Mar 4, 2010
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Like with Facebook, Good Permissioning Drives Adoption of Project Management Software
I read an interesting analysis comparing the permission settings of Facebook and MySpace and how the permissioning impacts
- the type of information people share and
- the adoption of the websites.
The article makes the point that people feel comfortable sharing meaningful information on Facebook because it has more controlled and tighter permissioning than MySpace. It also states that this is one of the secrets behind the increased adoption of Facebook.
Facebook, the article continues, has an “exclusive” feel, like a club or fraternity. You can decide your circle of friends and therefore who gets to see the information you post. Because you can control the connections, you are comfortable sharing meaningful information. Because the information remains meaningful, you keep coming back to the website.
MySpace has the feel of almost any place on the web. It is less exclusive. Information posted on MySpace can be seen by a wider audience. This openness, the article points out, leads to people posting less meaningful information, fewer discussions and, ultimately, less participation by each person.
ROLES IN A PROJECT
People’s roles in a project are defined. They may be defined by the project plan, by a person’s skillset, an organizational chart or the formal relationship among the project team. The connections are not made in public, as it were. There is a relationship in place.
Good project management software (like Vertabase) can map these roles into specific access levels and leverage those roles to improve projects.
Like with Facebook, you can increase the value of the information shared on projects by
- defining the type of information people can share
- controlling who gets to see that information and
- defining how that information is shared.
This will drive adoption of the project management software as a whole, and keep ongoing participation in projects high.
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thank you very much
This is just amazing. Comparing it’s process with facebook, is just easy to understand to readers and good comparison. This makes the software more likeable.
Thank you. I try to find the best way of explaining and understanding concepts that will be helpful in understanding project management software -with lessons that are applicable to software in general.