Four practical project uses for Cohuman

Andy Makar describes projects where the free social platform Cohuman helps teams collaborate and deliver. Read more

5 Lessons From Federal IT Project Reviews
TechStat IT oversight program saved more than $900 million, offers insights for IT managers from all sectors.

Free project collaboration tools that rock
Andrew Makar explains why these three project collaboration tools are worth a look: Cohuman, Asana, and Trello.

Conduct lessons learned sessions throughout the engagement
Brad Egeland describes his process for conducting lessons learned sessions, which he says are helping his IT project teams and customers.

Track and manage critical data with Project Drive
Here's a look at the pros and cons of Project Drive, a customizable Web-based project management software tool.

Project collaboration in the cloud via Mindjet Connect
Work management tools are offering new ways to work and brainstorm solutions using mobile platforms and storing solutions "in the cloud." Mindject Connect is one example.

IT project managers: The quick and the dead
What used to matter most in IT project management -- cost and quality -- now ranks below speed, capacity, and adaptability.

Four Functional Disciplines Needed on all Projects
All projects have a set of common characteristic by definition: they are temporary endeavors undertaken to create a unique product, service, or result. Because of this, they also have some common activities that must be executed.

Celoxis -- A feature rich and affordable PM tool
Brad Egeland says there's a lot to like about the Celoxis online project management tool. Get details in his review of the PM software. Read more

The IT industry is accepting failure as the norm
No project manager sets out to fail. But have project/program managers and leads begun to accept failure as the norm? Read more

A Simple Way to Identify Problems with IT Projects
Identifying problems with IT projects before they get out of hand really isn't that hard. All you have to do is ask project team members where they think the project might go wrong.

How PMs can get the grease without squeaking
Get senior management to notice your project without being a nuisance by following Brad Egeland's "inform, introduce, and invite" approach.

Scheduling: What Comes Next? Presentation
Building a solid project schedule requires an understanding of the deliverables and the business' culture. This 31-page PDF from gantthead.com will give you pointers on building a schedule that is flexible enough to address the unexpected, while being strong enough to keep the initiative on track.

Highlight missing baselines in Project 2010
Learn how to apply a custom filter to highlight the tasks missing baseline data in Microsoft Project 2010.

Review: Project Insight web-based project management software
Despite a couple of drawbacks, this reviewer finds a lot to like about Project Insight, a customizable project and resource management solution. Read more

Scope change request log
One key to keeping a project on track is to maintain careful records of change requests. This scope change request log lets you consolidate and summarize all the requests into one easy-to-read document.

Don't Think BPM And Customer Experience Are Your Problem? Think Again
Development leaders! Project leaders and business analysts! Application & solution architects! Want to move forward on your Business Technology (BT) journey and be viewed by your business stakeholders as a valuable team member? Take a tip from last week's Forums held in Boston. Embrace Business Process Management (BPM) and Customer Experience. Don't ignore them, embrace them. Why? They're essential to helping you achieve your business outcomes.

Wrike: Simple Social Project Management
Project planning and coordination tool is aimed at business managers, not IT personnel or project management specialists.

Yes – TEAM Has an I in It
For decades coaches have told their players there is no I in TEAM. The point they’re trying to make is that the interest of the players should be the team first and themselves second. Players that put themselves first ahead of the team are often called prima donna or selfish.