Last week was a busy week for project management with hundreds of blog posts being written about the topic. This is a key indicator to how important a good online project management solution can be.

Here is an overview of some of the more popular project management posts that came out last week.

What Does Project Management Have To Do With Innovation? - This post from Think For A Change, LLC Blog illustrates with a very detailed chart how innovation comes from managing and nurturing ideas based on a need. The Innovation Management Timeline in this post blew me away, and shows how team collaboration and innovation management fit in well with project management.

Ten Characteristics of Successful Project Teams - Part 6 - Finishing up this series on the Project Management Tips blog, this post digs deeper into two of these main characteristics - cooperative relationships and participative leadership. Both incredibly important characteristics for successful teams, these traits can bring teams together and increase business success.

Sharing The Stage to Win in Project Management - From The Project Management Hut, this post discusses the benefits of placing trust in each team member and sharing responsibility to get more done. When the success of a team depends on the success of each individual, it’s important to work with people you trust and that can accomplish the work at hand.

Understanding The Project Management Skill Set - Because there are so many traits that make up a strong project manager, Paul Rasmussen posted these key attributes on his blog. According to Paul, a good project manager needs to have a strong understanding of the science and the art of project management, understand the dynamics of how a team works together, and three other traits that bring out the best in a project manager.

More on Green Business and Project Management - Another post from Project Management Tips, this blog post shares how online project management allows for a greener lifestyle. By utilizing an online project management solution, team members can work remotely and communicate electronically, thus reducing the amount of time and fuel to commute to an office every day.

These are just a few of the great project management posts that were published last week. Did you read any more that you’d like to share? Please add them to the comments below and give a quick summary.