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Organization Project Management
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'''Organization Project Management'''
  
 
*End user education, it is important to work with the different personalities in tech projects
 
*End user education, it is important to work with the different personalities in tech projects
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*PM is not a series of switches but a series of dials that require adjustments
 
*PM is not a series of switches but a series of dials that require adjustments
  
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*Identified things about the consultant client relationship, focused on whether is about the money.   
 
*Identified things about the consultant client relationship, focused on whether is about the money.   
 
*The necessity to establish trust, that you're providing value for the money, exchange of knowledge for money is fair
 
*The necessity to establish trust, that you're providing value for the money, exchange of knowledge for money is fair
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*It is about relationships not about technology, relationship between client and contractor you will build more than the road if the clients are happy.
 
*It is about relationships not about technology, relationship between client and contractor you will build more than the road if the clients are happy.
  
Basecamp:
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'''Basecamp:'''
  
 
*Moved to Overthrowing
 
*Moved to Overthrowing
  
Wikis:
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'''Wikis:
 
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*You can use wikis to get a sense of who's contributing in a team in ways that you wouldn't if you were using regular tools
 
*You can use wikis to get a sense of who's contributing in a team in ways that you wouldn't if you were using regular tools
 
*Wikis are the ultimate example of technology being more horizontal.
 
*Wikis are the ultimate example of technology being more horizontal.
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*Slit between wikis that are file based and database based, things to look at.
 
*Slit between wikis that are file based and database based, things to look at.
  
Software Development:
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* When you decide to develop your own software, a consortium based model can provide mentorship and possibly some funding.
 
* When you decide to develop your own software, a consortium based model can provide mentorship and possibly some funding.
 
* Markets that are not addressed because they are specific
 
* Markets that are not addressed because they are specific

Latest revision as of 18:12, 15 January 2016

REPORT BACKS

Organization Project Management

  • End user education, it is important to work with the different personalities in tech projects
  • Communicating, picture is worth a thousand words.
  • Emerging projects last minute, you have to be a buzzkill and bring people back to reality.
  • PM is not a series of switches but a series of dials that require adjustments

Overthrowing the client

  • Identified things about the consultant client relationship, focused on whether is about the money.
  • The necessity to establish trust, that you're providing value for the money, exchange of knowledge for money is fair
  • There is no relationship between the money and the technology provider.
  • It is about relationships not about technology, relationship between client and contractor you will build more than the road if the clients are happy.

Basecamp:

  • Moved to Overthrowing

Wikis:

  • You can use wikis to get a sense of who's contributing in a team in ways that you wouldn't if you were using regular tools
  • Wikis are the ultimate example of technology being more horizontal.
  • Wikis as great documentation and KM tool, simple straightforward sketch for how to do wiki project management
  • Slit between wikis that are file based and database based, things to look at.

Software Development:

  • When you decide to develop your own software, a consortium based model can provide mentorship and possibly some funding.
  • Markets that are not addressed because they are specific