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New technologies, concepts, and Web 2.0 tools are popping up everywhere. How can you use them to help your project team collaborate, communicate - or just give your project an extra boost? [Contact Dave]

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Project Bling?

Categories: Time Killers

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Situation: You're kinda bored right now...

So I was thinking if I really want to attract attention at the next PMI Global Congress, I'll get one of those Egokast Video Belt Buckles and loop Five Steps to Project Management Success (below) on it (or one of the other goofy PM videos found on YouTube).

Posted on: January 27, 2007 09:56 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Thoughts on EPMConnect.com?

Categories: PPM Software

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Situation: You're a PM in search of MS Project 2007 information...

EPMConnect: The Business Exchange for Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions and ServicesEarlier tongiht, on Linked-in, I asked, "What do you think of EPMConnect.com?"

EPMConnect.com is Microsoft's partner solution portal, which allows you to try MS Project 2007 for free online.  It also offers information about and tours of MS Project partner solutions.
Posted on: January 27, 2007 09:07 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

Quick and Simple Brainstorming

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Situation: You're a incredible facilitator, but have the handwriting of a 3 year old.


Bubbl.us is about as simple a brainstorming tool as you'll find anywhere.  Mind Manager it's not, but with a laptop and a projector, this software could be better than a marker and flip chart.  As long as you don't skip over the instructions when you first open it up, it's incredibly easy to use.  If you skip the instructions (like I did at first) you're kind of hosed until you go back and read them.

Try this tool if:

- you don't have a good way of capturing the output of your brainstorming session. (let's face it, paper and white boards are a pain because you have to go back and transcribe everything later)
- the person you really want to facilitate has bad handwriting (if you can't read your own scrawl later, that's a problem too)

While you're at it, take a look at the following gantthead techniques wikis: Brainstorming, Idea Qualification, and Displayed Thinking .
Posted on: January 27, 2007 09:52 AM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Picking PM Software

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Situation: You need to make some choices about PM solution providers, but don't know how to compare them.

Here are a few quick resources to help you pick software to support your Project Management efforts.  

Schedulers
Some of the information seems to really be from last year, but if you're looking schedulers, this Project Management Software Review brings out some interesting points of comparison.  Wikipedia's definition of Project Management Software, also gives you a good list of characteristics that you can consider when making a purchasing decision.

PPM Software
Projects @ Work (gantthead's sister publication) offers a great PPM Software Evaluation Tool that is both comprehensive and free.  You must register to download it.  This tool is completely vendor agnostic.

Project Management Training
The same type of tool as the one above, Projects @ Work's Training Vendor Evaluation Tool will help you make a training investment that you can feel good about.   You must register to download it.  This tool is completely vendor agnostic.
Posted on: January 24, 2007 10:25 PM | Permalink | Comments (1)

Answers to General Questions

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Situation: You need answers (and potentially new ideas)

I've been playing with Linkedin's new "answers" service.  It's actually one of the most active question and answer interfaces that I've run across.  It makes me want to do the something similar on gantthead.  

One of my personal burning questions has always been "How many project managers are there in the world?".  So I asked the question on linkedin yesterday and here are the answers I'm getting back.  Not all high quality, but certainly a respectable response.

I think that the advantage of using a service like this NOT that people online will have better answers than those you know personally.  I think that asking a really diverse group of people has the potential to offer new perspectives and insight.  It might not get you an answer, but rather be a bridge to finding one.

What I learned 
1.  I should have been a little more clear about WHY I needed an answer to this question (I'm always wondering how many people gantthead could potentially serve), because the audience here is so diverse.
2.  If it's a really tough question, you might not get an answer, but you're likely to get some good supporting information.

In any event, I think this is worth a try.

Posted on: January 20, 2007 10:44 AM | Permalink | Comments (0)
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