December 2009 - Monthly Newsletter

Welcome to the December 2009 edition of Easy Projects .NET's online newsletter! Whether you are a potential buyer, existing customer, or somewhere in between - we are glad that you are here. Please make yourself at home as you read (and get excited) about our latest news.

In this issue:

  1. Notes from Anton's Desk
  2. Easy Projects .NET Version 6.2.1 is Out!
  3. LinkedIn Community Group
  4. EP.NET Blog Round-Up
  5. Tip of the Month
  6. Testimonial of the Month
  7. Project Management Book of the Month
  8. Quote of the Month

Notes from Anton's Desk

For most of us, December brings putting up Christmas trees, having to make our way through packed stores and malls as we try to finish off our shopping lists, and of course the actual Christmas day and New Year's! I, personally, am looking forward to most of those things, with the exception of having to make my way through a mob of Saturday afternoon shoppers at the local mall.

Here at Easy Projects we also wrap up 2009 with the release of a minor update (6.2.1) and continuing development of the next major version, 6.3. Look for that to come out early next year! (I'll try to give you a sneak peek in our next newsletter)

So, as we finish off December, on behalf of everyone here at Easy Projects, I want to wish all of you Happy Holidays and a Happy New Year! 2010 will be arriving momentarily and it's full of excitement and surprizes!

Easy Projects .NET Version 6.2.1 is Out!

This month we released an update to Easy Projects .NET 6.2! It is now available for download on our website and we have already started to convert our hosted accounts to this new version. While this is a minor update, it does introduce a number of new features and improvements.

New features included in this update:
  • Custom fields for projects and activities that are unique to a certain portfolio
  • A new dependency type: "Finish to Start"
  • Priting capabilities added to the Interactive Gantt Chart
We have also fixed a number of minor bugs and implemented other improvements such as optimizing the recalculation of start and end dates for activities.

LinkedIn Community Group

If you are a user on LinkedIn, you can now connect with Easy Projects .NET team and other industry professionals in our Easy Projects .NET Community Group! Share your thoughts, ideas, experiences and general knowledge about project management. Or kick back, meet some new people, establish great connections, discover and learn.

While LinkedIn can be viewed as yet another social network, it can also be a great tool to connect and interact with others working in your career field. Being part of our community group allows you to tap into the vast resources of IT, marketing and management professionals, who have great experience in project management and working with Easy Projects .NET.

You'll be provided with immediate advice on how to structure your projects and how to best utilize the various project management tools at your disposal. By having access to such an experienced base of professionals, really helps you get the most results out of your work.

So, head over to http://www.linkedin.com/groups?gid=2441550 to join right now!

EP.NET Blog Round-Up

In case you missed it, last month we launched our Easy Projects .NET blog! Every week, we'll share some of our thoughts and experiences in project management, as well as product updates and casual posts. Here is what you missed in November:


Check out our blog, and don't forget to come back every Friday for Casual Friday!

Tip of the Month

Q: How can I move an activity from one project to another?

A: Very simple! Just open the activity which you would like to move by clicking on it. Then, in the Activity Details screen, select the new project from this activity from the drop down menu. Easy Projects .NET will take care of moving everything associated with this activity including assignments, dependencies and time entries.

Easy Projects Move Activity



Testimonial of the Month: Academic Medical Centre

"Support from the people at Easy Projects is great. They swiftly reply on inqueries, assist with practical ideas and use a follow up procedure after a ticket for help is issued. Furthermore, new ideas are welcomed and a lot of ideas are packed with each new version."

Michael Schulze
Software Engineer

Thanks for your feedback Michael! Clients like you give us inspiration and drive to continue building the easiest project management software! We'd love to hear your feedback too, just shoot us an email at: info@easyprojects.net.


Project Management Book of the Month

The Fluorescent Light Glistens Off Your Head
by Scott Adams

He captures our workplace frustrations with dead-on accuracy. He knows all about the technophobic vice president, the fascist information systems supervisor, and even the big stubborn dumb guy. How does he do it? How does he know? It's downright spooky. Scott Adams, get out of our heads! The notion that Dilbert creator Scott Adams has secretly bugged every office, cubicle, and conference room in America-a belief widely held by Dilbert fans-has been debunked by pointy-haired experts. This discovery leads to an even more sinister yet inescapable conclusion: that the lunacy you thought was unique to your workplace is spreading with a viral malignancy across the nation's business landscape.

Want to judge more than the cover? See the book here at Amazon: http://amzn.com/0740751131

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


Quote of the Month

This project is so important, we can’t let things that are more important interfere with it.
Advertising Manager, United Parcel Service


This concludes our December 2009 newsletter. We hope that you enjoyed it and we'll see you next month. Until then, Take IT Easy!

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