Archive for August, 2009
August 27, 2009
Customer Question
Could you explain what the difference between MPMM Project Management Methodology and Primavera5 is? As I am really interested to purchase MPMM Project Management Methodology, however can’t undertand the difference as they are both software.
MPMM Answer
Thanks for getting in touch. MPMM Project Management Methodology includes a complete suite of Project Management Templates including a step by step methodology to help you manage your projects. The templates take you through the process of delivering a project, step-by-step.
Whereas Primavera is project management software that helps you track projects. It doesn’t include any templates. If you are looking for project management software, then a good alternative to Primavera (which is expensive) is ProjectManager.com which is Online Project Management Software.
Let us know if you have any other questions. We’re here to help.
August 24, 2009
Reseller Question
I am writing you from a Large Account IT reseller. We have a customer interested in purchasing the following through us:
MPMM Project Management Professional
an we purchase this product and resell it to an end user? If so, we require some information to set you up as a vendor:
• Are you the manufacturer of this product? If not, who is?
• Are we authorized to resell these products to customers in both Canada and the US?
• What is the full legal name of your company?
• What is the address of your company headquarters? What is the address where the order should go?
• Who is our account rep? Please provide a contact name, telephone number, and email address.
Where can we purchase the product from? Can you refer us to an authorized distributor/dealer? Or shall we purchase direct from you? If going direct, then can you please provide answers to the following:
• Who shall we place orders with? Please provide an Order Desk contact name, email address, and phone number.
• Is there a reseller discount? Is there a coupon code?
• What currency will we be quoted / charged in?
• How can we pay you? Are Net 30 terms acceptable?
• Can you drop ship the product directly to the end user, or is it delivered electronically?
Please advice. Thanks.
Reseller Answer
Thank you for getting in touch.
We actually have a reseller program (MPMM Reseller Program) have you had the chance to have a look at it?
Yes you can purchase MPMM and resell it to an end user.
• Yes we are the manufacturer of MPMM
• Yes you are authorized to resell MPMM to customers both in Canada and the US
• Method123 Ltd
• Head Office Address is: Method123 Ltd, 2a Wagener Place, Mt Albert, Auckland, New Zealand 1025
You can purchase MPMM directly from us.
• Please read (http://www.mpmm.com/reseller-how-it-works.php)
• Yes there is a coupon code system and the reseller commission is 30% of the total price
• Prices are in USD dollars
• You can either buy on behalf of the end user or the end user can buy directly through our website using the coupon code
• The Project Management Life Cycle is downloadable.
Please let me know if you have any further questions and please go ahead and sign up at (http://www.mpmm.com/reseller-signup.php). We look forward to receiving your application.
August 20, 2009
Query: We are currently evaluating the MPMM project management software , and I would appreciate your feedback on the following questions:
- Which processes would be available to keep a set of customized project management methodology templates synchronised over multiple machines? Is there anything beyond manual export / import?
- Is there an ‘online version’ available, as indicated on a number of resources on the web?
- What does ‘server edition available’ mean in the list of version features?
Many thanks in advance for your feedback!
Reply: Thank you for getting in touch. I will answer your questions below in the same format:
- Yes. When multiple licenses are purchased, we can send you our multi-user / server edition. This allows you to install the database on a shared server and for all of your PC clients to access it. You need a single license for each PC client, that you wish to access the shared database. But you don’t need a separate license for the shared database itself.
- There is a version that you can use to post project management methodologies online. Please visit: http://www.mpmm.com/project-management-enterprise.php
- This is the multi-user edition mentioned above.
Please let me know if you have any further questions. We are here to help.
August 17, 2009
Enquiry: I want to create a presentation for a project management environment. I didn’t see any options in the trial mode of MPMM Project Management Methodology. However the Project Management newsletter claims that through the MPMM Methodology we can create presentations. If it does so, is the MPMM Presentation the same quality as Microsoft PowerPoint.
Please provide a detailed view on this aspect of the MPMM Project Management Process package.
Answer: Nice to hear from you. Yes it’s true that you can use MPMM to help you create presentations. There are 2 parts to creating a presentation: 1) Creating all of the content, and 2) building the physical presentation itself.
MPMM helps you with 1) by giving you almost all of the content you need for presentations on projects. However it doesn’t actually do the presentation formatting itself as per 2) above. For that, most people use Microsoft Project PowerPoint.
August 13, 2009
Question: Many thanks for your support, I tried to use the web address mentioned (http://www.sendspace.com/file/sk8vi5) but it does not work, it is blocked by our server, I don’t know why. Does MPMM Project Methodology have another web site we can use.
Answer: The problem is that it’s an .exe file and firewalls certainly don’t like this type of files. Below is the file as a Zip file so it will get through your firewall. You will need to rename the file as an .exe before you run it. Here’s what to do:
In Windows XP
- Right mouse click on the start button and select Explore
- Then on the main menu at the top, click Tools / Folder Options and then the View tab. Then untick the item “Hide extensions for known file types”
- Then download this file http://www.sendspace.com/file/l2h9q3 from the Download Link at the bottom and save the file to your My Documents folder on your PC. Then rename the last 4 characters of the document file name, from “.zip” to “.exe”
- Then double click on the file and it should run fine
- When you have finished, you can click on the Project Management Tools / Folder Options and then the View tab. Then tick the item “Hide extensions for known file types” to go back to their previous view of their files
- At this point, MPMM Project Methodology will be uninstalled on your PC.
August 10, 2009
Customer Enquiry
We just got the approval of our Board to procure an off-the-shelf project management professional methodology. We’re seriously considering MPMM. But if it is alright with you, may I ask MPMM’s edge over IIL’s Unified Project Management Methodology.
Also, do you have any requirements from our end for our procurement of MPMM if ever? Do you also accept bank transfer as payment method? Under our procurement system, we cannot pay through credit card, check or paypal?
Answer to Customer
It’s a pleasure to hear from you again. Well done on getting approval!
And it’s a great question you’ve asked. There are actually a lot of differences between MPMM and UPMM (lets call it “IIL”). I have listed the differences for you as follows:
- Price: IIL is much more expensive than MPMM. It’s typically priced at between $10,000 – $250,000 USD depending on the size of your organization. And it usually needs a suite of consulting services to implement it, which is why it’s so expensive. Whereas MPMM is just $9,995 for an organization wide license and you have the flexibility of scale down to the Project Management Professional edition (which starts from just $495) if you wish.
- Free Trial: You can’t try IIL easily, it requires their assistance to do to. However MPMM can be downloaded and installed by yourself on the internet at any time.
- Consulting: You need consulting services from IIL to be able to customize IIL. So you’re locked in to using their services long term Whereas you can customize MPMM yourself whenever you want, by simply editing the methodologies included and clicking “Save”.
- Customizations: IIL has a set number of methodologies content included. Whereas with MPMM, you can create and customize as many methodologies as you wish. We allow you to import your existing methodology content easily as well.
- Integration: IIL has a fixed format. Whereas MPMM is also integrated with Microsoft Word, allowing you to import Microsoft Project Word documents and edit them within MPMM itself.
- Scalability: IIL is not easily scalable. Whereas for MPMM, you can choose the processes you want to work with and delete the rest.
- Publishing: In MPMM Enterprise, you can quickly and easily publish your methodologies to the intranet.
- Usage: IIL have just a few hundred customer installations. Whereas more than 150,000 Project Teams around the world use MPMM. We’re the market leaders due to the ability to create, customize and publish as many project methodologies as you wish, through the simple click of a button.
In short, MPMM is much cheaper, more scalable, more flexible and easier to use than IIL.
Here is further information to help make your purchasing decision:
- MPMM Enterprise: http://www.mpmm.com/project-management-enterprise.php
- MPMM Enterprise Brochure: http://www.mpmm.com/mpmm-brochure-enterprise.pdf
- MPMM Project Management Professional: http://www.mpmm.com/project-management-professional-products.php
- Multi-user Professional: http://www.mpmm.com/multi-users.php
And to answer your other question regarding payment, we don’t have any specific procurement requirements. You simply need to request an invoice from us and the invoice we give you will provide the Bank Transfer details you need. Then make payment using Bank Transfer and we will immediately send you the product serial number and licensing details. It’s that easy.
I can give you a call to help you further if you’d like. Or email us with more questions if you’d like. We’re here to help.
August 6, 2009
Q: Does MPMM provide in Europe any project management consulting methodology implementation services and methodology-adjustment services directly?
A: We are purely a product company. Our resellers can offer services on our behalf (see http://www.mpmm.com/reseller-program.php)
Q: Has MPMM got a methodology describing Project Management Consulting Office processes & services?
A: MPMM does include some PMO activities. Take a free trial
(http://www.mpmm.com/free-project-management-software-professional.php) and when MPMM opens, look under the Project Life Cycle / Project Initiation Templates section
Q: Does MPMM provide in Europe any certification services for organizations, and can certify that the whole project management system established in an organization (a company) is aligned to the Method123 Methodology? If yes, what are the conditions to achieve that certification? What is the certification process? What does this certificate say? How long is the certificate valid? What is MPMM responsibility for the system, when system is certified? Who has been certified in Europe?
A: We don’t have such a certification program, although we do intend to build one in the future.
August 3, 2009
Web Project Management User Question
I need to purchase a third Multi-User License and would like instructions on where to set MPMM to point to a central location so the three users can share the one database?
MPMM Customer Answer
Here are the procedures for installing the Multi-User version of MPMM Project Management Professional.
1) Uninstall MPMM
- If you already have MPMM Professional installed on your PC, perform these steps…
- First, backup your MPMM content (using the Tools / Backup Content option) to your file folder
- Then take a note of your serial number (using the Help / About MPMM option)
- Use the Windows Control Panel “Add or Remove Programs” feature to uninstall MPMM
- Ask each of your licensed colleagues to perform these same steps
2) Install MPMM Multi-User (Server version)
- Download and install the Server version of MPMM Multi-User:
www.mpmm.com/products/mpmmprofessionalmultiuserserversetup.exe
- As part of the installation process, choose a folder on your central server to store the MPMM database. This folder should be accessible by each of the other licensed users.
- Enter your serial number and activate online. Your software is now accessing the central database.
3) Install MPMM Multi-User (Client version)
- Your colleagues will need to perform the following steps, to install MPMM Multi-user and to access the central database you have created, on your shared file folder…
- Download and install the Client version of MPMM Multi-User:
www.mpmm.com/products/mpmmprofessionalmultiuserclientsetup.exe
- As part of the installation process, select the database on your central server, that was installed as part of step 1.
- Enter your serial number and activate online. The software is now accessing the central database.
