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Merlin Project 8.1.8 Is Released

We have just released the version 8.1.8. This free update is important for Merlin Project.

• If you work with Merlin Project from the App Store, a new version will be made available to you after checking the Mac App Store.
• If you have downloaded Merlin Project from this website, update this version for free using the menu command in the app "Check for updates ...".
• The version for the iPad and iPhone appears automatically in the App Store after verification by Apple.

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.

Welcome to The New Merlin Project Forum!

After we buried the Google forum with Merlin version 2 a long time ago, our focus was on Xing and LinkedIn until now. Now that Xing has cancelled its forum without replacement and the forum on LinkedIn is not really alive, we have decided to start our own forum again.

The new forum provides a user-friendly platform where Merlin Project users can network with each other and share knowledge. Ask questions, give suggestions and learn from other experienced users. All of this is free of charge, of course!

The new forum is easy to navigate and offers a variety of features, including a search function that allows you to quickly find the answers to your questions. In addition, you can personalize your profile, track your posts, and connect directly with other users.

We look forward to bringing our community even closer together with this new forum and providing you with more comprehensive support and resources. Feel free to drop by and become part of an ever-growing community!

Friday Again Already?

In the last time it happens again regularly that I ask myself at the latest on Friday around noon the question; "Friday noon, where is this week already again"? Yes, I really ask myself this question in this form. And not as the universally quoted TGIF - "Thank God is Friday"; because I like to work! So my motto is IIFRA - "Is it Friday really again?" ;-)

So now I'm taking some time to review selected topics of the last week. Maybe I'll be able to slow down the pace a bit... or what's the consultant term for that: "deceleration".

PM Camp Hamburg

Finally, the preparations for the „biggest class reunion of German-speaking project managers" (I like to quote myself) are underway. After a few attempts sabotaged by Covid-19, a new orga team has now been found, which has already found a place and a date:

On May 19 and 20, 2023, the PM Camp will
take place on the premises of ISM Hamburg.

More details will follow very soon. Until then, block the date in your schedule. I will definitely be there!

Artificial Intelligence in Project Management – Blessing or Curse?

Nov. 30, 2022 permanently changed the world of so-called knowledge workers; OpenAI released access to the Chatbot ChatGPT to the interested public.

How will artificial intelligence change the project management profession? Will it make the profession easier or threaten it? These questions, of course, immediately come to mind for us project managers.

But let's ask ChatGPT itself…

Un nouveau manuel écrit en AsciiDoc

Partie 6

Je n'ose pas le dire ni même l'écrire ; dans ce projet, la réalité m'a rattrapé. J'ai regardé la date du dernier billet de blog et j'ai eu un choc : 14 janvier 2022.

Je vais être honnête, depuis cette date, je n'ai pas non plus écrit grand chose sur le nouveau manuel. Bien sûr, j'ai identifié le problème il y a quelques mois et j'ai même essayé de trouver des solutions. Mais malheureusement, tout ne fonctionnait pas vraiment et je me suis rendu compte que j'avais besoin d'aide.

Je me suis donc assis avec Antoni - avec qui j'avais déjà écrit le livre Merlin 2 pour la maison d'édition Hanser Verlag - et nous avons relancé le projet. Je sais que c'est gênant. Mais parfois, il faut reconnaître un problème et le résoudre, même si c'est soi-même le problème.