In-Depth Project Management Guide: Intranet, Methodologies & Tools

This report provides a comprehensive guide to project management, focusing on building a basic intranet using tools like Critix Podio. It addresses the misinterpreted project management triangle, emphasizing the importance of quality alongside scope, time, and cost. The report contrasts social task management with project management, highlighting tools like Asana and Producteev, and explores various project management methodologies such as Agile, Waterfall, and iterative approaches. It also discusses tools like Squish, Concept Draw Project 6, and LiquidPlanner for project tracking and baseline setting. Furthermore, the guide covers strategies for mitigating scope creep issues and managing IT projects with Wrike, offering insights into dashboards, activity streams, and user management. The report concludes with a bibliography of relevant resources from TechRepublic.

A GUIDE TO PROJECT MANAGEMENT

Building a basic intranet using intranet
pack-Will Kelley
Critix Podio is a SaaS collaborative
platform which facilitates in creating
code free and feature rich intranet.
Apps of Critix Podio
• Bulletin
• Department documentary
• Staff meetings
• Vacations
• Document templates
• Procedures
• Expense Vouchers

Misinterpreted PM triangle concept-
Ken Hardin, IT expert
• The concept focuses only on three quantitative aspects to meet aggressive
goals, which leads to create a negative sense on qualitative aspects.
• IT expert experienced that technological projects cannot provide the best
quality in the same budget & time. Thus, all the three elements scope,
time and cost cannot be considered independent.
• Quality measures how well PM meet the decided expectations.

Social task management Vs project
management – Will Kelly, IT expert
Social task management
apps facilitates SMB to
centralize key tasks.
Apps:
• Asana
• Producteev
• Do.com
Features
• Workspace security
• Scheduling
• Audit trailing
• Tasks sharing
• Feedback on tasks
• E-mail reminders
• Integration

PM: One size doesn’t fit all- Michelle Symonds
Agile approach:
• Iteration based method
• Finite time
• Example: New business
process
Waterfall approach:
• Strict control
• Example: Engineering
projects
• Building projects
Iterative waterfall approach:
• Good control
• Flexible method
• Example: Software
development

Flexible project with squish: Andrew Maker
• Squish is a web-based tool that assist PM to track their
project progress.
Advantages:
• Dashboard design
• Collaboration with team
• Recognize issues
• Easy retrieval

Concept Draw Project 6: Will Kelley
•Visual application
•More options for resource
selection type
•Resource usage feature
•Customized view
•Dashboard
•Improved printing
•Interactive scheduling

Set project baseline in LiquidPlanner- Will Kelley
LiquidPlanner
• Online platform of PM
• New baseline features
• Retrospective timeline
• Baseline features
• Scheduled metrics
• Baseline Reporting
• Baseline comparison

Producteev: Social task management platform-
Will kelley
• Cloud app
• Multiple sign-in options
• Access to all public and
private projects
• Ample of viewing filters
• Integration with Google app
i.e. Google Calendar

Managing IT project with Wrike: Will kelley
• Wrike Dashboard
• Activity Stream
• Folders management
• Timeline & workload view
• Data import and export
• User management

Mitigating scope creeping issues: Ken Hardin
• Defining change in scope
clearly
• Scope creeping tricks:
• Maintain scope change
register
• Request change form
• Review change implications
• Updated documentation

Bibliography
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/fight-scope-creep-with-this-change-request
-trick/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/manage-it-projects-with-wrike-a-flexible-sa
as-based-solution/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/build-a-basic-intranet-using-podio-and-the-
intranet-pack/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/bloat-is-not-good-stick-to-the-numbers-wh
en-discussing-scope-time-cost-dynamic/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/social-task-management-vs-project-manage
ment-tools-for-your-smb/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/project-management-one-size-does-not-fit-
all/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/create-a-flexible-project-log-with-squish/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/jive-releases-producteev-as-a-free-social-ta
sk-management-platform/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/conceptdraw-project-6-review-a-vanilla-pro
ject-management-application/
• http://www.techrepublic.com/blog/it-consultant/set-and-compare-project-baselines-in-liquid
planner/