Real-Time Collaboration Gets Real

Real-Time Collaboration Gets Real

Real-time collaboration, or presence, will become the "focal point" of the desktop for Procter & Gamble employees, says the company's director of computers and communications services. Rather than ending a task to collaborate with co-workers, employees can connect with others directly within applications. P&G is using several Microsoft products that let its employees escalate instant messages to Web conferences, for example. Not only do collaboration tools improve productivity, but they give far-flung colleagues — and sometimes partners and customers — a sense of community. The experiences of several companies using such tools are spotlighted.

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business tools, collaboration, networking, project management

Projects: How to do a project review

Project reviews are a reality check, an opportunity for the project manager to step back to hear how things are really going. That shouldn't panic you, and, in fact, it's wise to plan and build in independent reviews from the start of your project so you get regular health checkups.Here's how it should work.

How to do a "project review"

Teambuilding for Small Business Owners/Managers

What is Teambuilding?

Here's a PM training video game with some interesting features, and our readers are invited to review it and receive a free download. Make the "quiz show host" your CEO, or Elvis, or your dog; make the "contestants" your actual team members. Looks like fun; let the game designer know if you find it effective.

Just e-mail gary@training-games.com for delivery via download link or attached zip file. A list of features can be viewed online. Click here.

AMA Handbook of Project Management & Creative Product Design

Creative Product Design: A Practical Guide to Requirements Capture Management