There is no doubt that vacation time is important for the entire project team. Relaxed employees are better able to come up with new ideas, work more efficiently and with more motivation. But what happens when the vacation is over? In most cases, you have to wade through a flood of information (mostly in the form of e-mails) to get back to business as usual. Project employees end up using the first few days back at work sorting and processing information and answering questions.

This results in hours of overtime spent quickly clearing away the mountain of work that piled up while you were gone. It’s no wonder that recharged batteries are quickly used up, giving way to confusion and stress.

ProjectNetWorld® helps ease you back into work after a vacation, letting you keep that feeling of relaxation for as long as possible. Thanks to its intuitive structure, this project management platform displays all information in a clearly-arranged manner and provides you with a quick overview of everything that took place regarding project work while you were away.

Structured work environments
ProjectNetWorld® is divided into three areas of application:

• BusinessWorld for company-specific data,
• ProjectWorld for handling projects, and
• MyWorld, the individual work environment for each user.

All three provide an immediate overview of all new items and changes. MyWorld also combines all user-specific information from all projects and displays it in a well-organized manner.

Bundled information at a glance

The overview page of each project provides a quick look at all new items and changes. It displays current information, bundled and well-organized.

You’ll receive information about:

• new or changed documents with direct links to those documents
• new or changed forms including new discussion threads, each with a direct link to the form
• new discussions and/or discussion threads
• an overview of project phases and project milestones with all deadlines and a display showing project progress

Monitoring of open and completed tasks

ProjectNetWorld® ensures easy management of all milestones, processes and to-dos – both in relation to individual projects as well as the overall project portfolio.

In addition, you can also filter according to different tasks, project participants, timeframes and status information (in process, completed, etc.).

In this way, you immediately have all relevant data right in front of you - without any additional project meetings.

Access in case of emergency
Since the main purpose of a vacation is rest and relaxation, work documents, laptops and mobile phones are generally not helpful in the recuperation process. However, sometimes problems, important questions and other issues must be addressed while on vacation.

This is where ProjectNetWorld® gives you a major advantage: the software is web-based. This means that all project information is available from anywhere and at any time. Thus, in urgent cases all information can be accessed, even on vacation - the only prerequisite is Internet access, nowadays found in just about any hotel. And even on slower Internet connections, work is not significantly affected thanks to the quick response times of ProjectNetWorld®.

All relevant information available via a central database
To avoid having to answer unimportant questions while on vacation, it is important that all relevant project information be made available in a central location. This enables the entire project team (regardless of whether they are internal or external employees) to handle urgent work issues during vacation time, with no loss of information.

Making the effects of your vacation last
The dreaded email flood can be greatly relieved merely by providing information centrally. It is thereby essential that certain guidelines regarding project work are agreed upon:

• Central storage: All documents (including new versions) are stored centrally.
• Traceable communication channels: Communication is managed centrally in a traceable manner via ProjectNetWorld® tools. In principle, no documents are sent via e-mail.
• Bundling of information: Information concerning documents and forms is to be directly attached to and/or discussed alongside them.
• Central scheduling and task management: Schedules are made available and tasks are managed, all in a central location.

For detailed information about ProjectNetWorld®, please go to www.projectnetworld.com/EN/Projectnetworld/functions.html.

Naturally, you can also try ProjectNetWorld® for 30 days free of charge and with no obligation, including all functions and unlimited support for any number of employees. Find out more at enw.projectnetworld.com.