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Are you excited to have the tools and strategies that can help you manage projects with ease?
Then you need Elementool, which offers a simple system for running successful projects.

You trial account will expire tomorrow so you need to act fast!

With your Elementool account, you will be able to:
• have better control over your project progress – this will reduce stress and enable you to have more free time.
• improve communication between team members – reduce frustration among your team members, improve team moral, and increase productivity.
• finish tasks faster and finish projects on time – making you more competitive and enabling you to do more for less effort and to earn more money
• and much more

Elementool can save you up to $13,160 a month for every 10 people on your team.
That’s an annual savings of $157,920!

But, believe it or not, we aren’t charging thousands of dollars for our project management system.
Your investment in Elementool starts at only $89.99 a month.

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Hello, Allison here.

Today we’re going to see how easy it is to build a project plan by using our Scheduling software. Understanding the structure is the crucial first step in any project, so this is a key aspect of planning.

I’m going to show you how to build your project plan in just a few minutes using Elementool’s Scheduling software. We will define a project, iterations and tasks.
When beginning a new project, it is important to first understand what the structure of the project will be. We recommend going with an Agile plan, which is a flexible approach to project management that gives you the ability to make adjustments as needed.

Using this planning structure, you will divide your project into smaller mini-projects, which are known as iterations. Iterations allow for a more controlled development process because clients can offer feedback at the conclusion of each iteration and team members can revise their plans accordingly. We go into more detail about the advantages and the process of iteration planning in Elementool’s Project Management Formula program at www.projectmanagementformula.com.

First you should define the project. You might have one or several projects. Each project contains a list of iterations, and each iteration contains a list of tasks and issues.

To setup a project, you need to follow these steps:
1. Click on Time Estimates.
2. Click on the Add button.
3. Select Add Project.
4. Fill out the project name.
5. The rest of the details on this form are optional.
6. When you’re done, click on the Save button.

Now we have a new project. The next step is to create iterations under this project.
To create iterations, please follow these steps:
1. Make sure the new project’s line is selected.
2. Click on the Add button.
3. Select Add Iteration.
4. An iteration is added to the schedule. Fill in the iteration name.

Each iteration of a project has its own particular list of features. Features are the building blocks of the product that you are creating. For example, on a consumer clothing website, a search engine that allows you to search for an item based on characteristics like style and color is an important feature. Another feature might be the ability to select a size before adding the item to your shopping cart. Once you have a list of features for the project, you will need to write a description of each one, explaining how it should work and what components it needs to include. We recommend using Elementool’s Requirements Management system for defining the project features. Using this tool, you can create the feature list and write the description of each feature. See our Project Management Formula program for more information on features.

Features then must be broken down into workable tasks. For instance, a search engine feature may be broken down into a running search task for a coding expert, and a graphical design task for the graphics expert. Yet another task might be for a copywriter to create text to go along with the search engine feature.

Issues that are stored in your Issue Tracking can also be added to the schedule.
Elementool makes it easy to organize tasks, helping to keep each team member on track.

To add a task, please follow these steps:
1. Make sure the Iteration line is selected.
2. Click on the Add button.
3. Select the Add Task option.
4. Type the task name.
To create a task from an issue tracking record, please follow these steps:
1. Make sure the Iteration line is selected.
2. Click on the Add button.
3. Select the Add Issue option.
4. Select the name of the account in which the issue is stored.
5. Type the issue number.
6. Click on Save.
7. The system will display the issue’s title automatically.

That’s it for now. So simple.

In the next clip I’m going to show you how to build the project schedule and how to assign tasks to team members. Stay tuned…

If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to submit them in the comment section below.

Hi, this is Allison again, and as you probably know, I’m a big believer in the helpful software, services, and programs that Elementool offers.

But you don’t need to just take my word for it. We have countless satisfied clients, from companies great and small, and some of them would like to tell you why they love Elementool too.

Please take a look at these testimonials and find out firsthand why our clients value our services.

Hi, it’s Allison again, and I have a great clip to show you today.

In it you will find out about some incredibly useful techniques for overcoming the common – but frustrating – tendency to procrastinate.

I have to admit, I’ve been known to procrastinate myself, especially at work. I’ve had those days when I couldn’t focus on anything. I would start on a new project, and then get sidetracked by something that I had forgotten to finish earlier. When I’d get bored with that, I would find myself absent-mindedly surfing the web and realizing that hours have been wasted without actually accomplishing one single task. That’s when I’d get that awful feeling in the pit of my stomach as I realized a whole day had passed and I failed to meet a deadline because I kept putting everything off.

I used to feel terrible about myself when that would happen, but then I learned about a system that changed everything for me. I just like to call it the anti-procrastination system because it’s really as simple as that. You follow a few steps and, voila!, you can easily beat procrastination and find the focus you need to get the job done. Let’s learn about the system’s steps now.

And that’s just one of the many excellent little lessons included in our Project Management Formula program! I hope you enjoyed it, and I trust you’re now on your way to conquering procrastination forever.

Hi there, I’m Allison!

On behalf of everyone at Elementool, I’d like to congratulate you on opening a new trial account. During these next 30 trial days, I’m going to help you design your project management process and familiarize yourself with Elementool.

Drawing from our many years of experience in the field, I am going to carefully guide you, holding your hand and showing you step by step how to build a better project management process. Along the way I will also show you how to set up and use Elementool so that you can get the most out of your account.
Every day or two, expect to receive an email from me that features a short clip on a specific subject. Viewing it only requires a few minutes of your time, and you’ll find that it’s time well spent.
Elementool’s various services are designed in such a way that once you know how to set up and use one service – for instance, Issue Tracking – you are able to easily set up and use the rest of the tools. This is because we use the same service design language and usage principles throughout the system, making it easy to understand and operate.

In this clip I’m going to show you how to setup your account. It is very easy and will only take you a few minutes.

The account is divided into two sections: The Control Panel and the application section.
The application section is where you use the account and includes the “Welcome page”, “new issue”, “view issue”, and “issue reports”. I will talk about it in our next clip.
The Control Panel is where you setup the account. It can be accessed only by users that are part of the Admin group.

The green tab is the ‘control panel’. Click ‘control panel’.
Now the first thing you want to do after opening a new account is to set up the issue form. The issue form is the main form that is used for submitting issues to your Issue Tracking account and for viewing and updating the data that’s stored in the account. I’m going to show you how to do this, and it’s much easier than you think.
You can have your form set up in less than 10 minutes, just by following these simple steps:

Please follow these steps to setup the Issue Form:
• Click on Control Panel
• Click on Edit Issue Form
• Click on Edit Fields
• As you can see, your new account comes with a default set of fields. You can customize the current fields, remove them and add new fields.
• On the left side you have the field toolbox, which include a list of all the different field types that the system offers.
• Select a field from the toolbox, hold you mouse button, drag and drop it onto the issue form, in the location you want it to be displayed.
• The Edit Field screen is now displayed. This screen enables you to define the different field settings, such as, field caption, size, default value, tooltip, ‘access permission by group’ and so on.
• To edit an existing field, click on the field’s Edit button. The Edit Field screen will be opened. Again you can use this screen to edit the field’s setting.
• To delete a field simply click on the field’s delete button, and confirm that you wish to delete the field.
• That’s it. We’re done here
Now that the form has been set up, you can start using the Issue Tracking account. That’s right, it’s that simple!

The next important step is to add users to the account. Users are the people who can login and use the system. Each user has a unique username. To set up a user, please following these steps:
• Click on Control Panel
• Click on Edit User Profiles
• Use the Add New User section to add a new user.
• Define the username of the person. The username is unique to every person that uses the account.
• Define the user’s group. You can define user groups based on their access permission and roles in the project. I’ll explain that in another video when we’ll talk about more advanced things that you can do with your account. For now you can use the default set of user groups.
• Type the user’s email address in the email field.
• Type the user’s password and confirm the password. The user will be able to change the password when logging in to the account.
• The Cellular number field is optional in case you want to send people text messages to their mobile phone.
• Click on the Add User button when you’re done. The person will receive an email address with the account details.

Congratulations again on getting started with Elementool! In the next clip I’m going to show you how to use your new account. In the meantime, if you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact us