ePartners wins £200 000 Projen tender

Xhead = ePartners wins £200 000 Projen tender

ePartners has been awarded a contract to deploy Microsoft Dynamics AX for Projen, based in Northwich, Cheshire, reports Manufacturing Talk.

The value of the contract is £200 000, making it Projen's largest single IT investment in its 28-year history.

The new system will replace a number of disparate financial and project control systems which have been drawn together over the years, with one Web-based integrated system which will increase the efficiency and accuracy of data transfer throughout the company and between Projen and partner clients.

ProActive Software has released version 5.2 of its ProWorkflow Project Management Solution, reports Web Wire. The new version adds a range of enhancements to the user experience.

ProWorkflow is a software-as-a-service tool that operates as a project management solution for companies requiring an intuitive method of tracking, managing and invoicing time spent on projects and tasks, says the company.

It enables managers to keep accurate time records, and easily organise, plan and delegate projects and tasks, with an overview of all activity.

KaDonk has added LiveProject software v1.0 to its project management tools, reports iTWire.

LiveProject offers managers and their teams immediate visual accountability of their project, with "live" updates of new tasks and any feedback. Managers and team members have all relevant project information as soon as changes occur.

The first release gives Microsoft Project users real-time sharing and collaboration capabilities in addition to cost savings on Microsoft Project licences, the company says.

The Community Education Computer Society is offering a half-day project management course on Open Workbench, an open source program, on 16 March in Johannesburg.

The course, aimed at people who wish to learn how to use a project management tool such as Open Workbench to create a project plan, will cover how to create a project, a work breakdown structure, and how to create and assign resources.

Participants will also be provided with the Open Workbench program to install on their computers. The course costs R300.