Since our Beta
trial period began in May this year we've had a very encouraging
response from the user community and we've learnt a lot from all your
feedback. Throughout that time we've been working hard to make Team
Effect easier and more enjoyable to use.
This
month sees both the rollout of a new version which is the culmination
of a lot of that feedback, and the end of the Beta period itself. It's
been quite a journey and we're excited to tell you about what's in
store next.
Our
recent user survey highlighted that your primary use of Team Effect is
to plan and then share your project, so the enhancements introduced now
and in the next release are all aimed at improving the usability of
Team Effect for these functions.
This
update will also see the introduction of our pricing plans. Team Effect
starts at a humble €10/month for your first 4 Active* projects and
allows you to share your projects with as many people as you like.
(* Hidden, Closed and Deleted projects are not considered to be Active)
Pricing & Plans
| Starter |
4 Active Projects |
€ 10 / month |
| Busy |
8 Active Projects |
€ 20 / month |
| Prolific |
16 Active Projects |
€ 40 / month |
** Loyalty money-back offer **
As
a special thanks to you, our early adopters, we're offering you three
months of Starter for free if you sign up before the end of the year. (* or a discount of equivalent value if you need a larger plan)
Simply
signup for your preferred plan before 31 December and we will apply the
discount to your bill automatically. You will receive an email reminder
before it's time to renew.
Improvements in Version 1.0
1. Moving a Task
Moving a task with a person scheduled on it is much easier now. Simply drag and drop - no more task locks or SlipTask.
When
you release the task bar you will be given the option to move all its
sub-tasks by the same time period, or to leave them where they are.
Couldn't be easier, could it?
2. Easier Calendar micro-adjustments
We
received feedback that making micro-adjustments to your schedule became
difficult when the project was large or the time scale was not in view.
Our
solution was to add these nifty little flags to indicate which day you
are about to drop the bar on. It makes it easy to move a Task to start
on a specific day, even in week mode.
You
can also click (and hold) on the bar to see quickly where the bar
starts and ends. Useful when the ends of the bar are out of sight.
3. No more annoying Schedule mouseover popups!
We
heard from a lot of people how annoying those Schedule mouseover popups
were, so we replaced them with a status panel along the bottom of the
schedule.
4. Improved: EasyAdd new Person
There
is an easy way to schedule a new person onto a task. You don't need to
leave the project's Schedule to do it. You can create a new person from
the Finder when you go to assign a person to the task.
This feature was already in place, but we've made improvements to it so that it is more accessible for a wider group of users.
5. EasyAdd new Role
Just like adding a new Person it is just as easy to add a new Role when scheduling work.
6. Easier navigation - My Actions, Project Progress
We've
redesigned the 'My Schedule' tab. It was cluttered and we noticed that
the secondary tabs on it were not frequented by most users, so we split
them out. You will now find the My Actions and Project Progress pages
on the main menu.
7. Easier to create an Action
Click
on the day in the Schedule to create and Action for that day. An
annoying bug in the person and project pickers has been fixed.
8. Improvements made to prevent Javascript errors; increase AJAX responsiveness
All
the Javascript errors you might have encountered were all logged in our
systems and analysed by the development team. We've chased all the bugs
down and swatted them.
9. Compatability with more browsers
We've
worked hard to improve all the known comaptability problems with the
various web browsers. Certain aspects of Team Effect looked horrid in
Google's chrome browser (our new recommended browser), and there were
also some Javascript issues cropping up in Internet Explorer 6 and 7.
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We
are not finished by any means. In the new year we will be working
harder than ever to improve Team Effect to make your project management
run more smoothely.
All of the team here at Team Effect look forward to helping you in whatever way we can.