Software

Gamification in project management

October 24, 2012

Last year, it was all about social media. This year’s hot new trend is gamification. What’s that, I hear you ask? It’s such a new word that my spellchecker flags it up as an error. Gamification has been around for a while. It’s the art of making work seem less like, well, work. It’s about [...]

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Software review: Project Portfolio Office

September 26, 2012

General information Name: Project Portfolio Office Vendor: Project Portfolio Office Hosting options: Web hosted only Cost and plans: Up to 10 users for $49 (£32) a month. Free trial. Languages: English Currency: Feature to add your own currency symbol Basic features: building projects I found it practically impossible to get in to the software once [...]

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News Round-up for September #2

September 24, 2012

It seems like everyone is getting into the ‘back to school’ fever with software news. Here’s the second part of this month’s Software September news round-up. Teamlab now in Finnish and Portuguese Good news for project teams in Finland and Portugal – you can now use Teamlab in your own language. Available as both hosted [...]

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Get started with Social Business! How to encourage the use of a new social collaboration tool

September 21, 2012

This is a guest post by Matilda Jernevad, Market Analyst at Projectplace International. Ever heard of Social Business? Well, if you haven’t it’s about time. Several analytics firms have stated that becoming a social organisation is vital to be competitive in the future. What then, is a social organisation? One definition is that a social [...]

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Collaboration software: a growing trend

September 19, 2012

In this video, J Leroy Ward from ESI talks about the role that collaboration software has to play in successful project management. Are you on the train?

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Software review: Celoxis

September 17, 2012

General information Name: Celoxis Vendor: Celoxis Technologies Hosting options: There is a web hosted version and a version you can host yourself Cost and plans: Web-hosted version is $14.95 per user per month. An on-premise licence is $299 plus $180 per user (one-off fee). Free 30-day trial. Languages: English Currency: Feature to add your own [...]

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Process-Driven Project Management: Minimizing the inherent risks within projects

September 14, 2012

This is a guest post by Neil Stolovitsky, Senior Solution Specialist at Genius Inside. Although the fundamentals of project management are applicable across all types of project environments, the areas of emphasis can vary depending on the nature of the project you are running.  Working for a PPM software vendor (Genius Inside) has its advantages [...]

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News Round-up for September #1

September 12, 2012

Here’s the first part of this month’s Software September news round-up. KeyedIn Solutions Expands to Africa KeyedIn Solutions, the company that recently acquired UK software developer Atlantic Global plc, has opened a new office in Johannesburg, South Africa. Atlantic Global, which makes project management software, will continue to be based in the UK in Yorkshire. [...]

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Project management software as a service: is it right for you?

September 10, 2012

This video from EPM Live covers how to decide if Software as a Service – hosting your project management software in the cloud instead of using a version hosted at your own company – is the right path forward for you.   The video is about 36 minutes long.

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BYOD: the new trend

September 7, 2012

Do you use your own iPad or phone at work? If so, you are part of the growing trend of people who BYOD. That’s Bring Your Own Device – and it’s a trend that is affecting all industries. The problem is that corporate budgets can’t keep up with the shifts in technology. We issue everyone [...]

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