Price Structure is changing - Act now to lock-in the old prices!

With the release of version 6.0, new pricing structure will come into effect. Here are the main changes that will be introduced:

• The first user is on us. That's right! The first license is available to you completely FREE of charge. Fully functional without any limitations.
• All limited access licenses are now FREE! That means that you can provide project access to any and all of your customers without spending a penny.
• Prices for single hosted account licenses is increased to $24.99/user/month and to $190/user for in-house licenses. You can view the complete new price list (including volume discounts) at: http://www.easyprojects.net/NewPrices.asp

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Easy Time Tracking Sync

http://www.easytimetracking.net

Yet another product has been added to our marketplace.
Easy Time Tracking PRO is our desktop-based time sheet and billing software. It enables you to track employee and contractor time, track expenses, prepare professionally looking - fully customizable invoices, bill your customers and keep track of their payments.

Built-in integration with Easy Projects .NET features two-way synchronization:

• Customers, Projects and Activities from Easy Projects .NET to Easy Time Tracking
• Time logs from Easy Time Tracking to Easy Projects .NET

Tip of the Month

Did you know that you can change the color and the font for any activity name?

First, you need to open your web.config file and locate the following line: <UseRichActivityName>false</UseRichActivityName>
Then change the value from false to true
After that you should be able to see a small paintbrush icon beside the activity name. By clicking on that icon you will be able to change the appearance of the activity name.

Testimonial of the Month: Good to Grow Pty Ltd

"Easy Projects has enabled me to get my distributed workforce all on the same page. My developers work all over the country, but I'm comfortable now that we're able to track the progress of our projects from anywhere. It was easy to setup, it's easy to use, and it works great!"

Project Management Book of the Month

Agile Estimating and Planning
by Mike Cohn

Review from Amazon:
Agile Estimating and Planning is the definitive, practical guide to estimating and planning agile projects. In this book, Agile Alliance cofounder Mike Cohn discusses the philosophy of agile estimating and planning and shows you exactly how to get the job done, with real-world examples and case studies.

Concepts are clearly illustrated and readers are guided, step by step, toward how to answer the following questions: What will we build? How big will it be? When must it be done? How much can I really complete by then? You will first learn what makes a good plan-and then what makes it agile.

Using the techniques in Agile Estimating and Planning, you can stay agile from start to finish, saving time, conserving resources, and accomplishing more. Highlights include:

• Why conventional prescriptive planning fails and why agile planning works
• How to estimate feature size using story points and ideal days-and when to use each
• How and when to re-estimate
• How to prioritize features using both financial and nonfinancial approaches
• How to split large features into smaller, more manageable ones
• How to plan iterations and predict your team's initial rate of progress
• How to schedule projects that have unusually high uncertainty or schedule-related risk
• How to estimate projects that will be worked on by multiple teams

Want to judge more than the cover? See the book here: http://www.amazon.com/Agile-Estimating-Planning-Robert-Martin/dp/0131479415/

Do you have a favorite PM book? Don't keep it a secret! Email us at info@easyprojects.net and we'll feature the book in our next newsletter!

Quote of the Month

The most successful project managers have perfected the skill of being comfortable being uncomfortable

That concludes our February newsletter. We hope that you enjoyed your read and we'll see you in another month. Until then, Take IT Easy!