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Today: Josef Neumaier Fom Munich

During and after his studies, Josef Neumaier supervised project business people and project managers as an IT specialist for 20 years and developed database-based project management tools himself. These experiences were very helpful in 2011 when he started his work as a certified Merlin Project Trainer.

His company, brainworks Training GmbH, was founded in 1989 and has since been active as a training company in Germany, Austria and Switzerland.

Merlin Project: Resource Image

You use Merlin Project to plan your projects? Then you already know what resources are and how to insert them for assignments on your activities.

For those who don’t, resource is a term for people, materials and equipment used in the project. Merlin Project offers the following resource types: Person, Material, Company, Equipment

Add an image for each resource in your project. This will help you easily locate a resource in the views.

Resource image in preconfigured views

Merlin Project supplies preconfigured views that show the resource image.

Wizards Web Week – week 7

What Particularly Caught Our Eye

The Internet, endless expanses. We are on a permanent knowledge journey and always discover new things, but also old things anew. In our focus are topics around management - especially of projects, Apple and its hardware as well as software, but also special like software development or software distribution. We choose websites very subjectively and mostly in the context of our mission.

• Three good reasons for a headset
  Three good reasons to always use a headset in video conferences if possible - a plea in German language

• 5 Hacker opportunities using the example of the hacker attack on the drinking water supply system.
  A hacker attack on drinking water supplies nearly led to a disaster in a small town in the US state of Florida. The German-language article describes how it was possible for criminals to get the opportunity to endanger the lives of many people.

• Routines are better than their reputation
  A not-so-new study shows: Repeat experiences are less repetitive than people think.

• Classroom training is history
  From the secrets of a training institute.

• Apple launches first entrepreneur camp for black founders and developers
  It is a pity that such a thing is necessary at all. How simple a world with racial equality would be.

• Scrum, Kanban, V-Modell XT - what brings success?
  Although already from 2014, an informative article on the appropriate framework and the most appropriate approach to project management.

• The 12 most important project management trends in 2021
  Released by the TPG.

• I am yellow portrait
  Your personal Simpson style cartoon is hand drawn and delivered as a poster, canvas, frame print or digital photo.

Get To Know Our Merlin Project Trainers

Today: Gareth Watson from Swansea, United Kingdom

Gareth Watson and his team at LgoKnowledge Ltd. specialize in helping businesses manage themselves using Apple solutions. They do not want to be a large IT company because they prefer the personal touch. Most importantly, they intend to build long term relationships with their clients and work with them to deliver projects.

LgoKnowledge's portfolio includes Daylite an application for CRM and business management, Money Works a cross platform accountig software and Billings Pro a software for expense tracking and invoicing. So what could fit better in this lineup than Merlin Project for project management.

Wizards Web Week – week 6

What Particularly Caught Our Eye

The Internet, endless expanses. We are on a permanent knowledge journey and always discover new things, but also old things anew. In our focus are topics around management - especially of projects, Apple and its hardware as well as software, but also special like software development or software distribution. We choose websites very subjectively and mostly in the context of our mission.

• How to reap big returns from meetings that are just 10 to 15 minutes long
  A refreshing article that shows us how to get great value from meetings that are only 10 to 15 minutes long.

• Important presentation dates at Apple
  Whenever we - like everyone else - guess around when something will be introduced, we also take a look at the past. This is where this page helps us.

• MacPaw - Mac Developer Survey 2020
  MacPaw has been doing this survey for many years, and now the 2020 "Mac Developer Survey" results are in. Again with good insights into the state of the industry.

• Homebrew is now compatible with M1 Macs
  Good news for developers and users of Terminal programs. The Homebrew project announced that the software is now compatible with Macs that use Apple's own processors (Apple Silicon).

• 10 years ago: Stephen Elop jumps off Nokia's "burning platform"
  The CEO announces drastic changes in a memo. In the end, Nokia, Windows Phone and two CEOs are right out of it - and thousands of Nokians lost their job.