you touch on a good point. most of the solutions that have been references from M$ Project Server to various OS-specific project management or issue-tracking systems are all capable of doing what they're designed to do.
the biggest hurdle is actual rollout and use. case in point: i was previously the exec producer of a fairly large interactive group and we had nice tools like Project Server and Axure but the culture basically prevented them from being used effectively as no one used them. In contrast, I now work primarily in a UI and software engineering environment: we use fairly basis issue-management and bug tracking software. it's not shiny and it has limitations but people use it - we've gotten through 20 release cycles with it. the point is simple: if the culture embraces the tool, people will use the tool. if the culture does not, then you've wasted a lot of time and money in acquiring or learning the tool. On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:51 PM, Vishal Iyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Collaboration and communication is definitely a major aspect and there are > bound to be redundancies & waste in a large project with 100+ people > across > half a dozen time zones. Some of it is probably needed, especially at > mission critical stages. But if a tool can help manage all this, that > would > be sweet. > > On Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 4:30 PM, Nabil Durand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Sounds like you're talking project management as well as team > > collaboration. > > > > "mishmash of email, a document storage tool > > and a wiki, there is a lot of waste, redundancies and inconsistencies in > > the > > process" > > > > You probably need an intranet with collaboration tools. I don't want to > > sound like a plug for m$... We use sharepoint 2003 and in the process of > > migrating to SharePoint 2007. > > > > They have come out with some awesome project management templates that > > might assist in removing inconsistencies/redundancies in your process. > > > > > http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/windowsserver/sharepoint/bb407286.aspx > > > > > > > > > > > -- > -Vishal > http://www.vishaliyer.com > ________________________________________________________________ > Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! > To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe > List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines > List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help > -- -------------------------------------------------- www.flyingyogi.com -------------------------------------------------- ________________________________________________________________ Welcome to the Interaction Design Association (IxDA)! To post to this list ....... [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe ................ http://www.ixda.org/unsubscribe List Guidelines ............ http://www.ixda.org/guidelines List Help .................. http://www.ixda.org/help
