Project Management and Social Media
Monday, August 23rd, 2010 Tags: Management, Media, Project, Social
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PM and Social Media:
Project Management Institute, (PMI.org), one of worlds’ leading organizations for project management professionals, describes Communications as one of the Knowledge Area for the project management; while identifying this as one of the critical link in the project management process, it describes the importance of ensuring proper communications management process in the PMBOK Guide. Planning how much communication is required, ways to distribute the same in timely manner, performance reporting, and managing stake-holders communication is one of the paramount task of project management professionals. While electronic media has been added as one of the methodologies, recently Social Media is poking in to the scene.
As I had written in my wordpress blog post, last year:
http://committedexpertise.wordpress.com/2009/10/09/the-conversation-economy/
In our society now, considerable part of people who live in digital life, engage in social media. This is fact. Project Managers are of course, part of the society.
There is ever growing challenges to project management! The flattened world has thrown opportunities on one side, and at the same time, new challenges on the other side. Highly disparate, widely distributed teams! Economic challenges! Downturn! New business models! Distributed man power! These challenges are met by the new Web 2.0 tools in real world now. Social Media is about benefiting from conversation; seamless team work and collaboration. What are some of these tools? Project Blogs, Project Wiki Page, RSS Feeds, micro blogs, etc., Effective use of these tools help overcome the challenges and improve performance.
The moment we say tool, only the use makes difference. In Social Media Communication, too! Project Managers realize that it still not about the tool, but the amount of meaningful collaboration that they make out of it. That makes the difference. As PMI’s Project Management processes by goes by ITTO ie., Inputs, Tools and Techniques and Outputs, Social Media as tool and technique can make a hell of a difference in output of results.
A reference worth pondering on this topic:
Let us look at a real world example; as of today, two books have become most talked about ones – recommended for this summer reading, as of July 2010. One is, by David Krik Patrick. Another is by Chris Brogan. The author of the second book, Chris Brogan says that every one now, needs three minimum social media tools, three minimum tools: Facebook, Twitter and Linkedin.
PMs, Listening?
Malick.
Malick Md PMP Project Management Professional, IT Technocrat, Freelancer in oDesk.
I am a 28 years experienced professional. My experience spans through different functions both in bricks & mortar and clicks & mortar industries. Past 15 years of my experience ( 1995 to 2010 ) have been ranging from supervisory to management cadres in Computer / Information Technology Industry including Computer Training, System and Network Administration, Data Center Maintenance, Call Center operations, IT Services/ Software Development, Project Management, Global Delivery Center Facility Management etc.,
Throughout the journey, I have acquired multi faceted skills. And being an avid learner, I have gained a good amount of knowledge. I became a Microsoft Certified Professional – MCP -in 1994, Cisco Certified Network Associate –CCNA- in 2003 and illustrious Project Management Professional – PMP – from PMI.org in 2007, which certification credential I hold at present. I am doing Six Sigma Black Belt in the year 2010. Apart from these education certifications, I have always been an enthusiast of emerging technologies and their early adoption. To mention a few here now, I am closely following Cloud Computing, Social Media Networking and Mobile Computing Technologies.
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With my 28 years cross industry, cross functional experience, I have derived a formula, e80k20, experience 80% and knowledge 20%. I have the full range containing both business and technology.
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