I was thinking about how many projects I have been part of, how many project plans I made, and how many of them actually succeeded.  I could not think of any that were as planned - on time and budget, no matter how good the tools I used were. There is an old saying "Man plans, and God Laughs."  How true, how true!        

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With the closing of 2007 it is time to take stock of where you are in project management and look at where you want to be in 2008.  Some of the work we (at Collaborative Strategies) have been doing over the last few months is to look at the enterprise and how well it is adopting Collaboration 2.0 technologies (or Web 2.0 technologies moving into the enterprise).  It probably would not surprise you to know that these more traditional technologies (I will call these Web 1.0 for now) have wide spread adoption in the enterprise, but these new Web 2.0 technologies are not being adopted as quickly into the enterprise as many (not in IT) would wish. 

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What defines a small business? What defines some of the characteristics of a small business and project management?  The list below is a good start, but by no means exhaustive. 

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Project proliferation is a way of life, regardless of size, scope or industry. Whether it's a pharmaceutical company, a software company or a school board, every organization has too many projects in the works. Now instead of being overwhelmed by work, we are overwhelmed by projects. Companies are turning to software to help organize lives and help manage project-based work.    Read more.....

Newer SaaS PM tools promise not only less complexity and improved ease-of-use, but they often do not require a highly trained project manager to make the project succeed. 

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E-mail has been around for the last 30 years, why is it still so popular? Why do people use it for all types of collaboration? Read more.....

As this community gets underway, I would like to note that its birth coincides with the end of project management as we know it. That's a pretty auspicious beginning. Most beginnings are heralded as the onset of wonderful new things, and yet I firmly believe that we are on the cusp of major changes in project management as a profession and major shifts in the way we do business.Read more.....