Online Project Management Tools and Software – 2008

Posted on 29 July, 2008 by duardo

Have I been blogging for over a year now?  sheesh times flys!  In following up my previous post, Online Project Management Software Players – 2007, the good people at SIIA have announced the 2008 winners of the annual Codie Awards earlier this year.  There were a couple of project related categories and products worth taking a look at:

Best Project Management Solution

Awards the software solution that best automates the management of project-based business activities.

Best Collaboration Solution

Awards the software solution that best facilitates group interaction via the Internet, this includes groupware, real-time conferencing and collaboration over the Internet.

I had a good response from readers and vendors alike to my previous 2007 post, so please feel free to let us know what you’re using currently, or if you’ve had experience with the software solutions above, let us know what you think!

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On the PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart Template

Posted on 7 December, 2007 by duardo
The PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart isn’t a rigid project bureaucracy as the critics would have you believe. It actually makes a lot of sense and shares many characteristics with the more loosely defined Project Steering Committeebut rather than just have a round table of stakeholders, PRINCE2 has focused the group into a meeting of the three (3) key decision makers:
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  • Project Executive (Project Sponsor / Project Owner)
  • Senior User (Principal beneficiary of the project deliverable)
  • Senior Supplier (Principal implementer of the project deliverable)

PRINCE2 Organisation Chart Template in MS Visio

Figure 1: PRINCE2 Project Organisation Chart Template in MS Visio

Another nifty addition to the PRINCE2 Project Organisation is the documented responsibility for Project Assurance.  All the Project Board members are responsible for the Project Assurance and in larger projects this can be partially or fully delegated to members within the User organisation, Supplier organisation or the business.

Depending on the size of your project, you can merge or expand on the roles as you see fit.  For example in a small IT project, the Project Manager may also be a Team Manager or Team Specialist.   The PRINCE2 structure is a good checklist of project management functions that you need to cover off on in your project organisation.

To help you develop your PRINCE2 Organisation Chart quickly, we’ve cut to the car chase and added some templates (above) to get you started.

Related PRINCE2 Articles & Templates

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Wridea – Idea Management Tool

Posted on 6 December, 2007 by duardo

This is an interesting idea management tool for remote project teams or even for physical teams in a darkened room and a projector. Post them up, organise them with categories and colours then when you need further inspiration let it rain! You can even add ideas via email!

Check Wridea out

Having had a little play, I have a request for the developers… I’d like to see a full screen blank wall function where I can manually drag and drop my thoughts in both the X and Y axis and add adhoc labels to the wall then rearrange, sort and rearrange some more!

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