Bas De Baar (left), Hal Macomber (middle), Josh Nankivel (right) at the 2009 PMI NA Global Congress in Orlando, FL
I came across this video from Bas De Baar‘s Project Shrink Podcast and had to share.
This is Hal Macomber talking about how he has implemented blogging as a way for his project team to develop ideas, best practices, and many other benefits that come from being engaged in social media.
This is where I feel the true value of “social media” is for project management. Not so much (if at all) on projects themselves, but as a way to develop yourself and your team. Tools like Yammer could be classified as “social media” but I see it more as a collaboration/communication tool within a closed team or organization.
Have you experimented with any social media tools yourself? How has it benefited you, if at all?
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Hi Josh,
I have been using blogs and egroups such as Google Groups and Yahoo Egroups for my training courses in project and program management for about 5 or 6 years now.
We see it as an effective communications tool and perhaps an alternative to some face to face meetings but I have yet to see evidence that our client companies are adopting the use of web 2.0 much less social media broadly.
BR,
Dr. PDG, AACE Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA
Josh, one of my projects involves 20+ team members in 15 countries, each with unique expertise. Since the project began (2 years ago) we've used a combination of a blog, Google Docs, and a wiki to exchange ideas and expertise and to encourage peer-critique of our ideas.
Excellent, I would love to hear more about that! If you would like to share a post or two with everyone please contact me!
-Josh
Very cool, would you want to share some tips in a post?
Hi Elena,
Yes, this is exactly the way I am using Web 2.0 technology in my experiential based classroom projects, but as noted, I have yet to see extensive adoption/adaption, at least not by my private sector clients.
And Josh, in response to your request……
There are not a whole lot of tips I could offer…… We are still in an extended learning curve just in how to get the most out of web 2.0 technology for blended learning courses. For instance, I have been experimenting with Google Wave, but have yet to convince any class to use that as their “War Room” or “Skunk Works” platform. Clearly, Google Groups/Yahoo Egroups is the software of choice, over the commercial platforms such as Blackboard or Claroline….. And we have experimented with Google Docs and MS Office Workspace with not much enthusiasm.
Other than those anecdotal examples, not much I can offer in terms of tips….
BR,
Dr. PDG, AACE Symposium, Atlanta GA, USA
And more, Josh…….. Are you familiar with WikiEducator? http://wikieducator.org/Main_Page
BR,
Dr. PDG, AACE Symposium, Atlanta, GA, USA
I think what helped us was the business model of having a small co-located team and a very large pool of sub-contractors from all over the world. We simply had to come up with something to be able to control quality of deliverables and comply with ISO requirements.