2011 was the year the whole world went mobile. We work more frequently from home, from the bus, train, while travelling.. We are constantly logged in to our email, Facebook, Twitter and in Sweden EVERYBODY got addicted to the brain exercise game Wordfeud. Here's some insights and great stuff from 2011 that we would like to share with you all. 1. THE WORLD GOES MOBILE According to our yearly customer survey, 28% of our European users have an iPhone while 24% prefers Android. As 80% also use laptops we consider our customers to be a very mobile group of professionals. 2. A TOOL FOR THE FUTURE Last year, our development guys and girls focused on preparing our system for the future. We removed lots and lots of old frames and started to design and build our, soon to be launched, brand new support for “Collaborative Planning”. In June we launched the popular LIKE button...

A recent poll conducted by LinkedIn found that more than a third of respondents (36%) work remotely every day while 32% work remotely at least once a week. Only one in ten reported that they never work remotely and another 11% responded that they work remotely “only when they have to”. Whether working on the go or as a permanent flexible working arrangement, more and more employees are logging hours away from the office. Yet many still face barriers to efficiency when working remotely.   When asked what the biggest barrier to efficiency is when working remotely, the most common answer was “I can’t see what others do” (32%). The second most common complaint by remote workers was that they are unable to attend meetings (24%). When remote employees lack of visibility into their team members’ work, or are excluded from team meetings, communication suffers. As a result, common problems include duplication...

A project is a temporary social system where people come together to work towards a common goal. The key to successful project management is therefore to understand how you make a temporary social system perform better. Young, clever and creative, Gen Ys bring a welcome perspective to project management as teams become increasingly virtual and global. Gen Ys grew up with unprecedented access to technology and information, don’t hesitate to challenge authority and expect their opinions to be heard. Here is how to apply that mentality to your project team: Be flat. Unlike their parents, Gen Ys are more comfortable in organisational structures that are less hierarchical and have fewer layers of intervening management. For a generation that has grown up with the ability to broadcast their opinions and thoughts to the world using blogs and social networks, a top-down organisational structure can be restrictive and hamper creativity. Applied to a project...