Project Mentor News

Most people who but Project Mentor from us like to 'try before they buy'.  The ratio of evaluation kit downloads to system purchases confirms this to us.  To help prospective users get a better look and feel of what Project Mentor can do for them, we've updated:

• The Audio/Video walkthrough demo

• A downloadable Evaluation Kit

Both of these resources give a much better user experience and demonstrate more effectively how Project Mentor works in a 'real life' Microsoft Project environment.  If you haven't yet looked at evaluating what Project Mentor can do for you, why not click on the above links and see for yourself.

If you've tried to purchase Project Mentor from us recently, you may have noticed that Credit Card logos temporarily disappeared from our payments pages.  The reason for this is that one of our online merchants, WorldPay, changed their merchant system without telling us.  We hope that no-one was dissuaded from making a Project Mentor purchase during this period and we can confirm that Credit Card logos are back on prominent display.

Over the weekend of the 21st and 22nd June, we will be migrating the Personal Learning Plan (PLP) database for Project Mentor onto a new server.  This will mean better access for all Project Mentor users when they use their PLP.  We will aim to keep any distraction to a minimum during the transfer period, but if you do experience any service disruption during that weekend, please do bear with us.

Sales partner for the United Kingdom

“We are delighted,” said Paul Major, managing director of Program Framework, a Microsoft EPM partner that delivers a whole solution to its wide range of clients for successful delivery of strategic initiatives.

“Microsoft Project is widely used across all sectors of British business and industry and Project Mentor is a wonderful add-on.

There is huge interest in this computer based training as organisations recognise that more effective and efficient project management is crucial in today’s competitive, global marketplace

People can really appreciate the benefits of having a cost-effective, comprehensive and authoritative Microsoft Project tutor on their desktop that enables them to learn at their own pace, to click immediately to what they need to know and with videos to show them how to do it.

Add in the self assessment tool that shows you how you are doing and where you need to brush up your skills, and you have a powerful package that beats traditional classroom training at every level!”

• Have you ever had a nagging Microsoft Project question that you couldn't answer?

• Do aspects of Microsoft Project baffle or frustrate you?

If the answer to either of the above questions is Yes, then a new service from Project Learning may be just what you are looking for.

On a regular basis, we receive Microsoft Project-related questions from both regular newsletter subscribers and also from complete strangers.  Up to now, we've attempted to answer these questions, but we've not looked at sharing the answers that we've given.  Our new 'Ask the Expert' service is set to change all that, and we're looking for your help.

Just click on the link below, and you'll be taken to a form on our website.  Just complete the form and ask your Microsoft Project question (or questions).  If you have example data, even better.  We'll then look to answer you as quickly (and fully) as we can, posting our answer for other newsletter subscribers to share.  Just click on this link:

Ask a Microsoft Project Expert a question

Prize draw winners

The winners of the draw of new newsletter subscribers are:

March 2008

• John Robertson, U.S.A.

• Zulkifli Abdullah, Malaysia

• Ewelina Zapotoczna, Australia

• Ezekiel Zakes, East Africa

• Tom Gora, U.S.A.

April 2008

• Mahadevan Prabhakaran, India

• Femi Ojelade, U.S.A.

• Mike Johnson, US

• Gerben Jordaan, East Africa

• Carlos Benvenuto, Uruguay

May  2008

• Zubair Khan, Saudi Arabia

• Carol Keigher, U.S.A.

• Chris Bailey, UK

• Sue Lamb, UK

• Wes Doak, U.S.A.

Each of them will receive a $10 Amazon voucher with the compliments of Project Learning.