In this Edition
Welcome to the @task Connection
Feature Article: Creating the Right Environment for Success
Product Announcements: 2010 February @task Update: Approvals
Events: Webinar March 2, 2010
@task New York City Event–March 25
@task 2010 User Conference–May 11-13, Salt Lake City, UT
Blog Posts: Enterprise 2.0–What it Means
Communication It’s All About Sharing
3 Keys to Successfully Working with Your Stakeholders
Welcome to the @task Connection
In this first edition of the new AtTask bi-monthly newsletter I want to express my excitement and confidence in our future together. We hope you find value in reading the newsletter, which will contain several key components: relevant PPM articles, recent @task blog posts, product updates and usage tips, service updates, and upcoming events.
I’d like to especially highlight a recent organizational change. As you may know, we recently implemented an essential new role at @task–the Customer Success Representative. We now have a team of professionals whose sole purpose is to help users succeed with @task. We hope our valued customers come to rely on their CSR to be a trusted advisor as they work with @task in their organizations. (If you need to verify the name of your CSR, please call us at 866-441-0001.)
We continually hear great stories about the positive changes our customers are achieving using @task. We love to hear those stories! They help the entire @task team take pride in knowing their efforts are contributing to your success. Please keep sharing your achievements with us and we will continue to compile that knowledge into best practices, product innovations, and information that will benefit you as well as our future customers.
We hope you will take a moment to subscribe to the @task Connection. And please let us know if there are special topics you would like to see included in future issues by emailing us at newsletter@attask.com.
Sincerely,
Scott Johnson, CEO
Feature Article
People, Process, and Technology: Creating the Right Environment for Implementation and Adoption Success
Providing the right environment for learning is critical for the implementation and adoption success of any technology–including project management technology. That being said, creating the right environment requires that we consider how it is that people learn. In David Wrick’s book, The Project Management Imperative: Mastering the Key Survival Skill for the 21st Century, he suggests that effective learning requires both explicit and tacit mechanisms for transferring knowledge … Read the complete article here
Product Announcements
2010 February Update: Enhancements for @task Professional & Enterprise
Extended Approval Management Process
Approval Processes have been expanded to give @task customers more workflow options. These enhancements build on the recently added Custom Status settings and together improve compliance and provide deeper control for structured processes.
@task customers can now set up multi-step reviews and approvals at the project, task, or issue level. In each step of an approval, specific users or roles can be given the opportunity to approve or reject something before it moves to the next step in the process. Approvals are triggered by status changes. When combined with the new Custom Status functionality, Approvals add control and consistency to an organization’s workflow. Read more about the 2010 February @task Product Update-Click Here
Events
@task New York City Event
@task will be hosting an event on Thursday, March 25, 2010 from 4:00 – 6:30 p.m. at The Ritz-Carlton New York, Central Park. Scott Johnson, @task Founder and CEO, will be discussing “Getting the Right Work Done in the New Decade.” This event will provide a unique opportunity for @task users to network and share best practices. Read more and Register
Register now for the Second Annual @task User Conference.
This unique and highly interactive event happens May 11-13, 2010, when @task users from around the world will gather in Salt Lake City to address key issues confronting organizations looking to align strategic objectives with project processes, and increase efficiencies and ROI in their organizations. Read more
Due to the volume of calls and emails we have received asking for a little more time to register at early bird rates, we have extended the early bird deadline until Wednesday, March 3rd at 5:00 p.m. PST.
Register Today–Click Here
Other Events
Blog Posts
Enterprise 2.0 — What it Means
I think Bob Dylan said it best, “The times they are a-change’n.” New communication tools including blogs, wikis, Twitter, and other social media are making knowledge-based collaboration more spontaneous and informative. Just spend a day following the project management feeds on Twitter and you’ll have access to some of the most respected experts in project management–all willing to engage in discussion and answer questions. Read the complete article here
Communication: It’s All About Sharing
You probably spend a lot of time talking about how critical it is in the project and portfolio management arena to communicate. About how to promote communication throughout the organization when doing project based work, and how we will get enough information out of our teams to report up to the stakeholders and satisfy their needs.
But do we spend enough time planning exactly what should be discussed, beyond the “I did this,” You do that,” and “When will this be done?” questions/answers? I think we sometimes miss the real meaning of collaboration. It’s much more than a simple status update once a day/week. Your team is actively working on projects, and it’s a good bet they have some truly valuable feedback–isn’t it worth a bit of your time to listen to them? Read the complete article here
3 Keys to Successfully Working with Your Stakeholders
Throughout the course of a project, it’s often the tough decisions made by stakeholders that make the difference between a successful project and one that fails. Sometimes the importance of stakeholders in the success of project-based work is overlooked. However, it’s vital to keep them informed with the most timely and reliable information possible. Regardless of the project management software you employ or your particular work management methodology, here are three keys I’ve discovered to encourage successful stakeholder involvement: Read the complete article here |
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