This is one of the podcasts I subscribe and listen to on a regular basis. They have a premium offering and I have found the free podcasts to be very, very valuable. I highly recommend Manager Tools. Tell me if you have additional recommendations.
I’m fascinated the last few years with Mindjet and how people are using it and other mind-mapping software.
By Jessica Stillman at GIGaom.com…
A year ago at Net: Work the audience crowned social task management product Cohuman with the people’s choice award (here’s a screencast explaining how it works). The company was also a Net:Work Future Ideas Launchpad finalist.
So what’s happened to the company since it made a big splash at last year’s conference? (This year’s Net:Work conference in San Francisco is just a few weeks away on December 8th.) In short, they’ve become a piece of a larger puzzle, being acquired by Mindjet to help create a broader solution that takes ideas all the way from inception to execution.
via Cohuman + Mindjet = Idea management from inception to execution — Online Collaboration.
By Michael Cooney at CIO.com…
Most often when the watchdogs at the Government Accountability Office are called into to check out an agency, process or project they are looking for something that has gone wrong. This week, however the group took a look at some government IT projects that have gone right and came up with some best practices other government agencies or in public corporations could emulate to achieve success in their own IT projects.
I was reviewing alternatives to project management software and came across this.
From TopTenReviews.com…
2011 Best Online Project Management Service Comparisons and Reviews
Microsoft Project Team Blog: “Yesterday in front of a very lively audience, Chris Capossela announced Project 2010 and gave everyone the first look at all the new features. As someone who has been working on 2010 for quite some time, it was great to hear applause break out at several points throughout the demos.”
A few days ago I was involved in a project requiring an analysis of the stakeholders. My colleagues and I found this page from Santa Clara University to be very helpful.
Great advice! From TechRepublic.com…
10 red flags that shout 'Stay away from this project!' | 10 Things | TechRepublic.com
From Webworkerdaily.com…
ClearContext Evolves, Adds Project Management Tools to Outlook: “ClearContext is a nifty Microsoft Outlook plugin that’s designed to help you organize your inbox. The latest version of the software, ClearContext Pro v5.1, adds task and project management capabilities, as well as replacing ClearContext’s original dashboard view with an unobtrusive sidebar.”