Collaboration Tools for Project Managers ─ How to Choose, Get Started, and Collaborate With Technology

Harrin, a project and program manager and project communications consultant who specializes in copywriting for project management firms, offers a revised and updated version of Social Media for Project Managers that focuses on using collaboration tools designed for working with virtual teams that have wiki functionality, how project management has adopted social media-style technology, choosing and using collaboration tools, and establishing a team collaboration software strategy and providing information on how to execute it. She covers the context for collaboration, how technology can support collaborative working, and how it fits into the project management life cycle; making collaboration technology work by defining the strategy and engaging the team, as well as security and managing the “culture shock” of shifting to new ways of working; and collaboration technology and social media aspects like personal credibility and safety online, job hunting and online professional development, and the future of collaboration and technology. Annotation c2016 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)