1 comment | Wed Mar 12 2008
Back when I was consulting, the one thing that would give me cold sweats at night was expecting to get a call saying the clients wanted some changes to be made.
And I hate changes…well, not actually hate but maybe a really strong dislike…
The main reason is because of all the wasted time that was spent prior to that. All that time spent on negotiating the contract, workflow-ing the specs, drinking Starbucks…and of course let’s not forget hours actually spent working on the original requirements.
Now I don’t blame the client—because that’s what consulting is all about.
As their guide, it’s your job to figure out what they want. But unfortunately a lot of times they aren’t sure either.
That’s why contracts, requirements, specs, and all that stuff should never be considered the Holy Grail.
Of course it’s hard not to get personal because you spend so much time on it that it’s like your baby and someone is telling you, “Um…yeah…something’s wrong with your kid. It’s gotta change!”
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2 Comments | Mon Jan 7 2008
The v1.1 update of Jumptree Project introduces a bunch of new and highly requested features, such as:
- SQL Server 2005 support
- Calendar with Date Localization
- Files Management
- Publishing Tasks
- Multilingual Support
- Enhanced Batch Updates
- URL Proxy
- Print Layout
- UI Improvements
- Speed Increases
This is a free upgrade for existing customers, so please login and follow the update instructions.
If you have any problems, please email us at support@jumptree.com or visit our Forum.
No comments | Fri Nov 30 2007
The major coding for Jumptree Project v1.1 is now complete and we’re entering the testing phase now.
In addition to SQL Server 2005 support and Files Management, there is now batch editing for tasks, discussions, and files.
We’re also excited to announce the most requested feature: a Calendar!
Projects, Milestones, and Tasks will each have their own calendars and the Dashboard will have a calendar that displays everything together.
Here’s what the Dashboard Calendar looks like (click to enlarge it):
As for full internationalization, we decided to push it back to a later upgrade as we want to implement support for localized language packs as well.
Jumptree Project v1.1 is a free upgrade for existing users.
16 Comments | Tue Sep 18 2007
Sasha Sydoruk asks, “Where are all the cool startups that run on ASP.NET?”
Well I’m not sure if we’re considered cool enough, but we choose ASP.NET over Java for a variety of reasons.
ASP.NET is easier to setup and deploy
Since Jumptree Project is download software, we needed to ensure that we could readily support our customer’s installation and deployment process.
Have you ever run into problems deploying a Java application and then having to spend hours going through your configuration files and resolving library conflicts? Fun!
Java may be multi-platform, but there are numerous middleware implementations of J2EE—each with its own quirks. So instead of spending time improving your application, you end up having to answer support calls on why your Tomcat application doesn’t work on IBM Websphere.
With .NET, the environment is pretty much standard—so it’s a lot easier for us to provide support.
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3 Comments | Wed Sep 12 2007
Over the past few months we’ve received tons of feedback from customers and trial users so we have a good idea as to what we need to work on first.
Our goal is to release the v1.1 update in November 2007. The big 3 fixes and enhancements will be:
- SQL Server 2005 support
- Internationalization
- Files Management
Other than that there are a few bugs and GUI issues that we’ll work on as well.
We thank all our customers and trial users! Stay tuned, we have a lot more to come!
