Project Management 2.0 is the advancement of the project management discipline influenced by the emergence of social networks in conjunction with more collaborative, interactive and intuitive Web technology - more commonly referred to as Web 2.0. Web 2.0 is transforming the way businesses connect, collaborate and innovate using new tools like web services, blogs, wikis, and social networking. Likewise, Project Management 2.0 leverages the very same Web 2.0 tools and collaborative technologies to give the project management process a new social dimension that promotes participation. Project Management 2.0 is sometimes referred to as Social Project Management for this very reason.

Project Management 2.0: Both a concept and a practice

In concept, Project Management 2.0 embodies the emerging social networking paradigm, opening project participation up to all project team members, not just a sole project manager dictating plans and schedules. Project Management 2.0 decentralizes project management and fosters dynamic project organizations where innovation from the bottom-up is balanced with leadership from the top-down to create agile teams that are responsive to change. Collectively these open and adaptable capabilities can result in streamlined project processes and improved productivity.

In practice, Project Management 2.0 relies on both business culture and the willingness of the organization to tap the latest Web 2.0 capabilities and social networking technologies. Yet commitment and tools alone don’t result in true Project Management 2.0. The tools that enable true Project Management 2.0 should put project processes directly inside existing collaboration spaces. Project participants should be able to share information, collaborate and contribute without stepping out of their existing collaborative space. Less time spent joining another social network or duplicating effort means more time devoted to the project at hand.

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Why IBM Lotus?

Two vendors dominate the enterprise collaboration software market – IBM and Microsoft (check IBM's recent gains). Each offers a solid case for choosing their respective platforms to implement Project Management 2.0 practices. The Microsoft suite contains both traditional project management tools and a collaboration platform (SharePoint). However, the Microsoft Project and SharePoint interface is not quite Web 2.0 and Microsoft falls short of IBM when it comes to enterprise social tools. And for organizations that have invested in an IBM Lotus infrastructure, going with Microsoft for Project Management 2.0 means running a separate collaborative environment to support a single practice – an expensive decision that clearly flies in the face of the logic behind Project Management 2.0.

Trilog Group has partnered with IBM to bridge the gap and provide the Project Management 2.0 toolset for IBM Lotus collaborative platforms. ProjExec enables Project Management 2.0 in the IBM Lotus collaborative environment, allowing customers to leverage existing investments and practice Project Management 2.0 without changing the way they collaborate today.

Enterprise Project Management 2.0

Some say there is no such thing as Enterprise Project Management 2.0. This is based on two misconceptions associated with Project Management 2.0.

Misconception#1: “Project Management 2.0 only works for small agile project teams.”
Proponents of this transformation of traditional project management practices argue that to be more efficient and agile, projects must be smaller and more lightweight. Yet some projects will inevitably be complex, even if they aren’t treated or managed as such in the traditional sense. Complex projects typically require collaboration outside the walls of the enterprise – but the goal is to produce the same results across larger enterprises as with smaller agile teams. In effect, Trilog Group is the first to introduce an Enterprise Project Management 2.0 solution that can scale to the enterprise. ProjExec consolidates collections of smaller projects to provide visibility and extend participation across projects, between multiple projects and across enterprises - all while leveraging the IBM Lotus infrastructure to extend your enterprise and stay secure.

Misconception #2: Project Management 2.0 only works in a specialized collaboration environment.
With the emergence of online project management, there are many vendors who make this claim in order to promote their own proprietary collaboration environment as “the better way to collaborate on projects.” While smaller organizations may find the value proposition attractive, the same can’t be said about Enterprise customers who already have significant investments in building/securing/maintaining their collaborative infrastructure. Trilog Group is first to demonstrate a Project Management 2.0 solution built on top of a mainstream Enterprise collaboration platform, IBM Lotus.