managing successful projects and programs

In this series of articles about project management 2.0  , the new  technologies which are very effective in  the field of project management  , I am going to cover :

• What is Project management 2.0 ?,
• Project Blogs,
• Wikis,
• Collaborative software, and
• The difference between Project Management 2.0 and the traditional Project management.                                          image via wikimedia

First thing first , let’s  understand what is project management 2.0 ?
According to Wikipedia ,“Project Management 2.0 (social project management) is the natural evolution of project management practices brought by Web 2.0 technologies. This second-generation Web environment has imposed itself by virtue of new Web services and applications, which quickly replace traditional project management software. Such applications include: blogs, wikis, collaborative software, etc. With broadband as the new utility, virtual teams now can work together much more efficiently by utilizing the new-generation, Web-based project management tools. These tools challenge the original definition of project management. Project Management 2.0 represents a dramatic shift toward having collaboration as the heart of project management. The transformation appears in the role of the project manager and in the interaction with clients”.
The traditional style of project management creates a huge burden for one person – The project manager.He acts as a centre point for all project-related communications.For example: The communication can be between- [click to continue…]

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