Merlin Project: Kanban with Priorities
You plan your projects with Merlin Project? Then you already know that you can add your project activities and work with them in various views. Typically, you'll use a work breakdown structure with Gantt chart, when you are interested in the scheduling of your project. Many of our users choose a Kanban board, for a more visual approach and focus on the tasks and their current status.
In a long project with many activities, producing a long backlog list on the Kanban board might be overwhelming and even contra productive. Ideally you'll want to offer and show to your team, only those jobs important for the next step towards completion of your project.
In the following, we will show you, how you can filter activities and view your Kanban board by priority, to ensure you are not overwhelming your team and taking care of significant activities first.
Read more...Merlin Project: Descriptive Text Help for Custom Columns
You plan your projects with Merlin Project? Then you already know that you can add new columns in the Outline and create your own views.
New columns can be created in Merlin Project for existing fields or new fields.
So what if you need to create a column with a custom new field and want to explain the intended contents to other Merlin Project users?
This is how it works in Merlin Project (starting with version 8) using the dynamic help.
Read more...How to Master Your Work Week: Project Management For Individuals
Whether you work in a team or as an individual, you face challenges that hinder your workflow.
In our blog articles The biggest challenges as a solopreneur and 10 common challenges in project management, we've already addressed this and also discussed possible solutions.
However, there's one point we'd like to shed some more light on, and that's how project management software like Merlin Project can help you manage your work week as a solopreneur.
Read more...Merlin Project 8.0.1 Is Released
We have just released the version 8.0.1. This free update is important for Merlin Project.
- Update your Mac versions in Merlin Project for free with "Check for updates…".
- The version for the iPad and iPhone will be released after review in the App Store automatically.
We have also updated Merlin Project Express. The new versions will be provided in the Mac App Store or at SetApp – right after its review.
You can find the minimum system requirements here.
Merlin Project Integrations
Quickly link information with Hook
As an experienced project manager, you are well aware. Even if project management is universally applicable, every industry is different, no two projects are alike. Therefore, you surely are familiar with the following situation too:
You are working on a new project and need information from various sources. Your search on the intranet or internet is sooner or later successful and you actually find everything you need for the planning of this project. Now you want to keep sources and documents together for documentation purposes, or your own filing system, so that you can find them again as quickly as possible at any time. What to do?
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