Herding Cats

Project Management Processes

The discussion of PM 2.0 on Andrew Filev's site has started to turn toward reality and away from the hype of the "next big thing." Tiberiu Ghioca, a software engineering manager, commented that PM 1.0 and PM 2.0 - and... Read more →

How Did We Miss the Idea of Project Collaboration in PM 1.0?

A comment made on a PM 2.0 Blog states: "suddenly people realized that the Old PM (PM 1.0) was missing this collaboration part" The missing part was to add collaboration to the PM method. I stumped. Project Management without collaboration.... Read more →

Beyond the Hype

My friend Jack is sometimes a bit forward, but he has a point when he posts a comment on Andrew Filev's PM 2.0 blog. Notional charts are just that notional. Not the basis of decision making. Jack is a very... Read more →

Project Distribution

Andrew Filev provided an interesting notion about the distribution of projects. This diagram was an anchor of the conversation. Notionally is says the are more small projects than large projects. I use the term "notionally" for a reason. Here in... Read more →

It Was Bound To Happen Soon

PM 2.0 is passe, now it's PM 3.0. Craig Brown (one of my favorite) speaks to how PM 3.0 is Coming Our Way. I love the comment about the "self directed" and the question of "directed to what end?" From... Read more →

Now Toddlers Can Be PM 2.0 Managers

The use of Twitter, IM, and all the other social media as the basis of PM 2.0 project management methods. Using the Twoddler, toddlers (or the communication language impaired) can now communicate their project status in a 144 character message... Read more →

What Does a PM 2.0 Project Look Like?

When I hear claims like "The best and most innovative project management software on the market," I wonder if the author has looked at the Project of Year in PMI's PM Network. This year it was a power plant in... Read more →

Where's the PM in PM 2.0?

The activities of managing projects take on many forms, from very formal to casual. I work in the world of formal and semi-formal programs and projects. I'm not that comfortable with all the informal approaches. But we employee people who... Read more →

The Dinosaurs Didn't See It Come

The Dinosaurs had their day in the sun. They also had a lot of trouble in the presence for emergent competitions. But they dominated our planet for 160 million years. The PM 2.0 advocates are sounding o lot like lifeforms... Read more →

Why the Performance Measurement Baseline is the basis of project success

When I hear talk about the PM 2.0 attributes being the basis of project success, I get a smile on my face. Not because I agree, I don't. But because words like.. Project Management 2.0 is an approach to managing... Read more →

Quote of the Day

The further backward you look, the further forward you can see - Winston Churchill Those talking about the "new" generation of project management (PM 2.0) processes will be well advices to come fully to terms with what the conventional approaches... Read more →

How Many SW Projects Have No Concern About Budget or Schedule?

Rob Schneider posted a comment suggesting the PM 2.0 proponents "are people (that) tend to have experience/careers in industries and on projects where scope is fungible." I'm wondering out loud how many software projects have these attributes. I have no... Read more →

Can this realy be true?

The self proclaimed leading voice of PM 2.0 says... Traditional project management software applications, like MS Project, were created to support the waterfall project management style and are file-based. All the data on different projects are stored in various disconnected... Read more →

Can PM 2.0 Cure the Common Problems with Troubled Projects?

In a response to the new definition of PM 2.0, it was stated Project Management 2.0 is an approach to managing projects that is brought to life by the use of Web-based, emergent, collaborative project management software and that focuses... Read more →

PM 2.0 version 2

There's a new definition of PM 2.0 Project Management 2.0 is an approach to managing projects that is brought to life by the use of Web-based, emergent, collaborative project management software and that focuses on collective intelligence, productivity and project... Read more →

Project Success Starts with Project Governance

All the recent noise about PM 2.0, Web 2.0, Enterprise 2.0, then back to PM 2.0 again is supposed to be able increasing the probability of success for projects. There is no other real purpose for project management - not... Read more →

Enterprise 2.0 and Governance

Andrew Filev and Dave Nicolette both have a nice posts on the motivation - or lack - for Enterprise 2.0 and agile in the case of Dave. Slide 7 of Andrew's presentation asks an important question: If E 2.0 is... Read more →

PM 2.0 Link

PMBok Cafe had a nice post about the jargon of PM 2.0 As well the PM 2.0 advocates have either failed to make or lost their connection with the core principles of project management. They've confused the tools of project... Read more →

PM 2.0 and the Principles of Project Management

Nov 9th, 2009 at 10:16 pm Josh at PMStudent asked a question if there is "One True Way" to manage projects? The answer of course is a resounding Yes, there is only one TRUE way to manage projects The project... Read more →

Let's Have a Honest Conversation about PM 2.0

The notion that Project Management 2.0, based on Web 2.0, is one of those marketing hype approaches to selling a product, where you start with an unsubstantiated statement about PM 1.0. The book Beyond the Hype: Rediscovering the Essesence of... Read more →