Wanted to pass on some great feedback from a new Vertabase customer and their first-hand experience using the timesheets on the iPhone.
Feedback has been positive so far with regards to how simple and easy the system is to use. I even tested timesheet entry using Safari and our iPhones and it works great. I looked at many web-only timesheet/project management products and Vertabase has exceeded my expectations so far.
The company is a strategic marketing and research firm.
I’m happy to announce that Vertabase 4.5 launched today (official press release).
This is the biggest launch of our project management software to date. It includes a totally new interface and tons of great new features.
It was built entirely with a rich internet application approach powered by ColdFusion. To me this means:
- An intuitive, immersive user experience
- Enabling quick visibility and access to information
- Facilitating sharing, data portability and data visualization
- Integration with the user’s eco-system.
You can see how Vertabase 4.5 adheres to these principles in the 2 minute Quick Tour. To read about specific new features check out the Vertabase 4.5 Release Notes.
Along with the version, there’s a new, searchable video learning center and we added customer support via instant message using Skype (search for Vertabase Support).
Question: As an IT Consultant with people already working as many hours as they can, how can I make more money without adding overhead or needing to find new clients?
Answer: The short answer is -bill faster.
Most IT Consulting shops have thousands of dollars of free cash bottled-up in unbilled time. The problem is either:
- Technicians have been on-site, done the work but haven’t reported their time or
- Their time has been entered but it takes a long time for someone to re-key that time in Quickbooks or another accounting package so that it can be billed to the client.
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The popular Vertabase Timer now runs on AIR 1.0.
Visit the Timer download site to get this handy widget to track time on clients or on projects. It runs on both MAC and Windows (because its AIR).
The current version is 0.9 and we’re still collecting feedback via the forum on what you’d like to see in the widget.
Thank you to all the great people in California who welcomed me to their companies this week. It was a real pleasure. From San Diego to Sacramento I visited Vertabase users across this vast and exciting state.
We appreciate your business and I look forward to seeing everyone again.
The Vertabase Timer is now available for download directly from the Adobe Exchange.
It is a great way to track time on projects or to track time on clients (or really anything).
This is an alpha build so please sign up for the updates or check the time track message board for known issues.
Also, development of the Vertabase time tracking tool will be driven by user feedback, particularly early adopters. So fire away.
I will be speaking this Thursday, October 26 at 6 pm ET at the online ColdFusion User Group run by Charlie Arehart. The topic is on building software that people will use.
http://coldfusion.meetup.com/17/boards/view/viewthread?thread=3722239
You can join in from anywhere - so feel free to stop on by.
There are three key features most users look for in enterprise project management software:
1) Porftolio Views;
2) Executive Dashboards and;
3) Automatic notification.
Portfolio views allow managers, clients or executives to view projects grouped together into different portfolios, or categories, that are meangingful to that person. For example, a marketing department may have numerous initiatives active for a particular brand. The project status details of each iniatitive may be important for the resources working on them or to their manager. But an executive often wants to see the status of all projects for that brand, grouped specifically by brand, compared against other brands for which that executive may be responsible.
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Happy 2007 from Vertabase Pro, project management software. Thank you for a great 2006! Looking forward to a wonderful 2007.
The current space shuttle mission STS-116 is a great window on project management in action. On NASA TV you can hear the live management of an ongoing process –managing in real-time, on the fly, a complex operation that’s rife with opportunities to deviate from a sophisticated project plan.
While the scale might be different, it parallels, in a lot of ways, the activities that go on in any creative, engineering or scientific project. It provides a view on the types of information, visibility and project communication that make any project a success.
Here are some of the random clips we heard on NASA TV:
“Thanks for the great big picture words.”
“1:51 Central Time power down expected.”
“Good insight into the system.”
“I have the steps here.”
“Trouble shooting task procedures.”
“Blocks of activity.”
“Ready to proceed to step three – it is good to talk to you.”
“OK I’ll stand by, appreciate the help.”
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