Dear Colleague

Welcome to the April edition of the PROJECT in a box newsletter.  This month we are delighted to announce the availability of the all new Community Edition 2.0 and the launch of our Official Atern method bringing the power of Agile to our users.

Closing with a review of our partners including details on recent new members to the scheme.

Malcolm West, Managing Director

Community Edition 2.0 goes live

Great news, Community Edition 2.0 is now available for download.  It represents a giant step forward, still delivering the core capabilities of the original product with a range of additional methods, capabilities  and operational effectiveness.

In summary the new Community Edition 2.0:

• Is an all new .NET application
• Can be run as a portable application on USB stick or installed on PC
• Supports multiple methods, providing Authentic methods for PRINCE2 and DSDM Atern
• Enables multiple windows to be tiled together for easier navigation
• Supports template library from the method template for frequently used files
• Supports storage of URLs
• Supports project, stage, specialist aliasing
• Has export project to Personal Version capability
• Has multi-lingual capability (forms, menus etc)

In addition CE2.0 can be personalised and extended to match your requirements including adding language files and additional free and purchased methodologies from the CE extensions webpage.

Find out more...   |   Register and download...   |   View the video tour...

Atern Inside

• Process diagrams
• Official template pack (with in built guidance removed)
• Separate methodology guidance 

We know that over the last few weeks many of you have downloaded the CE2.0 Beta test which didn't contain the Atern method so if you want to add it on now you can either go to the CE extensions page or register for the current CE2.0 and run it as a patch to add the missing methods on.

Over the coming weeks we will be adding more Atern related material including video tours, articles and links to further resources so check out the Atern page for the latest or if you have any questions just let us know.

Partner Review

As PROJECT in a box becomes more widely known it is fast becoming a standard and nothing exemplifies this more than the number of PRINCE2 trainers who have signed up as partners so they can give the benefits of PROJECT in a box to their delegates.

We now have twelve PRINCE2 ATOs signed up as partners and three more currently in the process of applying putting us streets ahead of all other software providers combined!

In the last few months alone we have added the following partners:

Of particular note is the addition of ANTS training and development in South Africa who in addition to providing  Community Edition to their delegates are already busy with several projects rolling out full PROJECT in a box at an organisation level.

We are always on the look out for new partners in particular to spread the uptake of PROJECT in a box outside the UK.  Community Edition version 2.0 is particularly helpful here as we can now offer alternative language capabilities to overseas ATOs.

To find out more about our Partners or to investigate how to join our programme check out the partnership pages.

...and finally