Blogs to Improve Info Flow & Reduce Clutter

Here's an interesting read on blogs as project management tools.

It's amazing to me that so many people are trying to "figure blogs out," instead of realizing that its just another communications vehicle on the web. The big deal is that blogs empower more authors to write and its becoming increasingly easy to do.

I read this and thought, hell yeah. About time there's a real business angle here, instead of how individual bloggers can make money from their blog. I'm thrilled for my friends who are starting to make this happen, including journalists who are tapping into the grassroots journalism wave and using their blog as a marketing vehicle to speak on panels, get book deals, etc. But, where's the real business opportunity.

There are many areas of business where blogs can help improve information flow and reduce clutter ...

From the article, which refers to a live case study: (ways they used blogs for managing projects, both internally and with their clients).

Communicating with project stakeholders Replacing paper Building issue blogs Capturing information snippets Publicising the project progress Reducing email overload Capturing requirements Circulating screenshots Keeping team members up-to-date Provide an automatic audit trail