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How to Cheat at the PMO Prioritization Game

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ December 15, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Many will say their Project Management Office (PMO) has been established to promote “Best Practices for Project Management” – better work product, alignment with business strategic direction, etc. That may be partially true, but let’s inject a little reality here … many PMOs were created to help solve what I call the Dirt Bag problem [...]

The Right Web 2.0 Tool for The Job

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ July 16, 2007 ⋅ One comment

I’ve had many discussions over the past few weeks on this post, trying to define the difference between Blogs, Discussion Forums, Wikis, and other Web 2.0-style collaboration tools. In a particularly interesting tight loop this morning, I got into an IM conversation on the issue via my little Web 2.0 Meebo widget, tucked away in [...]

What’s the Difference between Announcements, Blogs, Discussions, Wikis?

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ June 26, 2007 ⋅ One comment

Alternate Title: Battling Collaboration Memes As mentioned previously, we are trying out SharePoint where I work, and I’m finding it interesting, maintaing 3+ blogs, including this one. Actually, the focus of the internal stuff is quite different, as Dennis McDonald and others have been noting. Lot’s of details and stories to write about, but one [...]

Corporate Web 2.0 is Spreading – Here comes the Blog

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 16, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

SharePoint is starting to take hold at work, and that will take us a few steps farther down the collaboration path. There is a promise of enterprise search in the reasonably near-term future, but newly available tools include blogs and wikis (of a sort). I am psyched – this is in general a good thing, [...]

Do blogs fit in the enterprise? Specific examples (WIIFMs) …

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ April 19, 2007 ⋅ Post a comment

Vinson points out a post from Lee, asking if blogs have a place in the enterprise. Jack’s response is interesting, diving into a better way to understand what a blog could be, and the potential for connections. Adventures In Knowledge also chimed in, with a defense of the power of connections. Good stuff, and I [...]

Writing like a fiend

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ August 27, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

It may not look like I’m blogging here all that religiously, but I am writing like a fiend these days. It’s a productivity habit I picked up last year; I keep journals of most/all conversations and meetings during the business day, sort of like a blog for myself. This began a few years ago, as [...]

Pointer to a nice blog post on Perfect Project Manager

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ May 17, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Maybe that’s a stretch goal, not a specific objective … still, check out this post on ProjectSteps. Also, here’s the Project Management section of my “blogroll” as of today – some good sources herein: About Management Agile Management Companion Computerworld Shark Tank Crossroads Dispatches Do More Than Manage EDventure Just For Small Business Managing Product [...]

Meme-jumping: Fun with Bloglines

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ January 30, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Backwards recursion to boncey.org, far be it from me to break the chain. Go to bloglines (don’t think you need to have an account). Find your own blog on bloglines (if it’s not there you can sign up and add it I guess, if you don’t have a blog this one’s not for you). Click [...]

Back in the Swing, Jump on the Bandwagon

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ January 4, 2005 ⋅ Post a comment

Yes, I definitely need to get back in the habit of posting here – can’t always blame skipped days on the crazy demands of the job – but it has been an interesting holiday season. Still, need to rededicate (no, I don’t believe in New Year’s resolutions) myself to the posting of the blog. Today’s [...]

Why are you blogging?

By Jim MacLennan ⋅ October 13, 2004 ⋅ Post a comment

Nice post by Husband discusses “social networking”, which is “so 18 months ago” (channeling my 12 year old daughter) – interesting to note how the meme is evolving – and that, much like the stock market, there is no right and wrong time to jump in, just do it, start paddling furiously, and don’t be [...]

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