The project is finally done and even the last work package is completed. After weeks of hard work, the team is looking forward to its well-deserved vacation or new tasks. Most of them are happy to leave the project behind after a stressful final project stage. No wonder that motivation for a formal project completion is low at that point. But if the customer demands improvements at a time when the team is already scattered to the four winds, a sloppy project completion will take its toll.

The international training provider Berlitz is our 2,500^th customer. More than 35,000 users in over 2,500 companies in more than 40 countries on five continents use InLoox PM software products.

InLoox PM 7.5 for Outlook has been released. The update fully integrates with Microsoft Outlook, just like previous versions. The software for professional and efficient project management is now not only available as server/desktop installation, but also as SaaS solution in the Cloud and features a multitude of innovations and improvements.

From March 5 to 9, you can discover the InLoox products at this year's CeBIT - the leading high tech trade fair - in Hanover.

InLoox now! - the InLoox project platform in the Cloud - now offers new features that make team communication and time planning in projects even easier and faster.   

A successful, motivating project start is indispensable. That’s why experienced project directors invite their team members at the beginning of the project to a kick-off meeting.

A kick-off meeting is a meeting of all relevant project members which also marks the official start of the project or of a new, important project phase. On this occasion, the team members often meet for the very first time in person. This is particularly important in virtual or distributed teams, because the team members might not meet very often during the implementation phase. 

Usually, the kick-off meeting takes place after the project planning and before the implementation phase begins.

Nobody likes to admit that their project is not running smoothly. But even though project managers hardly ever talk about it, there are plenty of projects that are in a stalemate, that do not deliver any results and that eventually fizzle out.   

In case of an acute project crisis, managers are immediately alerted – but the gradual decline of a project often remains unnoticed until it is (almost) too late to save the project. 

InLoox now! – the latest member of the InLoox product family – has been enhanced with several much requested features. The turnkey project platform in the Cloud offers now an even better overview of your projects and makes it even easier to communicate with your team members.

InLoox now! – the latest addition to the InLoox product family – has been extended by a variety of new features. The turnkey project plattform in the cloud now offers an improved project overview and makes team communication even easier.

The third part of our series Planning made easy is about the planning of in-house trainings and workshops in the company.