Web-Based Project Management with Ace, Basecamp, Copper, DreamTeam or QuickBase PREVIEW OF CNET 119 Foothill College Class
FREE Webinar Tuesday April 24, 2007, 8pm Pacific Daylight Time
$20 fee for those who register and do not attend.
To register fill in the form above.
Forget Microsoft Project! Easy-to-use inexpensive web-based project management software makes projects simple and fun. Form a career-long network with the other participants.
Who Should Attend?
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Product development project and program managers in automotive, electronics, instrumentation, software, and other fields
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IT executives and managers choosing tools for company projects
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Any business professional with projects to complete such as acquisitions, compliance, conferences, construction, marketing campaigns, mergers, tradeshows, upgrades
Goals
In this workshop, you will learn:
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The big rocks of projects that the tools ignore: objective, scope, strategies
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The aspects of projects that all software handles well: work breakdown, dependencies, resources, and schedule
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When to stop a project
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How to evaluate your organization's project tool needs and make a rational selection
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How to take advantage of all the features provided by the product selected
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How to legally and ethically extend your licenses to more users at little or no cost
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When to use tools and when to use direct communication to move the project forward
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How to combine online and purchased software tools
Take-with-you Tools
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Analysis spreadsheet to determine project management vendor characteristics, technologies, and feature needs.
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Typical weighting for these characteristics and the ability to modify these.
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Scoring of Ace, Bootcamp, Copper, Dreamteam, Microsoft Project and QuickBase against the weighted criteria.
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Cost analysis for Ace, Bootcamp, Copper, Dreamteam, and QuickBase and ability to add other vendors.
Ace Project Versions, Features, Limitations
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Small independent Canadian company
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Free five user version and inexpensive 20-user version
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Two high-end hosted versions and a source code edition you can host yourself
More than project management: document management, collaboration, calendaring, tasking
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Limitations: number of tasks, number of users, size/location of vendor
Basecamp Versions, Features, Limitations
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One of several hosted products offered by 37Signals; others include group chat; organizer for action lists, files and photos; wiki-like writing board, elaborate to-do listing tool
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Single user free version, try-before-buy 30 day free version, five subscription versions including two with unlimited project staff and one with unlimited projects
Large enthusiastic user base makes recruiting and training easier
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Limitations: supports Internet Explorer but designed for FireFox; no purchasable version available; total emphasis on communication that may not fit organizations with classical project orientation. Need to subscribe to other 37Signals tools and a third-party calendar to take full advantage of the service.
Workshop will also include Versions, Features, Limitations, and Costs for Copper2006, DreamTeam (Salesforce.com AppExchange Partner), and Intuit QuickBase
Instructor Jacky Hood has managed projects in avionics, electronics, instrumentation, software, stock exchange automation and training. She received her BSEE with Distinction from the University of Nebraska and a Master's in Systems Engineering in Computer Architecture from Carleton University in Ottawa. She is CEO of FieldDay Solutions, Chancellor of Chalk Institute, originator of the San Jose State University Technical Support Management certificate, instructor for Outsourcing, Sarbanes-Oxley, Strategic Planning, and other workshops, award-winning author and publisher, and consultant to industry leaders including Apple, HP, Lawrence Livermore, Pitney Bowes, Stanford University, and Sun. Jacky served as Product Support Manager for ROLM/IBM and Engineering Manager for TRW Vidar.
