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Top Project Management Customers

Today, Method123 Ltd announced that over the past year, a number of profile customers have joined the "Official Customer List" for Method123 Ltd. The customers include NASA, Disney, Vodafone, Shell, Oracle, Unicef, Manpower, Seimens, Nike, BP and Dell to mention a few. "Over the past 12 months, we've doubled our customer base. We have attracted more than 120 large high profile customers this year, despite the recession" says Jason Westland, CEO of Method123 Ltd. "It's fantastic. These companies have taken our complete project management template set and customized them to meet their needs. They have also added in their existing templates and changed the terminology to match their own so that it's much easier for their internal teams to adopt.” “Changing a company’s internal culture is the hardest thing to do in an organization, so one good way to change a culture to improve project management practices is to introduce new project management template

Printing a Project Management Process in your Software

Using your project management process , if I want to print out one of the cool charts, how do I do it? Actually, printing is limited in the trial version of this project management process software. After you have bought a serial number to use the product permanently, you can print out any page and any diagram as you wish. You can print to a local printer or even to a remote printer on your computer network. And you can also copy the content out of the product and place it in a Microsoft Application if you wish.

Navigating the Project Management Life Cycles

Yes your product includes a great description of the project management life cycles needed to manage a project. But how do I navigate all of the content included? There are a variety of ways that you can navigate the project management life cycles included within this project software. Using the navigation hierarchy, you can click on any page link to immediately open the pages in the content window. There is also a primary and secondary menu structure which allows you to select one of a number of features to customize your software and make it so that it can perfect meet the needs of your particular project team.

Activating your Project Management Activities Software

Title Activating your Project Management Activities Software Description Activating your Project Management Activities Software Keywords I understand that your software includes a suite of project management activities for managing projects. Tell me, what is the process for activating this software? After you have downloaded and installed project management activities software included in this software suite, you will be prompted to activate the software. If you have bought a valid license key, then activation is easy. You can activate online through the click of a button, or if you would like to activate your product off-line, then a manual process allows you to obtain an activation key from our customer support team.

Business Case and Project Management Forms

Develop a Business Case - Project Management Forms In most commercial businesses, completing a Business Case ( project management forms ) is the first step towards initiating a project. The Business Case justifies the start-up of the project and describes the: Business problem (or opportunity) that currently exists in the business Alternative options for delivering a solution to resolve the problem Benefits and costs associated with each alternative solution Recommended solution for approval The first step in creating a Business Case is to identify the business problem (or opportunity) that results in a need for a project. Alternative solutions are listed and, based on each solution's individual merits, a preferred solution is recommended. The last step taken when creating a Business Case is to define a plan for the implementation of the agreed solution. At some point during or after the creation of the Business Case, it may be necessary to undertake a Feasibility Study to

Installing Project Management Methodologies and Processes

When I install your project management methodologies software, what are the steps I should take? You will want to download the project management methodologies software to your PC and then complete the automated installation process. As part of this process, you will be prompted for a serial number or to enter the software in trial mode. If you process with a free trial, then you will be able to access all of the project management methodologies included with the only exception being that you will not be able to export the templates and life cycle content as you wish. Once you buy a serial number, you can export content on the fly.

Trial of a Project Management Life Cycle

If I want to trial your project management life cycle , then how can I do it? From the home page on our website www.MPMM.com you can click to download a free trial version of our project management life cycle software. You will be able to download the full partially locked version and then once you buy a serial number, you can unlock the content to be able to import and export content as you wish. There is an activation process that makes sure that you are installing it on a PC and not making duplicates. This helps you keep your license legal and ensure that you can access the templates as you need them.

Buying Project Management Methodologies

Where should I go to buy your project management methodologies and what are the steps? To purchase the project management methodologies included in this software, you can visit www.MPMM.com and click on the “More Info” button alongside the relevant software edition. On that page, you can then click the “Buy Now” button. You will be directed to the shopping cart, in which you can buy your license. A serial number will be emailed to you directly which you can enter into your trial download software and immediately open up the product fully for use.

Levelling Project Resources using Project Management Templates

Hi As a Project Manager, would you like to spread work evenly across your team? This task is called “resource levelling” and it’s one of the hardest things you will have to do when using project management templates . To help you out, we’ve listed… 5 Tips for Levelling your Resources It’s easy enough using tools like Microsoft Project project management templates , to create a Project Plan and allocate resources against it. But how do you make sure that each resource has an amount of work allocated which exactly matches the amount of time they have available, i.e. how do you know they are not under or over loaded? Very few tools actually provide sound resource levelling features, so we’ve described here 5 generic tips for doing it yourself... 1. Create a Bullet Proof Plan The first step is to create a Work Breakdown Structure that includes ALL phases, activities and tasks. The worst thing you can do is to level your resources and then find that you’ve missed critical tasks in your plan

Using Project Management Process Terminology

What terminology do you use in your project management process ? The terminology adopted in the project management process included in our software is based on world class standards. In fact, it is aligned with the PMBOK and Prince2 project management standards and it has been used by more than 100,000 people around the world to manage projects. If you are looking for generic non-consulting speak language that is easy to read and understand, then the terminology used is perfect for you.

Your Project Management Life Cycle Role

How can your project management life cycle help me in my role? If you are a project manager or project team member, then this project management life cycle will help you to create new project deliverables without having to start with a blank sheet of paper. If you’re a project sponsor or director, then you can use it to ensure that all of your projects are undertaken in the same way. And if you’re a consultant or trainer, then you will be able to deliver projects using this project management life cycle, as well as provide services to customers as you wish. Lecturers and students also use it to increase their project management life cycle competency and boost their chances of gaining a successful project management career.

Core Project Management Methodology Features

What are the core features of your project management methodology ? Firstly, this methodology is like no other because it includes all of the project management processes , templates and case study examples needed to perform project management in all industries. It’s not specific to one industry or size of project. Also, it already includes the templates and tools you need to create project deliverables without having to start all over again. And it’s also different because you can customize it easily, by simply clicking on the “edit” button on each page and changing the text as you wish. Simple as that!

Kick Start your Project Management Life Cycle

Hi Want to kick start your projects into life in the New Year? By reading this newsletter, you’ll find out how to rally your team and give your project that boost needed to finish on time in their project management life cycle . Kick starting your projects... Welcome to 2008. As a Project Manager, the New Year is a challenging time for your project. You have staff away on leave, you may have deliverables from last year that you need to catch up on and the clock is already ticking. So how to you catch up and then give your project the edge you need to get ahead? Here are 5 tips for doing just this in your  project management life cycle ... Tip 1:  Playing Catch up Projects are always ahead in some areas and behind in others. When starting the New Year, make a list of all of the areas that you’re behind in. Then prioritize the list in your project management life cycle and calculate the amount of effort needed to complete them. Are there any tasks that can be completed by others outside

Contents of this Project Management Process

Can you please tell me what this project management process contains? Well, it contains all of the processes and procedures that you need to start up, plan in depth, monitor and control a project from the starting block, to the finish line. The processes have been written in a detailed level and describe every action that you need to take to manage a project. Whether you want to build a new business case , complete a feasibility study, document a project charter or simply manage project risks, this project management process will tell you how to do it.

Best Practice Project Management Process

Why is your project management process considered best practice? Well, firstly we have aligned with the two leading project management software standards in the industry. These are Prince2 and PMBOK. What we did was we created a set of processes that took into account both sets of standards and then we wrote those processes to the next level of depth. This means that the project management process included in MPMM is written at a greater level of depth than any standard on the topic of project management.

Types of Project Management Life Cycle

Which types of projects suit using your project management methodologies ? In fact, this project management life cycle has been created to generically apply to all project types in all industries. However it’s fair to say that 50% of all of our customers are in the IT, Construction, Telecoms and Engineering businesses. The remaining 50% of customers cover all types of industries from aerospace to agriculture, from horticulture to pharmaceutical and from manufacturing to education and government.

Building your Project Management Templates Career

Hi Would you like to boost your career in Project Management with project management templates ? Christmas is often the perfect time to reflect on your Project Management career to date and set a new path for the coming years. If you’re interested in getting the most out of your career, read this newsletter which gives you tips and tricks on... Building your Project Management Career Most people find themselves in Project Management by chance. They were offered a role, took it because it looked like fun and now they’re running on “go-go juice” (pure adrenalin) trying to coordinate people, time and money to meet the expectations of the customer. It’s pretty hard to schedule a career around this. Project Management Templates can smooth this out. However the Christmas period usually gives people a chance to reflect on the year to date and plan ahead for the following year. So use this time wisely, by reflecting on our advice below (regarding project management templates )… Your dream jo

Benefiting from Project Management Methodologies

How will I benefit from using a project management methodology ? If you are not using project management methodologies currently to manage your projects, then you will be losing the efficiencies that are gained from doing tasks in a repeatable fashion. No doubt, you’ll be creating every deliverable from scratch, every time you start a project. You probably won’t have processes in place and the project may be progressing in a haphazard fashion. By using project management methodologies, your projects will gain structure, focus and precision needed to deliver on time and under budget.