Comments on: Why You Should Use Twitter Style Communication In Your Project

By: Bas

Bas — Sat, 09 May 2009 09:15:33 +0000

or even take a look at SocialCast:
http://www.socialcast.com/

By: Bas

Bas — Fri, 08 May 2009 12:02:02 +0000

Hi Robert, you might want to check out Yammer (http://yammer.com)

By: Robert Cain

Robert Cain — Fri, 08 May 2009 11:55:42 +0000

Ah, after some searching there appears to be some security holes in it, so it can’t be used for project as it would offer a potential for information compromise.

By: Robert Cain

Robert Cain — Fri, 08 May 2009 02:24:12 +0000

So does anyone have any already proven policies, procedures or techniques for using twitter on a project?

I needed a unified medium between my project’s team members, some of which are vendors and don’t have a federated IM platform.

It is enlightening that twitter is not simply a blast out broadcast. Anyone want to comment?

I am just starting my research to see if it can fit our needs.

By: Bas de Baar

Bas de Baar — Mon, 04 May 2009 13:04:52 +0000

Hi Mattias, thanks for dropping by. Let me know if you come up with something… Creating a concept is one thing … putting it to use another

By: David D

David D — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 03:30:03 +0000

waste of time?

By: Mattias Hällström

Mattias Hällström — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 14:43:14 +0000

I feel there is a fresh usage model for increasing involvment of project team members and stakeholders here. You are on to something important.

Maybe there is a synnergy with project methods as a language? The language could provide some structure to the “chatter” making it more valuable in the professional context.

With modern tools some of the statements in the project language could be generated automatically in the stream. Helping co-wokers managing their commitments to each other.

We will have a closer look at this!

By: Bas

Bas — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 11:37:04 +0000

Hi all thanks for the comments! much appreciated.

@Eric: that sounds like very interesting research. Eager to see what comes out …

@Dave: I think the SMS and Twitter communication can be “merged”.. however I don’t see SMS turning into something chattering in the background, or you being able to filter on.

“the Osmotic value is also a negative because it can distract the team” — I think that this is where people should create skills to use the social media “properly”

By: Randall Stross

Randall Stross — Tue, 28 Apr 2009 01:32:56 +0000

One advantage of using Twitter over SMS would be in countries that still charge a fee for every SMS message.

By: Jesus Contreras

Jesus Contreras — Mon, 27 Apr 2009 16:03:30 +0000

The Twitter model is great for notification in projects, but the Project Manager or the person responsible for the publishing has to consider audience (not all the information is for everybody) and to set rules about the information to be shared among the teams (“i am hungry” posts are not valid ones)

Regards
-JC