Comments on: Using Twitter for Project Management

By: Toby Elwin

Toby Elwin — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 13:08:42 +0000

There has been robust dialogue around Twitter pros and cons across a host of topics. Thanks for these added comments.

Once a project is launched the main responsibility of project manager is communication. Communication runs the gamut from risk identification and mitigation through human resource management, stakeholder and sponsor updates, and managing and monitoring the life cycle.

As highlighted above, I like Twitter’s ability to force concise communication, link to documents (and track link activity), time line, and keyword search. Twitter creates a bit of accountability that if I, as the project manager, am held accountable to deliver a project, I want to use a tool that is concise while allowing an audit.

We are all hit with communication saturation, any way to cut through the clutter is valued. It’s all about people.

For more thoughts on please see my portfolio planning blogs. Thanks for PMHut for posting my blog.

By: PM Hut

PM Hut — Tue, 23 Feb 2010 16:50:13 +0000

My personal opinion about twitter is the same as yours Dana, it’s a good collaboration tool, but it really doesn’t deliver more. But then again, the article is about “using twitter for project management” not “twitter as a project management tool”. Thanks for your comment.

By: Dana

Dana — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 14:40:14 +0000

I’m not sure how well Twitter would work for a project management tool. You are right that it’s great for communication and team collaboration, but if I were starting up a project, I’d want to use something a bit more secure (even though Twitter accounts can be private). Find an online project management solution that has Twitter-like features integrated within it for collaboration - then all your projects, files, tasks and communication is in OnePlace.

By: Luiz G.

Luiz G. — Thu, 28 Jan 2010 22:57:20 +0000

Thanks for this excellent introduction to Twitter as a PM tool.

I tried it myself, it didn’t work out, mainly because I found that it was a bit complicatd and it wasn’t designed with private team communication in mind, it doesn’t have the concept of a group by default.

Yammer, as you stated, does. I’ve read about it but I didn’t use it personally.