I'm happy at the tech company I work for but am increasingly concerned about my career progression. Nearly a year ago, I took on new role as a project manager, moving from a role with a mix of development and client technical liaison/consulting. My company is currently strongly encouraging me to take on even more of a project management role. I think I'd rather move towards working as a technical lead, I'm concerned that getting myself too far removed from technical work now could make it too difficult to move back later. I could really use some advice from Metafilter-ites with experience in tech firms and technical project management! [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Jul 28, 2009 - 5 answers

What the best way to track my work projects? I usually have thirty to fifty different projects going on simultaneously, all in various stages of completion. [more inside]
posted by Optimus Chyme on May 28, 2009 - 9 answers

I'm looking for a web-based task management system. I want to be able to create projects and individual tasks and assign them to different users with deadlines. A user needs to be able to login to see his/her assigned tasks. Any suggestions? [more inside]
posted by Eastgate on Feb 2, 2009 - 9 answers

(Project Management Filter) I've looked around but I can't seem anything to answer this that seems right for me. Maybe experiences of others will help me navigate. How to coordinate paper and electronic files and emails etc when dealing with many vendor/many location things... [more inside]
posted by sio42 on Oct 28, 2008 - 5 answers

I am 99% sure I will be out of a job this week...am I on the right track professionally? What next? [more inside]
posted by sweetkid on Jan 14, 2008 - 13 answers

Tips on preventing work burnout and handling job stress. How do you handle an overwhelming workload with grace and sanity? How can I quickly become a good project manager? What should I do until I have the project management skills to actually handle the workload I've been assigned? (I'm kind of freaking out here.) [more inside]
posted by anonymous on Aug 18, 2007 - 11 answers

Can you recommend an online collaborative project-management tool (one that is not Basecamp?) [more inside]
posted by diastematic on Jun 14, 2007 - 7 answers