mobile capabilities for PPM … a free project management tool for small teams ... and more.

How do we tackle 2011? There are a couple old practices we can draw upon and some new methods we can use to keep moving forward and--hopefully--put ourselves more in the black.

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.

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.

Project managers have to be great communicators--and new technology can help. In Part 1 of this article, we looked at ways that real-time communications could be improved. In this installment, we look at some not-so-real-time offerings that can be improved.

Technology is changing the very nature of training. Adapt and thrive with these four essential tactics, because the nature of failure will not be changing.

Information security leads the list of planned IT projects in the next 12 months, according to a survey of CIOs.

Training in the 21st century is all about maximizing your returns. Technology has changed training--are you able to take advantage? In order to maximize the return on your training dollars--whether personal or for an entire department--you need to leverage each of the various training modalities.

Managing customer expectations in an era of aging analytics can be challenging. IT business interface managers need to become more active in understanding business intelligence users’ gripes and "wow" factors regularly.

Agile methods emphasize and encourage the creation of empowered teams, but is empowerment enough? No...but the good news is that agile teams are halfway there. The stepping stone to autonomy that empowered teams have is a huge leg up on those people caught in command-and-control hierarchies.

Although the 71st anniversary of Operation Dynamo, which took place during the second World War, was celebrated earlier in the summer, we can still continue to celebrate its achievements in the extraordinary results that the use of "crowdsourcing" in projects can deliver.

The general consensus is that the economy is turning around. How will that affect the IT career marketplace, and where will we first start to see the relief?

A wide variety of technology solutions are available to help organizations of all sizes and industries adopt, customize and refine their project portfolio management efforts. Here's a roundup of releases and upgrades announced in the past few months.

Tough times call for tight budgets, which is what we'll all have to look forward to in 2009. Here are some practical ideas from technology experts on how you can make the most of whatever limited funds you have in the coming year.

Just because there are more experienced candidates available doesn’t mean staffing is easy. The latest research shows that success in this environment requires specific knowledge and tactics.

IT technology is getting hazy in 2008, with concepts and approaches rising above actual platforms and functionality. In our third annual installment, Michael Wood breaks down the buzzwords and analyzes the hype for trends in the coming year.

The three keys to project management success are people, people and...people!

Increasing interest in agile knowledge and best practices drew more than 1,200 attendees and thought leaders to the four-day event in Washington, D.C. Here’s a recap, including results from a State of Agile survey, and the launch of new technology solutions and online resources.

Tired of all that SOAP? Try some AXIS instead.

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.

Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx, says tracking time is more than a tactical ‘to do’ for organizations, especially when one considers the sheer opportunity cost of misaligned teams and projects. The ability to measure and manage time is critical to converting strategy into results. Execution is the end game, and time-tracking is how you keep score.