ZCOPE Blog

Thanks for 2010, all the best for 2011

2010 has come to a close and so an eventful and successful year goes by. We could develop ZCOPE during the last twelve months, optimize the usability and integrate new functions. Focus of our daily work were our customers and will be even in 2011. Because only by you and our excellent cooperation we were able to achieve our ambitious goals and improve our business results. For this we would like to extend our sincerest thanks!

Enjoy the holidays and a contemplative time (out). Should you need our support between the changing of the year you can certainly contact us at feedback@getzcope.com.

Between 24 December 2010 and 14 January 2011 we may have longer support times and ask this to excusing.

The whole ZCOPE team wishes you a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year. We look forward to a successful 2011 together!

Knows not everybody this problem: You have tags, which contain a spelling error or you would like to merge tags, that you get a better overview.

This can be easily done via the function “rename tags”.

Select easily one of the already assigned tags and enter a new name. With a click on “save” you have renamed the tags quickly and easily.

This function can be also useful, if you want to merge various tags.

ZCOPE helps you plan and realise your projects more efficiently. It’s a central working space for your whole project team.  Integrate your partners and clients to work together and share ideas and documents.

This collaborative approach is not only popular in German-speaking countries, but also internationally. So we recorded ZCOPE users in over 80 countries worldwide.

The applications ZCOPE and Spreed invite again for a webinar.

On the basis of a practical example, we show you how to use the XING applications for project management (ZCOPE) and for project communication (Spreed) efficient.

All participants have the possibility to win a ZCOPE access amounting € 49, — and a spreed conference microphone valued at € 39, –.
We look forward to your application: http://bit.ly/9hqi0R

P.S.: The XingApps are now also to find on Twitter:
http://twitter.com/XingApps

Less rigid rules and processes, but more freedom, flexibility and creativity. Is there more opportunity or more risk as in classical project management? Is it more suitable for beginners or for experienced practitioners? More customer-orientation, less bureaucracy?
Your experience is appreciated!

Here you’ll find some examples of other ZCOPE customers:

http://bit.ly/b9LNgH

Agile project management is on everyone’s lips and on the agenda of the most project management congresses you can also find agile project management. It is the question of the benefits of agile project management? Why should we work after this philosophy?

In classic project management the project leader often invest a lot of time in the planning of the project using Gantt charts and critical path analysis. Team members agree with the plan, but the reality is another and team members doesn’t work like it was agreed in the plan.

The agile project management is distinguished primarily by the fact that team members are already involved in the planning. Therefore they have to bear the responsibility of the project.

The agile project management ease the known rules of the classic PM. This means that for a successful project the individual project members must have more responsibility and discipline.

The two main advantages of agile project management are, in my view, that through the intensive involvement of the customer better project results can be achieved. Likewise, the speed of a project can be increased by the agile reaction to new conditions. And so you can faster reach your desired project goals.

Here you’ll also find a link to a presentation by Stefan Hagen, in which he compare the agile project management with the classic. http://bit.ly/9ywjlF

I am looking forward to a lively discussion and exchange of experience on the topic!

Take the chance and see in this webinar how easy you can use ZCOPE! We will show you based on an easy example how you can use ZCOPE in your daily work and furthermore we will answer your specific questions.

We are looking forward to many registrations: http://bit.ly/cKawUp

Your ZCOPE Team

Just recently we celebrated together the second birthday of ZCOPE, now we may inform you about the update of ZCOPE.

With immediate effect the ZCOPE version 1.4.0.0. is available online. With the latest update we’ve improved the following functions:

• time tracking
• degree of completion & finishing jobs

Time tracking
All ZCOPE users with at least basic package benefit in future of a time tracking module and a special project time tracking module. With the help of his module you’re able to record the project times easier and faster – just in one step.

Besides the choice of a project, of a task list and a task, you can add a detailed description.

Specifically to provide KMUs an all-embracing solution, ZCOPE has integrated an extra time tracking. In addition to working time there is the opportunity to keep records of vacation and sick days. So your company can do without secondary tools.

Furthermore the staff members are able to survey view their attendance and project times ongoing.

Improved function – finishing job
In dialogue with our customers we got information, that the degree of completion in regard to finished jobs often causes confusion.

So the new version will set the degree of completion automatically on 100 percent.

As usual we are looking forward to hearing from you and are eager to learn about your views.
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We wish you much fun with project management!
Yours ZCOPE-Team