Project Management made Easy – blog, tips, resources

New Mind Maps, B2B CRM, Enhanced HelpDesk for your clients, Search 2.0, and High contrast theme. Are you ready for a decent load of news coming up with an upgraded version of the popular PM solution Easy Project 11+? Read on to learn more about all the new features for project management and other key business needs in one app.

Hello, my name is Filip Morávek and I am the CEO of Easy Software, the company behind Easy Project. For 14 years we have been connecting the world of technology with the best project management practices. And the new Easy Project 11 is another key milestone on that journey. Let me tell you why.

If you are a service provider, customer experience has to be one of the biggest challenges for you. While customers don’t think twice before switching from product A to product B, they don’t do so in the case of services.

A project manager – the one whose hours in the budget estimation are always challenged. The one who “knows too little about anything but tells others what to do“. And the one who annoys the whole team by tracking their time.

The agile strategy has become the buzzword and its adoption rightly sounds tempting – it promises greater customer satisfaction, faster time-to-market, and higher revenues at lower costs.

Public goods providers have a special place in the economy. They produce goods that are to be used by the public without excluding anyone from the use, which increases the size of their solutions significantly.

How – especially in 2021 – not get lost in one of the many pitfalls that await your project? The solution is to prioritize risks thanks to accurate identification and categorization.

Google, Microsoft, Apple, Amazon, Twitter, Hitachi, Chevron, Salesforce, and Spotify. All across the world, global companies like these rolled out mandatory remote-working policies in the wake of Covid-19.

Money. To say that everything revolves only around money would probably be too much. On the other hand, a project that, even at the cost of maximum effort, ends up with a minimal profit, or even in the red, is rarely pleasing. But how to get rid of the fear of budget finances and be happy that investments make sense and bring results?

Distinguishing between short-term and long-term goals and needs is one of the longest-standing challenges among individuals and organizations. Every day presents pressures from all directions that rock you back and forth, almost like a sailboat in choppy waters.

Congratulations! If you have also read our first part, then you have already completed half of the "preparation" for the management of your digital project. In the second part of the blog, we will look at the risks that await you in project management of this type of project and how to effectively address them using the tools in Easy Project. From planning to risk management to the art of effective communication.

Nowadays, organizations around the world use some kind of agile methodology, mainly Scrum board, as the foundation stone of their software development. Scrum itself, however, does not have to exploit the full potential of the agile approach.

Easy Software is pleased to announce the strategic partnership with Hallo Welt! GmbH. This combines the leading project management software Easy Project with the enterprise wiki software BlueSpice, which is built on MediaWiki, the software of Wikipedia.

Seidor Consulting is a multinational technology consulting company that provides a wide range of services including application development and maintenance, infrastructures, and IT outsourcing.

When they say “a project management mobile app“, you are free to imagine almost anything. From a copy of a robust PM software (somehow compressed into a smartphone display) to a simple but almost useless chatting tool. So, can a PM mobile app actually help? Let's test it on three typical PM challenges.

The newest version of Easy Project is here with a new modern interface and powerful features! Watch our webinar recording (below) to quickly learn how to master your favorite PM tool and welcome the new mobile app.

Project management is a tough game, right? You are being attacked by questions, complaints, and deadlines from all around. Therefore, you need a good partner on your side – a powerful project management software with all tools you need to master your project.

The choice between server and cloud software solutions has become a part of decision-making in most companies, and the decision is not always straight-forward.

Are you looking for enterprise-level hosting conditions of high-end project management tool? Are you looking for integrated DevOps solutions from trusted cloud provider in your region? Now you can get Easy Project, GitHub, Jenkins and many other applications integrated and hosted by Tieto in their DevOps Space.

The big boost of the current Easy Project resulted in the new “11“ version. How can you benefit from it in your everyday work? Let us explain to you in this article – learn about the eight features that will undoubtedly upgrade the way you manage your projects today.

There are several differences between "classic" and digital projects, which are also reflected in project management. The digital project managers also play an extensive role here – they should have an overview of UI/UX, graphic design, coding, and analytics.

A workflow may be viewed as one of the fundamental building blocks of project management. Using the workflow settings in Easy Project, you can control status transitions and field permissions on tasks in a very simple manner. The feature is accessible from the administration and, therefore, can be managed only by an administrator.

Many important elements of your business run via Easy Project. Therefore, we now provide you with a tool, that enables you to have perfect control over your account – comfortably from one place. Welcome to the new Client Zone!

When COVID-19 reached a pandemic status, companies in numerous industries sent millions of employees to work from home. The coronavirus hasn't made a big announcement, and in most cases, companies have had little time to prepare. Right now, leaders are struggling to lead virtual teams and many are experiencing such a dynamic for the first time.

The good news for you is that Easy Project can provide a lot of help in order to visually manage the project's finances so that you always have a clear picture of how much money is involved. Here we present some Easy Project finance features and tools you might use if you want a visual representation of your project's finances as you manage them.

Do you know already what your next project will be? Are you expecting something smaller, or will it be a "big thing", such as the launch of a new campaign, a product launch, or work on the budget for next year? Let's take a look at how Easy Project can really help you be a better project manager and complete your project faster.

Welcome to the new style of managing your projects! Our new Easy Project mobile app allows you to get free from your working desk – you can create new tasks on the go, post quick comments to keep things moving and track and dominate your time with a few taps. Let's take a closer look at the app now!

It's time for a bit of introspection. Think with us about what you really enjoy about the role of project manager and what, on the contrary, is getting on your nerves when managing projects. The job of a project manager is not an easy one.

Sometimes we are so used to doing things a certain way that we almost forget there is something else out there. And this applies to all areas of our life – from nutrition to personal relationships and our professional life and career.

Do not lose money on your projects. Take the opportunity and have a look with us at the basic principles of financial project management and control your income, expenses, and the entire project budget.

We present the most important milestones plus a bit of less important fun facts of 2020.

The choice of cloud hosting vs. server hosting has become an eternal topic of discussion. Even more so now – since Jira announced the end of life of Jira server.

Due to the COVID-19 epidemic, millions of people around the world have started working from their homes. Remote working is not new, but with the pandemic, it has become a necessity instead of an alternative to a physical office.

Getting ready for migration from the Jira server to another server solution? Here is what to expect when you choose this route. Since Atlassian announced the end of the Jira server solution, many users have to make a decision on what will their next steps be.

With so many different project management tools out there, doing research on which one is the best for you, may get a bit overwhelming. No need to stress out though. We got your back and we did the homework on your behalf! Check the pros and cons of the most popular project management software.

Since Atlassian, an important player in the project management market, has announced the end of Jira Server solution (with the process commencing in 2021), we all ask ourselves “Is this the beginning of the end of Server Solutions?”

How did 2020 change the work of teams according to project managers worldwide? At the end of last year, we asked more than a hundred project managers around the world how their work had changed due to the Covid-related events. Maybe you were one of them!

No successful project did ever start without an effective plan. One of the components that must come first in this plan is the schedule. As a project manager, you might be tempted to quickly get on with the work and figure out the schedule as you go along.

Agile project management is a methodology that relates to a special project management approach. Iterations/sprints are used for continuous and feedback-controlled improvements in the planning and implementation of projects.

When clickbait articles on the next year start popping up, you know it's December again. But whether it is a Chinese horoscope or Project Management, rather than serious thinking, you get a safe list of very obvious things, not inspiring ideas nor valuable thoughts.