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The Agile Origins of Project Management 2.0

Wrike

In my previous post that was also cross posted on CloudAve, I brought up the topic of enterprise agility. My conclusion was: to be agile and adapt quickly to the ever-changing business environment, you need to be able to blend top-down control with bottom-up agility in a “Ying and Yang” style. I also mentioned the latest research, showing that teams that foster a focused, unified dialogue between their members, managers and stakeholders are 250% more likely to thrive in the present e

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Simple setup for using SharePoint for project communication

Guerrilla Project Management

This short video shows Project Managers a simple setup of SharePoint to organize project documentation. I used this same configuration on a recent project and it worked really well. It is a very basic setup using SharePoint built-in document and list management features. Please leave a comment below and let me know how you are using SharePoint in your.

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What Twitter Users Think about Wrike

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ClayCollins @lkr thanks for the tip. I’ll have to check out wrike! JillMeyer Follow Friday: @wrike – Excellent project management tool. We use it to our satisfaction! pm4girls @DaveG253 will be talking about social media branding and Wrike at #pminac. #pmi #pmot commsabilities RT @wrike: free white paper about using Web 2.0 in project management: [link] IAC_Heather Okay – done inputting stuff into @wrike, now time for sleep – I think.

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Wrike Helps Yahoo! Users Get Things Done Collaboratively

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Wrike Simple Projects will become part of Yahoo! users’ everyday experience and the first project collaboration tool available from the customizable My Yahoo! web page. Anyone who has a Yahoo! account will be able to easily create and assign tasks, organize tasks in projects and invite people to work on projects together. Still the most exciting thing about Wrike Simple Projects is that it is the first My Yahoo!

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Enterprise ABM Marketing Tools: A Marketer's Guide

Savvy B2B marketers know that a great account-based marketing (ABM) strategy leads to higher ROI and sustainable growth. In this guide, we’ll cover: What makes for a successful ABM strategy? What are the key elements and capabilities of ABM that can make a real difference? How is AI changing workflows and driving functionality? This Martech Intelligence Report on Enterprise Account-Based Marketing examines the state of ABM in 2024 and what to consider when implementing ABM software.

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Webinars Help You Set Wrike for Your Unique Needs

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Perhaps some of you already know that Wrike beginners can now learn how to make Wrike project management software best fit their needs by joining our free webinar. During the webinar, we walk you through the initial set up of your account and show you how you can leverage Wrike’s unique features to: • Cut down routine work • Boost your team’s productivity • Get full insight into your business The core advantage of our webinars is that we customize them for your industry.

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Level 5 Leadership with Project Management 2.0

Wrike

In my last post , I raised the question of how a new type of leader that emerges with the development of collective intelligence looks like and what his/her role is. We concluded that Project 2.0 leader’s role is to motivate his/her team and make the team members more productive, in order to complete the project on time and on budget. He or she needs to be able to guide the collective intelligence of his or her team and leverage it to the benefit of the whole company.

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The Case of the Missing Project Sponsor

Guerrilla Project Management

A project should never be approved without an official sponsor, who is willing to lobby and fight for it. Unfortunately, there are still many organizations that don’t have a decent project governance process for project selection and approval. As project managers, we get too excited about new projects that we sometimes start work without a.

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33 Selected Blogs about Innovation, Project Management and 2.0: Vote for the Best!

Wrike

What project management blogs do you read? I’ve assembled a list of blogs that give me substantial food for thought when I write on innovations in project management. The list also includes blogs that serve as great sources of information about Enterprise 2.0, new management methodologies, leadership, motivation, as well as useful project management tips you can use in your day-to-day job.

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Why Project Management 2.0 Is a Different Ball Game

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that I attended in October, I met many project management practitioners. Some of them asked me about my views on Project Management 2.0. One of the questions was “How is Project Management 2.0 different from what many organizations have today?”. I decided to summarize my answers and came up with a short list of key factors that distinguish Project Management 2.0 from traditional project management.

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The 2nd Generation of Innovation Management: A Survival Guide

Speaker: Chris Townsend, VP of Product Marketing, Wellspring

Over the past decade, companies have embraced innovation with enthusiasm—Chief Innovation Officers have been hired, and in-house incubators, accelerators, and co-creation labs have been launched. CEOs have spoken with passion about “making everyone an innovator” and the need “to disrupt our own business.” But after years of experimentation, senior leaders are asking: Is this still just an experiment, or are we in it for the long haul?

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Wrike Adds Recurring Tasks Feature to All Accounts For Free

Wrike

Do you have a weekly status meeting? Do you have to regularly create sales reports? Or maybe you issue monthly newsletters? In these and thousands of other cases, you will be pleased with the new recurring tasks feature available in Wrike. Now, when you create or edit a task , you can check a box to turn the task from a one-time event to a recurring event.

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E-mail Is Dead…Long Live E-mail! from Enterprise2Open

Wrike

My session was not meant to be just a regular speech. I wanted to create a discussion and share the stage with other E2Open participants. That is why many of the slides in the presentation contain questions to the audience. Email Is Dead… Long Live Email! from Wrike I thought it would be a good thing to continue this discussion here, in this blog.

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Latest Twitter News about Wrike

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wrike Netbook giveaway went to Jürgen Oschadleus – here at PMI NA Congress all the way from Australia. Congrats! #pminac [link] varjuluceno Check out Wrike – helps bad project managers become good ones [link] bradruben @andrewsthoughts Can users of @Wrike win the Netbook! And can we do it remotely! We love your product! at #pminac andrewsthoughts RT @wrike Come to our booth for the netbook giveaway today!

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Elements Of Project Leadership

Wrike

As a Project leader you are dumped in an organization you have never seen before. You get people assigned you don’t know. The organization prescribes methods and tools you don’t like. And of course, there are a gazillion of unwritten rules. Welcome to your project life. You run on partial Information, partial Influence and partial capability. But how do you actually run a project under these circumstances?

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Breaking Ground on Better Payment Processes: Strategies for Construction Pros

Speaker: Timothy Allsopp

Payment challenges often lead to delayed projects, financial bottlenecks, and strained relationships. With construction projects becoming more complex, outdated processes are no longer sustainable. By refining financial workflow, companies can improve cash flow, reduce error, and foster trust between stakeholders. Discover practical strategies for redesigning payment systems to overcome workflow challenges while creating a smoother, more reliable process for contractors and subcontractors alike.

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How Do Social Media Marketing Gurus Become Super-Productive?

Wrike

Well then, how do social media gurus manage to be productive and get things done right on time? They have their own productivity tools and technique, as well as marketing terms and concepts, that help them stay efficient in this vibrant environment. The good news is that social media professionals don’t mind sharing their tips. For example, one of them, a popular social media marketing expert and coach, Laura Roeder , told us what helps her stay on top of multiple projects and effectively

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Recent Tweets about Wrike

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davorao @wrike thanks will do, impressed by happy customer list:) Jax456 @wrike looks really good and may be an option for us. Thanks! Harshanandswami Wrike is awesome. Excellent file and task management with an email notification system. I’m Loving it [link] TelecomSolution Wrike Launches Project Management App for Yahoo Users [link] #SIP PMExamTips Follow Friday: @wrike – Excellent project management tool.

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Project Management Education 2.0

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Julia Bergman , a Web 2.0 evangelist and information literacy coach, thoroughly shares this idea. As a part of her course, she educates business people on how they can improve their project management practices and processes with innovative technologies. Her course is based on the principles of collaborative learning. Attendees learn how to use Web 2.0 tools though constant interactions via these tools.

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Do You Have a Cloud Computing Strategy?

Wrike

These benefits made the UK-based nonprofit UKSA develop its own cloud computing strategy that included tools like Salesforce for CRM, Google Apps for e-mail and documents, and Wrike for marketing project management. To find out why this organization chose to make Wrike an essential part of its cloud computing practices, read the interview with Ciaran Rogers, marketing manager at UKSA.

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15 Modern Use Cases for Enterprise Business Intelligence

Large enterprises face unique challenges in optimizing their Business Intelligence (BI) output due to the sheer scale and complexity of their operations. Unlike smaller organizations, where basic BI features and simple dashboards might suffice, enterprises must manage vast amounts of data from diverse sources. What are the top modern BI use cases for enterprise businesses to help you get a leg up on the competition?

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New Exciting Project Management and Collaboration Features!

Wrike

Wrike is a project management software provided as a service. Every day we work hard to make our service even better and more valuable for you. On top of small enhancements every week or two, today, we are glad to introduce a significant system upgrade that will bring a great productivity gain to you. Today, we present several new productivity features that are added to your existing user subscription for free, as well as extra features that can be additionally purchased with the new pricing.

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Important Enhancements in User Management Engine

Wrike

Besides Wrike’s new, cost-effective pricing model , you will also be pleased with the enhanced Wrike’s user management engine. 1. The new engine lets you have many user administrators in one account (1). User administrators can create new users (2) in the account, as well as redistribute subscriptions and additional features among the users (3), but they cannot make purchases or project billing changes.

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The Upcoming Enterprise 2.0 Conference

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, Chief Technology Officer & Founding Partner, Blue State Digital. I’m also really looking forward to hearing Stowe Boyd and Oliver Marks present the major findings from their “Open Enterprise 2009” research project. Their project is said to examine the adoption, application and impact of Web 2.0 techniques, tools and architectures in the enterprise.

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New Impressive Features Coming Soon!

Wrike

[05.27.2009 Update: the features were released ] We’re thrilled to announce the new, big release that will turn Wrike into the greatest ever productivity and project management tool. What will this new release include? Several exiting enhancements: • Windows Mobile Sync : First of all, we’ll make it easy for you to manage tasks with your Pocket PC or smart phone.

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Prepare Now: 2025s Must-Know Trends For Product And Data Leaders

Speaker: Jay Allardyce, Deepak Vittal, Terrence Sheflin, and Mahyar Ghasemali

As we look ahead to 2025, business intelligence and data analytics are set to play pivotal roles in shaping success. Organizations are already starting to face a host of transformative trends as the year comes to a close, including the integration of AI in data analytics, an increased emphasis on real-time data insights, and the growing importance of user experience in BI solutions.

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Improvements in the Daily To-do Emails

Wrike

We received a lot of customer feedback about desired changes in everyday to-do e-mails, and today we are glad to present the improvements to you. To help you focus on the most important tasks for you, now tasks that are overdue by more than 5 days are not shown in your daily to-do emails (1). If a task was not completed or rescheduled while it was overdue for 1-5 days, it is considered non-important to you right now.

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Project Management 2.0: New Definition

Wrike

Project Management 2.0 is an approach to managing projects that is brought to life by the use of Web-based, emergent, collaborative project management software and that focuses on collective intelligence, productivity and project leadership as the basic factors of project success. Here’s what I mean by some of the specific words in this definition. “Emergent” means that the software contains mechanisms to let all people involved in a project contribute to project plans and knowledge, so that the

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“Win a Book!” Series: the Collaboration Economy (Review of “Wikinomics”)

Wrike

” series with it. The second reason is that this book is a perfect way to start your Enterprise 2.0 journey, as it explains the transformation of the business environment by Web 2.0 technologies in very plain terms. The main goal of “Wikinomics” is to draw your attention to the processes that take place and trends that emerge in the present economy.

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What Project Management Books Should You Read?

Wrike

People often ask me to advise them on the best resources that will help them deepen their project management knowledge or start their own project management journey. One of Wrike’s clients recently asked me: “I’ve been given the green light to seek out any useful resources in the field of Project Management to further my professional development. I’ve Googled a few things, but can’t really decipher what would be beneficial vs. a waste.

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How to Drive Cost Savings, Efficiency Gains, and Sustainability Wins with MES

Speaker: Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions

Is your manufacturing operation reaching its efficiency potential? A Manufacturing Execution System (MES) could be the game-changer, helping you reduce waste, cut costs, and lower your carbon footprint. Join Nikhil Joshi, Founder & President of Snic Solutions, in this value-packed webinar as he breaks down how MES can drive operational excellence and sustainability.

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Hear about Project Management 2.0 at pm411.org

Wrike

Not so long ago, I was interviewed by Ron. Holohan, MBA PMP. Ron is the author of the popular pm411.org site, which is. dedicated to all the topics related to project management: tools, tips, methodologies, books, you name it. What I really like about pm411.org is that. Ron tries to look at the practical side of things and pays attention how the. material he blogs about can be applied to real-life projects, including his. own.

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What Project Management 2.0 IS and What it IS NOT (Part 2)

Wrike

I’d like to give you my take on what Project Management 2.0 IS NOT.I see the three main things here. Project Management 2.0 IS NOT : Chaos. Lightweight Project Management 2.0 tools and practices bring project management into a new context. However, unleashing freeform collaboration with the help of the new technologies does not mean the loss of control.

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Can you Become Agile, When Managing Projects the Top-Down Style?

Wrike

Before, but recently, I came across some very interesting research data, so I decided to give this topic a different angle, taking the present economic conditions into consideration. The ups and downs of our economy are enough to make any executive dizzy. Just look at U.S. Steel (X). In the second quarter of 2008, the company achieved record profits, yet in November, executives laid off 675 workers and postponed the construction of a new $450 million plant.

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