Comments on: Project management in the age of Web 2.0 http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/ Sharing my experiences, impressions and thoughts Fri, 25 Jun 2010 16:40:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: PetersOpinion http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-193 PetersOpinion Fri, 12 Mar 2010 14:41:52 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-193 Hi Jay, thanks for your reply. You are right, the link was wrong. I replaced it with the appropriate one. Hi Jay, thanks for your reply. You are right, the link was wrong. I replaced it with the appropriate one.

]]> By: Jay Gao http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-192 Jay Gao Thu, 11 Mar 2010 21:07:18 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-192 Hi nice post.<br>I noticed that you have a link linking to <a href="http://prince2.com" rel="nofollow">prince2.com</a> using the text PRINCE2. I thought you probably meant to link to the official prince2 website: prince2.org.uk.<br><br>It is probably more appropriate to link to prince2.org.uk, especially that APMG (the accreditation body of PRINCE2) is becoming increasingly concerned with the copyright issues in terms of domains that contain the word PRINCE2.<br><br>Out of good faith I thought you might want to know this and update the link.<br><br>best regards,<br>Jay Hi nice post.
I noticed that you have a link linking to prince2.com using the text PRINCE2. I thought you probably meant to link to the official prince2 website: prince2.org.uk.

It is probably more appropriate to link to prince2.org.uk, especially that APMG (the accreditation body of PRINCE2) is becoming increasingly concerned with the copyright issues in terms of domains that contain the word PRINCE2.

Out of good faith I thought you might want to know this and update the link.

best regards,
Jay

]]> By: PetersOpinion http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-178 PetersOpinion Wed, 01 Jul 2009 22:57:24 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-178 Hi Craig, thanks for your reply. In general I also prefer to follow a more flexible approach that fit the client best. Several methodologies are just to strict. I prefer cherry picking. Hi Craig, thanks for your reply. In general I also prefer to follow a more flexible approach that fit the client best. Several methodologies are just to strict. I prefer cherry picking.

]]> By: PetersOpinion http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-158 PetersOpinion Wed, 01 Jul 2009 21:57:24 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-158 Hi Craig, thanks for your reply. In general I also prefer to follow a more flexible approach that fit the client best. Several methodologies are just to strict. I prefer cherry picking. Hi Craig, thanks for your reply. In general I also prefer to follow a more flexible approach that fit the client best. Several methodologies are just to strict. I prefer cherry picking.

]]> By: Peter http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-109 Peter Tue, 02 Jun 2009 19:31:46 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-109 Thanks Pradeep for your great reply. For sure I agree that both Prince2 and Agile have useful parts. And when you are looking for control Prince2 could suit you better while running a big project. However, the question is how an Agile approach could change "big" projects. There are already several benchmarks available that prove that an Agile approach results in big efficiency gains for big projects as well. The main issue is probably that many people prefer to choose the safe route. Hardly any project manager will be fired for choosing Prince2. But if the project would fail because of an Agile approach ...... Thanks Pradeep for your great reply. For sure I agree that both Prince2 and Agile have useful parts. And when you are looking for control Prince2 could suit you better while running a big project. However, the question is how an Agile approach could change “big” projects. There are already several benchmarks available that prove that an Agile approach results in big efficiency gains for big projects as well. The main issue is probably that many people prefer to choose the safe route. Hardly any project manager will be fired for choosing Prince2. But if the project would fail because of an Agile approach ……

]]> By: Pradeep Bhanot http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-108 Pradeep Bhanot Tue, 02 Jun 2009 17:17:03 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-108 Both Prince and Agile have value to add to a project. I advocate using Prince to run the bigger project, provide milestones, measures and some best practice templates. Most large software projects do not need an agile approach of every deliverable. Many organizations use traditional SDLC methods for most of the project and use agile for critical, time sensitive original coding. There is a place for use of both in a single project, but Agile is great for individual deliverables, but you do need more than Agile to manage the overall project. At CA we provide a Prince accelerator for the overall project control methodology and support agile practices within the CA Software Change Manager supported deliverables, where needed. Both Prince and Agile have value to add to a project. I advocate using Prince to run the bigger project, provide milestones, measures and some best practice templates. Most large software projects do not need an agile approach of every deliverable. Many organizations use traditional SDLC methods for most of the project and use agile for critical, time sensitive original coding. There is a place for use of both in a single project, but Agile is great for individual deliverables, but you do need more than Agile to manage the overall project.

At CA we provide a Prince accelerator for the overall project control methodology and support agile practices within the CA Software Change Manager supported deliverables, where needed.

]]> By: Peter http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-106 Peter Fri, 29 May 2009 13:42:50 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-106 Thanks for the reply Santex. To be honest, I feel a bit the same. I prefer to look for simplicity as well. An overkill of procedures and tools is not productive. It's a real challenge to find the proper balance and I am not going to claim that I found the best balance yet. Sometimes it is just "trial and error" to find the best working way. Besides every project and every client demand different approaches. Thanks for the reply Santex. To be honest, I feel a bit the same. I prefer to look for simplicity as well. An overkill of procedures and tools is not productive. It’s a real challenge to find the proper balance and I am not going to claim that I found the best balance yet. Sometimes it is just “trial and error” to find the best working way. Besides every project and every client demand different approaches.

]]> By: Santex http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-103 Santex Thu, 28 May 2009 18:02:09 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-103 It is kind of a pain that projects these days or so overcomplicated that we need to use all of these complicated project management tools, but complicated results need complicated processes i guess! It is kind of a pain that projects these days or so overcomplicated that we need to use all of these complicated project management tools, but complicated results need complicated processes i guess!

]]> By: Peter http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-102 Peter Thu, 28 May 2009 14:18:41 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-102 Thanks for the comment and support Jefferson. I am curious how you are jumping into that direction with your services. Thanks for the comment and support Jefferson. I am curious how you are jumping into that direction with your services.

]]> By: Jefferson http://petersopinion.com/2009/05/28/project-management-in-the-age-of-web-20/comment-page-1/#comment-101 Jefferson Thu, 28 May 2009 13:04:13 +0000 http://www.petersopinion.com/?p=218#comment-101 Yes I do agree Peter. Project management is changing. We need to go from very strict and formal ways of managing projects to a more flexible way with this availability of Online tools. Yes I do agree Peter.

Project management is changing. We need to go from very strict and formal ways of managing projects to a more flexible way with this availability of Online tools.

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