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Logic Software Inc, a leading provider of project management and collaboration software, announced today the release of Version 7.1 of its web-based project management suite Easy Projects .NET. Developed with extensive client feedback, Easy Projects .NET Version 7.1 is a major upgrade which makes task management, collaboration and time tracking easier for project managers and everyone on their teams. Major new features include a user Home Page aimed at providing a single place for task tracking and collaboration for individual project team members, and an interactive Silverlight Activity List for project managers to view, track and manage multiple tasks.
In the first quarter of 2010, Logic Software Inc. conducted a survey among its clients. The goal of the survey was to find ways to improve user experience and satisfaction. The results of the survey indicated that over 80% of a typical project team didn’t have time, desire or patience to learn the various options and features offered by Easy Projects .NET. What they were looking for is a one-stop page where they would be able to view their assignments, track time, collaborate with other team members and report their progress.
Based on their feedback a new user Home Page has been created. It is a single place which lists all of the user’s activities and gives them the tools needed to collaborate by posting messages, updating statuses, reporting potential problems, uploading and downloading files and tracking time without ever leaving the Home Page. By enabling the end-users to perform all of their required actions on one page, the new user Home Page greatly reduces the learning curve allowing for faster training and implementation of the software by customers.
“The new Home Page feature is a significant help to our technology staff.” says Joe Steinbrunner, Technology Services Director at Scanner Applications, an Easy Projects .NET beta tester and client. “By simply clicking on the link to bring up EasyProjects.NET, our users can right away see their up-to-date priorities and get right to work. And, what’s even better is without having to leave the page, they can track their progress in the system with minimal administration time. We’re all about action with no bureaucracy, and this is the best project and task management tool we’ve found to achieve that goal.”
The Silverlight Activity List, another new major addition, utilizes the latest Microsoft Silverlight technology and enables project managers to view and manage project activities in one unified interface, similar to an Excel spreadsheet. Full screen mode provides the greatest amount of visual space, allowing project managers to customize the layout of the project activity table to their preference. With full support for in-line editing, click-and-drop as well as automatic saving functionality, project managers can now edit project tasks on the fly and update data in multiple activities within seconds.
“We have received tremendous feedback from our clients and beta testers on our new features, and the new user Home Page in particular.” says Vadim Katcherovski, CEO and founder of Easy Projects .NET. “Many project management applications deliver the features required by the project manager, but tend to overlook the functionality and simplicity needed by the rest of the project team. As a result, you have a powerful piece of software to manage projects, but your end users have little to no idea on how to perform the basic tasks such as checking what they should be working on today. This leads to adoption resistance and a slew of other problems for your projects and your team. That’s why we wanted to give the end user a single place where they’ll be able to do everything they need without having to learn the more advanced functionality of the system.”
Other new Version 7.1 features include:
• New Custom Field Options – custom display order for custom fields and support for mouse over help text.
• Improved CSV Importing – import projects, activities, time logs and a new wizard to assist with field mapping.
• User Selected Start Page – allows users to select their default start page they see when they log into the system.
• Spanish translation.
Easy Projects .NET Version 7.1 is available as a hosted or in-house solution starting at $24.99/month per user or less. Full pricing information and a FREE Trial Sign-Up are available at easyprojects.net/Plans/
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