Speaking For All Mankind » PM 2.0 http://blog.billbrantley.com Random notes on politics, government, science, and technology. Wed, 21 Jul 2010 21:48:09 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 The Immutable Aspects of Project Management http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/12/04/the-immutable-aspects-of-project-management/ http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/12/04/the-immutable-aspects-of-project-management/#comments Fri, 04 Dec 2009 23:09:35 +0000 bill http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=64 Herding Cats has written another great post that is critical of Project Management 2.0.  What I find especially persuasive is the need for objectively assessing accomplishments that PM 2.0 seems to be missing.  In fact, almost the same set of arguments can be applied to informal learning.

]]> http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/12/04/the-immutable-aspects-of-project-management/feed/ 0 Still Nothing New to Project Management 2.0 http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/26/still-nothing-new-to-project-management-2-0/ http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/26/still-nothing-new-to-project-management-2-0/#comments Fri, 27 Nov 2009 00:53:29 +0000 bill http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=50 Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Just a quick pointer to a great article from Herding Cats that considers the new definition of project management 2.0 and finds that it still doesn’t explain why PM 2.0 is better than PM 1.0.  It seems another case of “the Web 2.0″ changes everything mania that has afflicted other fields like training, teaching, and public administration.  Yes,  online social networking has aided in project management but so has the telephone, the fax machine, and the copier.  The point is improving communication and not the tools that facilitate communication.  Thus, the real advance of PM 2.0 would be more effective means of communication than what is offered by PM 1.0.

]]> http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/26/still-nothing-new-to-project-management-2-0/feed/ 0 Project Management 2.0 – Don’t Believe the Hype http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/16/project-management-2-0-dont-believe-the-hype/ http://blog.billbrantley.com/2009/11/16/project-management-2-0-dont-believe-the-hype/#comments Tue, 17 Nov 2009 02:23:33 +0000 bill http://blog.billbrantley.com/?p=34 Project management has been the latest management field to be hit by the 2.0 meme.  Essentially, PM 2.0 is about using social networking tools for managing projects which in itself is not bad.  Ninety percent of project management is communication and anything that helps project communication is welcomed.

No, the issue is the rush to abandon PM 1.0 in favor of PM 2.0.  Now the gurus and consultants who are leading this rush don’t really define what they mean (that sounds familiar) but they are united in their condemnation of the old project management.  This is an updating of the accidental project manager who buys a copy of Microsoft Project and thinks that is all there is to managing projects.  Now, instead of MS Project, the wiki is the magical project management tool.

Alleman at Herding Cats has been writing some great articles about the hype around PM 2.0.  Well worth the read and injection of reality in the debate.

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