Project Management 2.0 (or PM 2.0) is a new term that is becoming more and more popular, but the exact definition is still unclear to many people. In short, PM 2.0 is a term used to describe an evolution of project management practices using the support of Web 2.0 technologies aiming to increase team productivity, knowledge sharing and collaboration.
Let’s look as an example at a typical day of a project manager. The daily tasks consist of checking emails for projects updates, call or email team members to make sure everything is on track and elaborate reports to the senior management. With less administrative work, project managers would be able to concentrate more on the leadership part of the management job. With a PM 2.0 concept the top-down conceptions of managing projects are giving way to a new model, one where the manager’s role has less controller or overseer responsibilities and more emphasis is placed on the ability to plan, adapt and communicate – as a leader.
The following table is a comparison between traditional Project management and PM2.0:
Traditional Project Management | Project Management 2.0 |
Centralization of control | Decentralization of control |
Top-down planning | Bottom-up planning |
Authoritarian environment | Collaborative environment |
Implied structure | Emergent structures |
Limited/Restricted Access to the plan | Organized/Unlimited Access to the plan |
Local Access to information | Global/Live Access to information |
Limited Communications within team | Unlimited Communications within team |
Separate projects | Holistic approach |
Overly complex tools | Easy to use tools |
Rigidity of tools | Flexibility of tools |
PM 2.0 relies on the same concept as Enterprise 2.0. So, while the collective intelligence helps to build, maintain and evolve an up-to-date picture of operations, the Web 2.0 tools will boost the efficiency of teams and at the same time reduce the daily routine, leaving room for creativity and leadership.
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