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The Mobility Hub – Will Kelly – Security for Mobile Project Managers

Project managers are turning to cloud-based project management applications with a mobile client component — but security considerations should be top-of-mind.

Breaking away from traditional desktop project management applications like Microsoft Project and going to the cloud has never been easier, with companies like LiquidPlanner, Daptiv, and Mavenlink delivering innovation at speeds that desktop application vendors can’t touch. However, with all this promise, project managers need to keep security considerations high up on the list of requirements when moving their project management data to the cloud for access by tablets and smartphones.

via The Mobility Hub – Will Kelly – Security for Mobile Project Managers.

 
Project Management Published Articles Tablets in the Enterprise

Tablet apps for project managers | TechRepublic

Project management can be a very mobile profession, and there are quite a few project management apps available for tablets. Tablet clients for cloud-based apps and standalone project management apps each have their drawbacks, but the potential is there to manage an entire project from the mobility of a tablet.

via Tablet apps for project managers | TechRepublic.

 
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ProjectPlanner HD for iPad

When I first thought about enterprise uses for the iPad, project management was at the top of my list. When I first held the device in my hands, I could imagine it replacing many paper based tasks and offering an unprecedented level of mobility for tasks like project management. ProjectPlanner HD for iPad helps fulfill that early of vision of mine for the iPad as a project management tool. While it can be easy to argue that iPad project management apps lack the robustness of mainstream project management applications like Microsoft Project and cloud-based apps like Liquid Planner and Zoho Projects, they do offer the features that the non-PMP ninja PMs should find useful.

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Democratizing Project Management Data: Beyond the Gantt Chart

One of the reasons why I find project management applications so interesting and have written about them in the past is because the good project management applications are communications tools at heart. Throughout my time as a contract technical writer, I’ve seen inside project management organizations of every stripe and the quality of project communications separates the good from the bad PMOs almost every time.

This lead me to become a big believer in the democratization of project management data because project management data needs to be accessible to everyone involved in the project lifecycle including executives, stakeholders, project management, and the people doing the actual work. When project managers and PMOs cage their project schedules and other management data in tools like Gantt charts they risk losing some of the audience for the information.

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Why I Write About Project Management Applications

Back when I was writing for CNET Builder.com/CNET TechRepublic.com, I began writing about project management and project management applications in particular.  People have asked me why as a technical writer I write about project management applications since I am not a project manager much less even has PMP certification.

Well, I’ve long been interested in such applications because of their inherent communications element. Working as a contract technical writer for the bulk of my writing career thus far has exposed me to the good and bad of project management. I also became a staunch believer in the democratization of project plans, schedules, and related data.

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