It’s Friday, which means, once again, it’s time to wrap up all the news in online project management. Let’s see what happened this week.
Clarizen launched its online project management tools for the iPhone (News - Alert) this week. The new app, available in the iTunes AppStore, makes online project management capabilities mobile, making it easier for mobile employees to manage any and all things documented.
Users can upload photos, timesheets, manage calendars, and obtain project summaries, all from their iOS device. For more information, visit their iPhone app page.
In healthcare news, Metropolis Technologies (News - Alert), a telemanagement provider, helped Sunset Cardiology with their employee productivity and phone abuse by installing OfficeWatch Telemanagement.
According to the report, phone bill showed numerous unauthorized 411 and long distance charges. Mariala Diaz, office manager for Sunset, knew that one of the staff members was involved but had to interview 18 people before finding the culprit. With the telemanagement solution, they were able to obtain detailed call information, track unauthorized calls, and see how long said calls were made for.
Installing OfficeWatch solved all of their employee communication problems without hassle.
Also this week, ROCWare Product Performance Management solution was launched by Subex, provider of business support systems.
According to the article, service providers will now be able to quickly identify problem areas before the customers are affected.
“Operators today struggle with getting visibility into product performance, taking weeks or sometimes months to understand and analyze the problem,” said Sudeesh Yezhuvath, COO at Subex Ltd. “By using Subex’s ROCware Product Performance Management solution, operators can now understand and respond to product performance issues almost immediately. The ROCware Product Performance Management solution offers near real-time insight into market changes that impact an operator’s product uptake and profitability. We are pleased to launch this new product that will help operators in tracking of revenues, costs, and margins in real time.”
Last but not least, Clarizen has bettered its online project management solution by joining forces with Salesforce.com (News - Alert). With the partnership, Salesforce clients have access to the excellent services of Clarizen, and vice versa.
According to the TMCnet report, with the joint venture, users get dashboard reporting that allows users the ability to construct a dashboard based on default reports, which gives management a comprehensive view of trends, resource allocation, project manager effectiveness, and profitability.
That’s it for this week’s online project management roundup. Be sure to visit TMCnet’s Online Project Management portal for up to the minute news on online project management.
Work Management: Work and project details are managed and maintained in one centralized, online location reflecting the true status and driving the players in real time. Status and related data is securely shared based on each user's role and permissions. All aspects of work that are generally maintained in separate applications such as budgets, time, resource and issue tracking are now unified into one platform empowering all users to work smarter and more efficiently.
Project Scheduling: Access and modify instantly all aspects of online project scheduling – planning, resource load, task updates, scheduling conflicts and milestone progress. View and manage scheduling conflicts across multiple projects, resources and milestones. React quickly and easily to all changes in the system without having to wait for project manager or team members to "save" or "update" their entries and additions.
Audit Trail For Work Items Track changes to work items (Start Date, Due Date, % Completed)
Bill to Burn for Resources Calculate bill to burn ratio for all resources weekly.
