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Social Project Management
by David Coleman
Project management (PM) technologies and methodologies must change. Not only has the environment for projects in the enterprise become more complex, but the assumptions underlying most PM tools may not be valid with today's projects. Most project managers today have little or no training in traditional PM tools or methodologies. The integration of social and Web 2.0 technologies, however, is helping project management evolve, become easier to use, and be more effective. This Executive Report provides an overview of the various Web 2.0 collaboration technologies that can help make project management more social, allowing organizations to obtain a competitive advantage.
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Flying the Friendly Skies: Navigating Agile Projects
by Dave Rooney
I'm in the process of fulfilling my lifelong dream of being a pilot, as I'm close to finishing the training for my private pilot's license. During this venture, I've been struck numerous times by the parallels between the principles and practices of aviation and those of agile software development. Many principles are based on common sense and clear communication.
Intrinsic Quality?
by Jim Highsmith
This article is a continuation of last month's Advisor on quality; specifically, intrinsic quality (see "Investigating Agile: Inside and Out," 19 June 2008). Agile development focuses on delivering customer value as its highest priority. Furthermore, customer value is delivered each iteration in the form of running tested features (and possibly deployment of those features). One of the six principles of the Agile Project Leadership Network carries the value idea a step further: "We increase return on investment by making continuous flow of value our focus." The key point in this principle statement is "continuous flow" of value, not just value at initial delivery.
An Agile Chat
Webinar featuring Michael Mah, Kim Wheeler, and Mike Lunt
After each of Michael Mah's recent Cutter Consortium webinars, in which he described the remarkable productivity and quality numbers that have been achieved by several Agile development groups, we received a large number of follow-up questions -- far more than we could answer in the time we had.
