There’s a good article in PC World written by Meredith Levinson of CIO.com: How To Be A Top Project Manager. Meredith enumerates some of the attributes that the best project managers share. The article is short and worth a quick read.

The money quote is:

“The more experienced project managers understand that if you don’t get the people side of project management, it doesn’t matter how good your methodology or your tools are,” says Kondo. “If you’re not managing your users, sponsor or stakeholders, you could deliver on budget, but you might not meet their needs, and they’ll say they’re not satisfied.”

This is at the heart of the SharedPlan approach to project management. We believe and our tools reflect the notion that broad communication amongst participants and sponsors is critical to the success of any project.