Collaboration

Collaboration just got a whole lot easier

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010
Categories: Collaboration, Web 2.0

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Check out the bottom of the site that you are reading. The WordPress plug-in from Wibya allows for easy collaboration and a whole host of other features. It’s very simple to add chat, translation, and social networking functionality (and a bunch of other incredibly cool stuff) to your site.

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My Second IT Education

Posted on 20. Jan, 2010
Categories: Agile Development, Business Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Collaboration, Misc. Writing, Web 2.0

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My friend and fellow Wiley author Vinnie Mirchandani writes the popular and well-respected Deal Architect blog. In a guest post, I write about the “real world” IT education that I received working with so many experts on my second book. I also offer a few nuggets from the book on business intelligence, social media, cloud computing, agile software development, and mobile technologies.

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Social Networking in the Workplace

Posted on 23. Nov, 2009
Categories: Collaboration, Social Media

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Social networking is one hot topic these days. Many people at least partially understand how to use social networking tools on a personal level. However, fewer are sure about what–if anything–these tools can do at work. Many people wonder if they should even be on Facebook, Twitter, or Linked in while on company time.

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Blog Bout I: Risk or Monopoly – Which is the Better IT Project Metaphor?

Posted on 13. Oct, 2009
Categories: Collaboration, IT Projects

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A “blog bout” is a good-natured debate between two bloggers. This blog bout is between my friend, Jim Harris, and me. In our first battle, we debate which board game is the better metaphor for an Information Technology (IT) project: Risk or Monopoly.

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New Tools, Same Problems on IT Projects

Posted on 05. Oct, 2009
Categories: Collaboration, Data Issues, Enterprise 2.0

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Collectively, collaborative tools can improve project management. Through their successful and consistent usage, the organization can improve its chances of achieving its goal: a smoothly run project. Remember that collaborative tools are only as good as the people who use them. Also, old habits (read: email) die hard.