Metafuse releases project management tool

Metafuse, developer of mid-market Web-based project management solutions, announced the release of Project Insight Outlook Connector.

Because so many organisations have standardised on Microsoft Outlook for their day-to-day business needs, Project Insight offers this client-side add-on for synchronisation with Outlook, the company says in a statement.

Project Insight Outlook Connector synchronises Project Insight tasks with Outlook`s My Tasks and Outlook calendar. Project Insight team members may see project tasks from these views and also synchronise from Outlook to a mobile device or PDA.

Team members can enter time using the "hours" features in Outlook My Tasks. Once the tasks have been updated in Outlook, team members may update Project Insight by clicking on the synchronise button. Tasks may be updated on a PDA as well.

Atlassian Software has released JIRA 3.5, the professional issue tracking and project management software application, with over a dozen new time-savings features and improvements, says Programmes Heaven.com.

This latest version builds upon JIRA`s ease of use.

Over 2 700 organisations, in more than 55 countries, have selected it for their bug tracking, issue tracking, and project management needs.

New features in JIRA 3.5 include bulk workflow transition, bulk assignment of users to groups, a charting plugin for displaying data more graphically, Microsoft Word export, and a Fogbugz importer, and over 50 bug fixes.

"The guide to the project management body of knowledge" is the most accepted global reference for project management. With over a million copies sold and translations in nine languages, it has gained wide acceptance by project management practitioners all over the world, reports Menafn.com.

This book is published by the Project Management Institute, the world`s leading non-profit project management organisation.

The first edition of the book first saw the light in 1996. Soon after it received worldwide recognition for its comprehensiveness, structure, consistency and scalable application across organisations and industries. The success of this book became even more widely observed after it became an American national standard for project management. It gets updated every four years.