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Another Account of Project Kickstart’s Ease of Use

Tuesday, July 28th, 2009

In our last post, we described the one of our customers satisfaction with the customer support and simplicity of our product. We’ve recently received another account of an experience with Project Kickstart from a project manager using it to plan a construction job.  Without further ado, here is Morgan Tier’s description of how easy it was to plan a project for the first time with Project Kickstart:

Three months ago I was appointed project manager for a construction job that required the involvement of six sub trades, my own crew and a budget of eighty five thousand dollars for the renovation of a community center.

Although I had project management experience before and I am very familiar with EXCEL TM” I found PROJECT “KICK-STARTTM” software covered potential obstacles and a data base of operating “tools” I had never used before which helped me reduce the construction time by two weeks and I came in way under budget.

Project Kickstart: Ease of Use and Customer Support

Wednesday, July 15th, 2009

For 25 years, the makers of Project KickStart have provided simple but powerful software for their customers. We know that the most important part of a company is its customers, which is why we build our software around our users. We know that not every person managing a project is a project manager. We also know that project managers have to work with others. That is why we built our software in a way that anyone can understand, while still offering advanced features and a gantt chart.

At the same time, we offer quality support as a free service to our customers.  Michael Caldwell, one of our valued customers from the Visibility Tools Workshop says it the best:

I have been an enthusiastic user of Project KickStart since Version 3 and that was years ago. I drive it hard; it started out strong, and it just keeps getting better. Hands down, these powerful tools coupled to remarkable ease of use simply can not be beat for the money. And the support staff has been good to me in the clinch, when it really mattered, and I prize that highly when evaluating the value of software in this competitive market. Keep up the good work!

As Michael notes, when one needs help, product support can be as important as the product itself.

If you’re already a customer, send your feedback to sales@projectkickstart.com. If you’ve not yet tried our software, try it today and see how easy it can be to plan a project.

Pandemic Planning. The Swine Flu and You.

Thursday, May 7th, 2009

The Swine Flu (H1N1) is suddenly on the scene and it is on everybody’s mind.

Is it for real? Yes.

How can we react appropriately to protect ourselves and our families?

  1. Adopt some safe habits and practice them.
  2. Be ready for the unexpected.
  3. Adjust if the swine flu comes our way big time.

Adopt some safe habits and practice them

The main thing to do is to avoid getting the flu in the first place. The principal means of doing this are: Personal hygiene and avoidance of people with the flu.

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PKS Gone Green

Friday, February 27th, 2009

Dear Customers,
As you may have read in one of the emails we’ve recently set out, we have dedicated the month of February to being green. It is a myth that being green and being economical are mutually exclusive; in fact, the opposite is true. The green movement’s primary value is efficiency. This does not merely mean resource efficiency, but also economic efficiency. While one goal is to efficiently use our natural resources, another is to efficiently utilize human resources. It is in this type of efficiency where Project KickStart shines. KickStart’s streamlined interface will allow you to churn out projects in a way that will reduce person-hours and ultimately reduce the amount of resources required for the project. It will make you remember that through clarity and simplicity you are, ultimately, more likely to determine what projects will be successful and what projects will be duds.

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PKS on Facebook

Thursday, December 11th, 2008

Dear Project KickStart fans and customers,

We are now part of the social networking scene! Please feel free to visit our Facebook page at your leisure or view our newly posted tutorials on YouTube. If you have a Facebook, feel free to friend request us and become fans. We’ll routinely have new blog posts, helpful advice, and perhaps even a couple discount sales. If you do not want to be left in the dust when all of our other customers are getting great deals, being our fan is a must!

A peek under the hood – PKS 5

Monday, October 27th, 2008

The future of Project KickStart is bright. Oh, it is very bright.

The first four versions of our software (five if you count the DOS version) have had gray backgrounds. We have been relentless in our efforts to make the product as functional, intuitive and powerful as possible. Even so, one day, it dawned upon us: gray was so last decade. So we figured that Project KickStart 5′s Pro and Standard versions will feature beautiful new user interfaces.

Wait, did I skip something? (more…)

Summer of software: Through the intern’s eyes

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

Hello, faithful readers, it’s Jeffrey Lane. I graduated in June from a small high school in Oakland, CA and am headed down to UC San Diego in just a few weeks to begin the next phase of my life. I spent my summer working full-time for Experience in Software, makers of Project KickStart. As an intern at a smaller company like ours, I was something of a jack-of-all-trades. Perhaps you spoke to me on the phone, it’s very possible that you read a promotional email I helped write and just maybe, you’ll soon be benefiting from an idea or two of mine. I think I’ll just keep that one vague for the time being.

I’ve had a couple of jobs before, but this is the first desk job for me. Though I had visited my mom’s office in San Francisco a few times, I wasn’t sure what to expect from this office, given that it was a much smaller company in Berkeley. Would I be a world of suits and ties, corporate lingo and TPS reports? To make a long story short, I wasn’t. Here I sit, clad in jeans and a sweatshirt from my high school lacrosse team, and I have never been lectured about any missing cover sheets. (more…)

The Global Language of Projects

Wednesday, August 6th, 2008

This week, nations from every continent and every corner of the world will be drawn together by a global event: the Olympics. Tens of millions of fans will be glued to their televisions, radios and internet browsers, eager to see how well their countrymen fare on an international stage.

Many of these viewers spend the rest of their years competing on a large stage themselves. Instead of medals, however, they seek market share. And while the USA seems poised for Olympic success this year, our economy has seen better days. Even in countries whose economies are flourishing, the quest for efficiency continues.

We know this because Project KickStart is sold internationally every day. From Canada to Belgium to East Timor, our beloved project management software meets receptive customers in places as diverse and far-reaching as the Olympians themselves.

Ultimately, we don’t see international customers any differently than our customers here in the States. They have the same needs: complete project planning and straight-forward but powerful project management tools. We’re thrilled that people around the world enjoy using our software and we hope we can help them compete on global stage, whether that means expanding their customer base, carrying out an important construction project, raising funds for a great cause or planning lessons to educate the next generation.

You could even use Project KickStart to plan an Olympic training regimen. We’ve never heard of it being used that way, but who knows? Maybe it’s the secret weapon of an Olympian or two.

Feeling the pinch? Would a Kick help?

Wednesday, July 9th, 2008

It’s no secret that many individuals and business are feeling the economic strain of a weak US economy. As a result, companies have begun to reexamine their business processes with a critical eye on efficiency. In a world of deflating property values, a weak dollar and $4 per gallon gas (yes, Europe, we know you think that’s next to free), companies are definitely counting the pennies.

When a company’s financial resources decrease, other tangible and intangible resources seem to dwindle as well. The workforce may become smaller. Employees might be more isolated than usual. The company may be too focused on stopping the monetary bleeding to plan for the future. (more…)