Project Management 2.0
by Dave Garrett
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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Situation: Need to know - What's the hottest open-source PM software out there?
 Project Basecamp is probably the most talked about online PM software out there today. Don't look for it to do anything complicated out of the box, but for simple projects it's certainly worth a look. The creator's whole philosophy around project management is KISS-based. The idea is to promote simple, effective two way communication.
It essentially gives you:
- to do lists
- a place to share files
- a way to track time
- a way to track major deliverables and who is responsible for them
It's project management for the masses. Project Basecamp is the free open source version of this product. If you want something that is still inexpensive, but better supported, 37 signals is the for-profit version.
For more on the history of this product, check out this interview with the founders. |
Posted on: November 11, 2006 06:29 PM
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| Not all new technologies are "Web 2.0", but Web 2.0 is all about new collaborating online. Collaboration is obviously central to successful project management. Get your team working together more effectively and your project will run more efficiently.
The best definition of Web 2.0 is O'Reilly's article "What is Web 2.0?" He talks about harnessing collective intelligence, the wisdom of crowds, lightweight programming models, and software above the level of the single device.
From a project perspective:
- collective intelligence can help solve problems quickly
- the wisdom of crowds can lead to better decision-making
- lightweight programming models mean that users can help prototype or even help build applications
- software above the level of a single device may mean there are better ways of communicating and accessing project data.
None of these are silver bullets, but the goal of this blog is to expose the potential of these new approaches and technologies and let you decide for yourself.
O'Reilly also talks about the core competencies of Web 2.0 companies:
- Services, not packaged software, with cost-effective scalability
- Control over unique, hard-to-recreate data sources that get richer as more people use them
- Trusting users as co-developers
- Harnessing collective intelligence
- Leveraging the long tail through customer self-service
- Software above the level of a single device
- Lightweight user interfaces, development models, AND business models
These competencies have implications for internal IT organizations as well as business as a whole. Some of them examined in an EarlyStage VC article, The Coming Wave of Enterprise 2.0.
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Posted on: November 11, 2006 04:33 PM
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