I have recently read a blog contribution by Craig Brown from BetterProjects, titled “On Project Management Blogging“. Craig was discussing the recent explosion of Project Management related blogs and the value of continuing blogging in  this, seemingly, over crowded environment.
Excellent question.
Having been wandering about this very question myself, and further looking for a value proposition justifying the time and effort in maintaining a viable, constructive and (hopefully) interesting blog I’ve reached the following conclusion. The purpose of publishing a blog is to advance the cause of project management by increasing …

One of my biggest issues with the ‘Project Management 2.0′ concept is that it is conceptualized around other ’2.0′ concepts like ‘Web 2.0′ and ‘Enterprise 2.0′; both of which are terms that emphasis and denote a technological dimension relating to human interactions. In that context, and following the same logic, PM 2.0 is meant to be denote the application of ’2.0′ technologies to enhance project management capabilities.
A recent article in the Harvard Business Review analyzed the reasons behind the failure of western Intelligence Services to prevent the recent terror attack …

Many years ago I worked with an Information Engineering guru who specialised, amongst other things, in the delivery of high quality data models. Those familiar with the art of data modelling will recall that they can become quite large and complex, and as the technology evolved, software solutions, called CASE tools (where CASE stands for Computer Aided Software Engineering) were progressively used to ease the pain of recording and maintaining these models. As often happens, the introduction of these software solutions made it easier for Information Engineering practitioners to claim …