Most people who have learned project management using MS project have a big disadvantage. Due to nature of of desktop applications, the project management tools where used mainly by the project manager. The PM would make the plan, print out huge posters and put them on a wall. Then he would get the whole team in in the room (called Project room or some fancy name like Pegasus as project code etc). The team would spend countless hours to review the plan. The PM or his / her assistant would take notes and would go and update the plan based on the review. This time consuming process would go on week after week. No wonder most project end up late and over budget. The worst part is to update a plan, the PM needs to go around and ask for updates every week.
This is no way to run a modern project. New software like http://www.binfire.com makes collaboration an integral part of project management. It incorporates all tools needed to plan, track, update and collaborate on a project.
BTW, One of the project management blogs which I follow is by Glen Alleman. His
herding cats blog is a great resource for new PMs.
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