Recurring tasks is one of the most requested features on our wishlist. Since this feature is rather complex to implement, and we have a lot on our plate, we have decided at this time to invest our energy on other enhancements like cost tracking. Recurring tasks will be added to AceProject someday, but not in [...]
We’ve been working on AceProject 4.8′s new cost tracking features. Cost tracking has been an often-requested feature set for AceProject, and we’re finally doing it! While working on the cost tracking module, we realized that not everyone would want to track costs in AceProject. This is why we decided to give that flexibility to our [...]
Whenever someone wants a walk through of AceProject, I am the one who sets up the web meetings and shows them how they can manage their projects and their clients efficiently with our system. I have been giving demos every week for the last 18 months, and I have yet to see two clients with [...]
We’ve been working on a project with a client for the last 6 months. The challenge of the project was not so much the technical aspect of the work, but understanding the needs of the client. We were working via email and phone conference calls with the client. The problem was that it was difficult [...]
There are two schools of thought with project management tools: project management OR collaboration. Why should project teams have two tools, one for project management and one for collaboration? Shouldn’t both these uses be united in one tool? Project management is not about secrecy, quite the contrary. It’s about sharing information with everyone who needs [...]
The world of project management is a crowded place. There are multiple profesional accreditation options, multiple project management methodologies and countless books, blogs and tools to manage projects. This is a good thing. I have never talked to two organizations who managed projects the same way. It makes sense that there would a wide range [...]
Development is going well for AceProject 4.7. We are finishing phase 2 of development. Eye candy Here is some eye candy for mac users: a brand new skin! Project templates People love AceProject’s templates because it makes creating new project very easy. You simply copy an existing project, and you can even adjust task dates [...]
Last week, Seth Godin made a good point about website design. Seth made me think about software interface design. I think the same principle should apply here as well: your interface should not be noticeable. It should not take from the work that’s being done. With AceProject, our goal is to get out of our [...]
Seth Godin has a very insightful post about ignoring your critics. I agree with him. From a sales standpoint, critics are everywhere. People who are shopping for project management software often have a very definite set of features they would like to see in their tool. And when they are faced with the reality of [...]
It used to be only administrators and users with limited-administration rights could see multi-project Gantt charts. This created a situation where both administrators and project managers were seeing information that was not for them: Administrators were concerned with creating users and account settings, not Gantt charts and calendars. On the other hand, for project managers [...]
