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My question: Is it true that you don’t charge maintenance or support fees annually? Our answer: Yes that‘s true. While we release new versions of the Task Management Software several times a year, we do not change an annual maintenance fee for doing so. Nor do we charge a support fee for providing you with 1st 2 nd and 3 rd level support. In this way, the only price you pay is the upfront price for the product. All later versions come for free. We would like to see you upgrade to other editions of our software or multiple user licenses, so that you can increase the use of our products in your organization. So to help you do this, we’re offering free maintenance and support for at least 12 months, for every purchase. If you want, you can download a Business Case to help you.

Every project needs to deliver “under budget”. But when you have to oversee people, contractors, equipment and materials on a daily basis, how can you track the cost of all of this easily? Read this newsletter to find out... How to Manage Your Project Finances - using a Financial Plan Template Step 1: Set the Budget The first step towards managing your project finances is to set a budget. This isn’t as easy as it sounds. You need to forecast the total amount of people, equipment, materials and other expenses, needed to deliver the project. You then need to work out when in the project plan, these expenses will take place. By doing this, you can get a picture of your “project cashflow” which tells you the amount of money you need for every week in the project. Step 2: Backup Funding Before you need it, find backup funding in the business. This is additional funding that can be used to deliver your project, if you need it. Few Project Managers actually do this in advance, but if you have...

Qu: If I purchase MPMM Professional, and I later want to buy additional licenses, am I still entitled to receive an upgrade refund? I'm also interested in Gantt Chart Software . Answer: Yes absolutely. You will see that on our shopping cart for MPMM Professional, that if you buy multiple user licenses in batch, then you will only have to pay the difference between what you have paid already and what the total value of the new licensing is. For instance, currently MPMM Professional is $495 for a single user license and $695 for a 2 user license. If you buy a single user version and after want to upgrade to a 2 user license, then proceed with your purchase and we will refund you $495. In this way, you’re only paying $200 for your license. Very few Project Planning Software providers in the market operate like this. Usually, you do not get a refund for any existing purchases, when you later upgrade to a larger number of licenses. However as our goal is to eventually get you using the...

Question: How can I install the multi-user version of MPMM Professional, for our Project Management Life Cycle ? Answer: when you purchase a multi-user license to MPMM, then you will receive a serial number that allows the software to be activated on the number of devices that you have purchased. You will also receive instructions for installing the software on a shared platform. This software also helps with the Project Initiation phase in the life cycle. You first need to get in touch with us and we will provide you with links to download the multi-user version to your PC. You can then install the client on your PC or laptop and as part of the installation process; you will be prompted to install the database in a central location. You can then install each of the additional PCs and as part of their installation process; you can connect them to the shared database that you are connecting to also. It’s that easy! Also check out our Resource Planning Software for managing your project...

Building a Successful Business Case Interested in building successful Business Cases? Here are some helpful hints from our Method123 Business Case template: A Business Case outlines the justification for start-up of a project. It includes: a description of the business problem or opportunity; a list of the available options for delivering a solution; the benefits and costs associated with each alternative solution; and the recommended solution for implementation. Document your Business Case in 4 easy steps: Define Problem: Document the business problem or opportunity. Undertake an Environmental Analysis describing the industry technology, political, statutory, commercial and competitor environment and outline how this environment combined with your particular business strategy has resulted in the need for a solution. Identify Solutions: Identify all of the alternative solutions to your business problem or opportunity. For each alternative solution, describe the benefits, costs,...

MPMM today celebrated the use of it’s methodology by its 200,000 th Project Management Template customer. “It’s fantastic” says Jason Westland, CEO of Method123. The project life cycle included within MPMM is used by project managers and teams in every country in the world. From Switzerland and Guatemala to the USA and Spain. MPMM has a higher market concentration than any other methodology or project management template product in the market” says Westland. The MPMM product set has been developed, tested and supported by its parent company “Method123 Ltd”. It was initially introduced to the market in 2006 and has since been use in every industry project size that exists. The company is well on their way to meeting their vision of “becoming the worlds leaving provider of online project management solutions”. Method123 Ltd has also released to market, this Project Tracking Software.

Last week, we changed our shopping cart to help you buy single and multiple user licenses more easily. You can now select the number of user licenses you require, quickly and easily. We have also changed the limits on the cart, so that you don’t have to buy large volume licenses from our sales team, manually. You might also be interested in Project Scheduling Software. You can instead buy your volume licenses directly, through our shopping cart today. In the future, we will change out shopping cart again, to allow you to purchase your methodology products using PayPal. We do accept PayPal payments currently; however it’s through a manual process as opposed to through our shopping cart system. If you have any questions about the payment methods for MPMM, then simply email us. And you can download Free Project Management Templates here.

New Project Management Life Cycle Software Today at MPMM.com, new Project Life Cycle software was released online. The software helps Project Managers to undertake all of the phases, activities and tasks in the Project Management Life Cycle. It helps people deliver projects successfully because it tells them what needs to be done to complete their project, how and by when. Most software in the market facilitates the delivery of projects, but this new software suite actually tells managers how to complete projects on time and under budget. “If you want all of your projects to be undertaken in the same way, then MPMM is for you,” says Jason Westland, CEO. “Implementing projects in the same way has enormous benefits. Your teams know upfront which tasks they need to undertake to complete their projects. They know how they will track time, cost and quality and they know how to handle suppliers, procurement and communications. If they always use the same repeatable processes for projects, ...

We have recently changed the pricing for the multi-user version of our products. If you wish to purchase MPMM Standard, Professional or Enterprise for multiple people, then the price has dropped substantially. We have done this to allow organizations that are being hit by the credit crunch, to be able to afford to buy our products. It's as affordable as Project Planning Software . We didn’t want to disadvantage our customers by keeping prices as they were, given the current market conditions. So we’ve reduced out multi-user pricing by as much as 50% to allow companies with reduced capital budgets, to be able to continue to afford to buy our software . Since we reduced our prices, we have had an overwhelming amount of positive feedback from customers. We hope this helps you to be able to afford to buy a multi-user version of MPMM today! you can also download a free Project Management Book here.

Question: How does MPMM Enterprise work, in terns of being able to publish methodologies to our intranet? Is it related at all to a Project Management Dashboard? Answer: Actually, the content and features included in MPMM Enterprise are exactly the same as the Professional edition, with two exceptions. It includes an open user license to use the software on as many PCs as you need, within your organization. And secondly, it includes the feature which allows you to publish your content on your intranet. You simply create customized methodologies in the software itself (as you would in MPMM Professional) and when you’re ready, you click “Tools” and then “Export to Web” and MPMM automatically collated all of the content within your methodology and publishes them as a folder full of HTML files. You then copy those HTML files onto your intranet in a shared folder and hey presto, everyone can read your methodology automatically. It’s that quick and simple. And it offers customized Project Ma...

A new software suite was announced today at ProjectManager.com for the management of project teams. This project management software helps teams to track their progress and efficiency online. With an intelligent project dashboard, project planner and reports, teams can log in and track their progress online. The Project Dashboard tells teams whether they are ahead of or behind schedule, as well as their total spend to date against budget. It tells them when they need to increase their productivity and when they need to trim back on costs. It also tells them their work efficiency in closing tasks on time, and their overall progress to date. Using 3D charts and forms, the software provides a visual representation of the status of the project. It even depicts the health of the project, on a health chart. “We have used every piece of available technology to offer Project Managers and teams the latest in Online Project Management” says Craig Nicholson, ProjectManager.com Technical Directo...

“How many Project Management Methodologies should I use for my projects?” The answer is really that you should have slightly different Project Management Methodologies for each type and size of project you undertake. That’s not to say that you should have a different Project Management Methodology for every project. In fact, we recommend that you have only one generic methodology and that you tweak it for each type and size of project, based on your requirements. For instance, small simple projects will require fewer steps in your project methodology and large complex projects will require a project methodology which has more comprehensive steps.