Thursday, 29 January 2009

TrailGuide - Optimized mobile client for web-based project management

TrailGuide - Optimized mobile client for web-based project management:

Manage Projects
Collaborate With Team Members & Clients
Get Things Done On the Road


If you rely on Basecamp for project management and customer communication, start increasing your productivity by carrying your projects with you at all times - right on your smartphone - using TrailGuide from Carry The Day.

The optimized mobile client for web-based project management.

Optimized Mobile Application

With TrailGuide, the Basecamp experience has been adapted for efficiency on the phone so you can see more of the most important things on screen quickly and easily. Switching between projects takes seconds with just a few button presses and the whole application takes advantage of touch screens, scroll wheels, 5-way controls, back buttons and keyboards for navigation and data entry.

View and Edit

When you need to see what’s fresh, check your projects to see if there’s new activity. TrailGuide will post any pending changes you have made on the phone and show you if any projects have been updated. Just select the project to download the latest activity and begin working with it immediately.

Stored Locally

Having your project information stored locally on your phone does more than just give you access when you’re offline. It provides instant visibility to Messages, Comments, Milestones and To-Do lists. Using TrailGuide, there’s no waiting for pages to load in a mobile browser or scrolling through layouts that are designed for the desktop.

Safe and Secure

TrailGuide uses industry standard SSL to connect to Basecamp (the same level of security that online banks use), so your passwords and data are safe when downloaded to your phone. And even though TrailGuide uses a server to communicate efficiently between your phone and your Basecamp data, nothing is stored permanently on the server.
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Tuesday, 6 January 2009

Project Management in the Past (pre 19th Century),

Project Management in the Past (pre 19th Century),

Modern Project Management

The form in use today across many fields and disciplines in the business world emerged in the 20th century specifically after the Second World War. The period can be looked as a catalyst in the evolution of project management with the need to organize vast quantities of resources and personnel to achieve critical objectives in specific timeframes. This required a comprehensive approach, beyond following intuitive processes (see Churchill's Adaptive Enterprise). The business world began to adopt project management as the benefits of organizing around projects became apparent.

Project Management in the Past (pre 19th Century)

Project management has existed in some form for thousands of years. After all anything that requires an approach where humans organize effectively to a plan and achieve specific objectives can be loosely defined as a project (see Great Projects from the Past). How else would have humans achieved some of stunning wonders and achievements.
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For example, the Great Pyramid of Giza (2,550 B.C.) or the Great Wall of China (221 B.C. - 206 B.C.). These projects were made possible with the development of simple tools like wheels and levers, and wedges, around 3000 BC. The pace of development continued in and around the Mediterranean, the Middle East and Asia Minor, and the harnessing of animal labor in carrying materials. This led to projects like those that created the Roman Coliseum, 80 A.D.

Project Management Toolbox - Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager

Project Management Toolbox - Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager: "Project Management Toolbox - Tools and Techniques for the Practicing Project Manager
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Description: Offers an extensive set of tools that goes beyond the limits of generic domains and also takes the guesswork out of when and how to use them in order to support the project management process and to deliver concurrent projects as dictated by a company's strategy for competitiveness and profitability.
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Timeline of project management. Who is Timeline of project management? What is Timeline of project management? Where is Timeline of project management? Definition of Timeline of project management

Project Management Institute

"Now Available: New Editions of Four PMI Global Standards


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Standards Stories:

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Here, you can find step-by-step guide for project management in in implementing information technology within health care settings. Included are reading material, software, "think-it-through" exercises and communication links with experts in the field.

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