Welcome to Easy Projects .NET monthly newsletter!
In our December Issue:
- Easy Projects .NET - is a Jolt Awards finalist
- Version 5.1 Beta 1 is available
- How to purchase or upgrade Easy Projects .NET
- Tip of the Month
- Current Promotions and Offers
- Testimonial of the Month
- Project Management Book of the Month
1. Easy Projects .NET - is a Jolt Awards finalist
We are proud to announce that Easy Projects .NET has been named a finalist in the "Project Management" category at the 18th Annual Software Development Jolt Product Excellence Awards.
We are very excited and honored to be a finalist. It means that our product's core philosophy - 'Project Management has to be easy' was recognized by the some of the most respected and insightful people in the IT industry."
Sponsored by CMP Technology's Dr. Dobb's Journal, the Jolt Product Excellence Awards has become the "Oscars" of the Information Technology industry. Jolt Product Excellence Awards pay tribute to those products that have "jolted" the industry with their significance and made the task of creating software faster, easier and more efficient.
Each product nominated for the Jolt award is evaluated by a panel of judges that are recognized in the industry as forward-looking gurus who provide insight into the latest most promising industry trends. The judges honor universally useful products that are simple-yet full featured and those that redefine their product space or solve a nagging problem that has consistently eluded other products. Jolt finalists were announced on December 19th 2007, the winners of each category will be announced on March 3, 2008 at the 2008 SD West Conference.
2. Version 5.1 Beta 1 is available
Easy Projects .NET 5.1 Beta 1 has been made available for a download. The new features in this version include:
- Synchronization with Outlook Calendar via iCalc Export
- Custom Drop-down lists
- Milestones
- Batch operations for tasks and projects
- Export to MS Project
- Simultaneous multiple file upload
- Resource loading report
- API
3. How to purchase or upgrade Easy Projects .NET
If you are interested in purchasing Easy Projects .NET, you can place your order at:
http://www.easyprojects.net/pricing
Or give us a call us 1-416-907-9944. We would be delighted to answer your questions and help in any way we can.
If you are our existing customer, please contact us at sales@easyprojects.net or at 1-416-907-9944 to find how you can upgrade to the latest version.
4. Tip of the Month
Q: Can I add a summary for a numeric field in a custom report?
A: Yes, you can. When you add a new or edit an existing report in the Report generator, you should click on the "Edit" button beside any numeric field. Then mark the "Sum" checkbox. Save your report. Next time you run it, a summary for the chosen field will be displayed at the bottom of the page.
More Easy Projects .NET tips can be found at:
Tips & Tricks Collection: http://www.easyprojects.net/Tips/
Forums: http://www.easyprojects.net/Forums/
Knowledge base: http://www.easyprojects.net/KB/
5. Current Promotions and Offers
"Refer a Friend" Offer
If you refer someone to us who becomes a new Easy Projects .NET customer, we would be happy to express our gratitude by giving your organization a choice between:
- a $150-value coupon that can be used toward any future purchase of additional licenses, source code or upgrade, or
- a $50 Amazon Gift Card
If you are interested in any or all of these offers, please contact us at: info@easyprojects.net
6. Testimonial of the Month
"We're a small web development company and we've been in business for nearly ten years. As we've grown, we've struggled to find a project management solution that was simple, inexpensive (we're only small) and comprehensive enough to manage multiple projects, users and tasks with features like timesheet reporting, email notification and so on.
Purchasing Easy Projects .NET has made a huge difference in how we run our company, and the fact it's an intranet product makes it accessible to everyone in our team. We're very happy with the product, the responsive support and the frequent updates - often based on our requests.
We thoroughly recommend Easy Projects .NET to anyone looking for a powerful intranet-based project management system."
Lucas Young
CEO
Digitalus Ltd.
CEO
Digitalus Ltd.
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7. Project Management Book of the Month
Our project management book of the month is a fellow Jolt Awards Finalist: "Manage It!: Your Guide to Modern Pragmatic Project Management" by Johanna Rothman.
About this book:
"Your project can't fail. That's a lot of pressure on you, and yet you don't want to buy into any one specific process, methodology, or lifecycle.
Your project is different. It doesn't fit into those neat descriptions.
Manage It! will show you how to beg, borrow, and steal from the best methodologies to fit your particular project. It will help you find what works best for you and not for some mythological project that doesn't even exist.
Before you know it, your project will be on track and headed to a successful conclusion. You'll:
- Learn all about different project lifecycles
- See how to organize a project
- Compare sample project dashboards
- See how to staff a project
- Know when you're done—and what that means.
You can purchase this book at: http://www.pragprog.com/titles/jrpm
Do you have a favorite, must-read project management book? Let us know, and we will gladly feature it with your review in this newsletter!
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