Sometimes, things just go wrong in a project!

With some online project management tools, it’s a bit tricky to flag when an issue has arisen in a project.

Not with MyProjectTracker.

You can create an activity or message and give it a “red flag”.

This activity will then be marked on both the project managers and company management dashboards as an issue.

So what does this mean for you?

• Instant awareness within the management team that there is a problem to be addressed.
• Visibility for the project manager of all “red flags” associated with the project in one easy list.
• The ability for any manager to drill down into that message to see what’s going on without having to waste time asking for updates.

Early awareness of an issue in a project will save you time and money.

By providing this visibility to the management team outside of the project, it makes sure the issue is on everyone’s radar so that the decision makers can make a call quickly on the best course of action.

MyProjectTracker keeps you honest!

Not in an “we’re watching you, big brother” kind of way

More of a …

“we’re helping you get your estimations right” kind of way.

• When you setup a project, you pop in costs and timelines.
• When you save the project, this then creates your baseline i.e. the budget and timelines that you are tracking the project against.
• If, later, you come along and decide that you need to adjust the budget or the timeline – no problem, MyProjectTracker let’s you do that.

But..

It also makes sure you put in a reason why.

This allows you to review and learn from past projects and to build that information into future projects.

If you know why you had to add budget or time to a particular part of the project or the whole project, then you can understand what you need to do next time to make sure you estimate more accurately.

Useful eh?

And because it’s MyProjectTracker, this is done in a nice, simple and subtle way.

It’s always nice to know that someone is watching over you

Photo: Spring_dew

This is the first in some short and hopefully sweet posts about what MyProjectTracker can do to help your business run projects.

Don’t worry, we’ll keep the self-promotion to a minimum

So what’s on todays agenda then?

Well just as the title says – a furtive glance.

The MyProjectTracker Dashboard

We all run projects within our business.

• Some are for clients.
• Some are internal
• All have budgets and timelines.

With the MyProjectTracker dashboard, a simple glance will be able to tell you the status of each one.

Which one’s are on time/on budget and which one’s are not!

You don’t need to ask anyone – it’s all there in front of you.

Need more detail from the online dashboard?

No problem, just click on the dashboard and you’ll go into the project in question.

How often can a quick furtive glance give you so much information?

Hello Everyone.

We felt it was about time we shared a bit of an update with you to let you know what’s going on in MyProjectTracker world.

Where to begin… hmm!

Well, the beta testing is going well and we have had a great response from the folks who are “using it in anger” – of which there are a fair number. As expected, we have hit a few bumps in the road that we are working through at the moment, but thankfully nothing awkward – just a bit time consuming.

We are looking at our marketing site again. The message coming back is that it is brilliant in design but to subtle in its approach. We need it to be more like a shop than it is at the moment so we’re working hard to see what we can come up with. We’ll probably pop a couple of ideas up on Facebook at some point to see what you reckon – we’d love your opinions.

We were on the Irish version of Dragons Den the other day. Grateful for great editing. It was a fun experience and we’ll put up a post about it in due course.

What else. Ah yes, the road-map for the next while is effectively finished.  We have some exciting things in the pipeline and once we have our ball-park dates for when we are going to pop them into the product, we’ll let you know. If your using the product, let us know your thoughts for possible inclusion too!

We’re enjoying the blogging as well.  Hopefully you are as well. We tend to write a little about a lot of different things that come into our minds – but this means it’s from the heart and not contrived (we hope!). It also means we don’t run out of things to write about!

Commercial launch is approaching, but we need to iron out the bits and bobs first. We’ll keep you posted.

That’s about it. Looking for any information, sure let us know at info@myprojecttracker.com.

Best Regards

The MyProjectTracker Team.

Photo : Our own project on MyProjectTracker

MyProjectTracker is now open for business!!

This is a big day for us that has been 2 years in the making. We are opening MyProjectTracker for what in the industry is called “Open Beta”. In simple terms this just means you can start using MyProjectTracker for FREE. This final phase is to ensure there are no “funnies”. We will launch commercially over the coming months with some special deals for those of you who sign up now.

MyProjectTracker will help your business deliver projects more effectively. We encourage collaborative communication between your team and your customer. But just as importantly, we help you to manage and track your project costs.

We believe that accurate and real-time reporting is key to any business. With MyProjectTracker, we will let you know how the budget is doing, how the timelines are looking and whether you have any problems that you need to worry about for every project on our simple dashboard.

All of your projects and data will remain safe and sound once we GO-LIVE, so don’t worry about having to make changes. We’ll look after all of this.

If you have any questions, there is an area for support that includes some “How-To’s” that we are adding to all of the time. To access this area, simply click the “Support” link at the bottom of any page. Otherwise drop us an email at info@myprojecttracker.com and we’ll give you all the help you need.

Sometimes we get asked “Is this the right tool for me?” Our advice is simple, “Try it and see”. MyProjectTracker is designed for people who run multiple projects at a time or for companies that have projects involving more than one person.

We hope you like what you find and that it helps your business deliver projects more effectively.

Hi all,

Beta day, and for those signed up, a look into the new approach to business project management!

It’s taken some really hard work and not a small amount of drive and passion on behalf of the team to get to this point and this story will be told in future posts.

So what’s the plan for now?

We have had a huge number of requests to be part of the Beta process, which is great, and we would like to say a big thankyou for signing up.

We are going to introduce people over the next couple of weeks so don’t panic if you’ve signed up and not received the code just yet. Once we are happy with the way things are going, then we plan on opening up in earnest for a wider audience.

So what does beta mean?

It means different things to different people, but to us it means the following;

“Validating that the product holds true in the real world.”

Our market research says yes, but it’s always good to get this re-enforced!

For the beta testers it means you get to use our product for free until we feel ready to start charging for it – at which point you can stay on board with a chance to win a rather nice “to be announced” perk for your business for being a beta tester. The only thing we ask in return is that you provide some feedback (good or bad) via the feedback link at the bottom of each product page.

What about the product during beta?

From a project management and business management perspective, all of the key functions are in place. We have excluded some minor functions for the moment, but these will not limit the beta testers ability to use the product to help their business projects along.

You may see some aesthetic changes as we receive feedback and continue to include things that we want to see ourselves in the product.

In the interim, we hope you benefit from the product and like what you see!

And if I’m not signed up yet?

No problem. If you are not signed up for our Beta, but would like to be, just let us know by sending us a note to info@myprojecttracker.com and we will add you to the list. The more, the merrier in our view.