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Short on Time?

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Time2Grow #1 Damn the paradox! Full speed ahead! Apart  from   time travelers  -  which are a very rare type of people -   we all  get the same  24 hours   a day .  Similarly, monks , hermits and lone wolves are usually the only ones capable of freeing themselves without delay from the most ordinary types of everyday hassles and many other kinds of  not-so-fun   responsibilities. Ain't it cool to shave your head...? So, what does this leaves us with? 😕   Well... with an overwhelming majority of people having exactly the same amount of time in hand as you do , and – most likely – the same unexceptional daily chores and struggles ... Same "stuff", different day... We’re not all that different , although some may try to convince you otherwise. Especially time lords . They’re the worst.  Speaking of which… never trust a time lord .  Have you ever met one?  Full temporal perception … being able to observe the past, the present and the future… in any timestream . Hm

Hourly versus fixed price

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The primaERP   application is a great tool for everybody who sells their time to their clients. In the Time Tracking  module you can measure how much time you spent on your project. In the module  Billing  you can easily change your time into money. Let us show you how to set individual rates for various clients or projects. Many professionals prefer to charge a fixed price for the whole contract or a monthly fee regardless the number of working days in the actual month. Have you tracked your time in primaERP ? Read how to create bills with fixed prices in primaERP   Billing .

Bulk changes: How to transfer time records between projects

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Has it ever happened to you that you tracked your time in  primaERP  on a different project than your colleagues? Do you need to unite two projects in Time Tracking into one? You can solve very quickly, there is no need to manually modify all items. In this article we will show how to elegantly move time tracks between projects and other similar “magic” that  primaERP  offers.

Gravatar: Profile Picture not only for primaERP

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Did you know, that you can brighten your primaERP  profile with a picture? It will show up in the right upper corner instead of the anonymous grey icon. Your teams’ reports, especially, will be more lively and clear once everybody adds their pictures. So, how to do it?

primaERP News: Why and how can you disable private projects

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Good news: primaERP is better again.  If you have multiple users in your primaERP  account, you will certainly like the Team Table export   feature. Tables can be exported to PDF, XLS and CSV formats. If you were missing a field to insert Payment info , you can find it now in your Account settings section. The last new function allows to not enable private projects in the Time Tracking settings section, and was requested by several administrators. Why we have developed this feature and how to change a private project into a public one is explained in the article below.

This time, fulfill your New Year's resolutions!

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The year has just started. For many it is the best time to look back and plan ahead.  You may have already broken some of your New Year's resolutions by now. According to a British study , only 12% of us are going to stick to our promises until the end of the year. How to have a better chance of succeeding this time? Get yourself a quiet room or go to your favorite coffee shop, prepare a pen and a piece of paper and let's get it together!

New features to improve PDF reports

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We are glad to present two new features to improve PDF reports in primaERP:

New features! Pause button, deactivate users, reactivate account

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We have new features for you! We know it has been a while, but we guarantee it was worth waiting for. We have implemented some long requested features, which will not only help you better and more efficiently track your time, but also help you work more efficiently.

25% of your money down the drain – how poor time management affects results

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A survey conducted by America Online and Salary.com found out that the average worker in the US devotes around two hours of the working day to non-productive activities. This means around 10 hours per week. How do you feel about it? Despite all the effort, getting up early, meeting tight deadlines, a quarter of your hard-earned money disappears down the drain without you even noticing. A year has 52 weeks, so the total is 520 hours per year. This corresponds to more than three weeks of work. If you are a manager you most likely know the hourly cost of an employee and if you do the math... You would better be sitting.

Which pricing method to use?

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We have picked three different methods by which you can determine a price for your work. Unfortunately, there is no universal solution for it. It depends on the person and on a series of circumstances. However, we think this will help you find the best method for you:

This has been a great year thanks to you!

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It is the last day of the year and we must thank you for helping us to grow, evolve and mature. Thank you for all the feedback, input and trust invested in primaERP. Check out our 2015 highlights:

Take this time to stop and think!

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Check your email, call your colleague, delegate your work, look back at the e-mails, remember that someone is coming to repair the door lock of the building, write up the meeting notes, attend the lunch with the new client, get stuck in traffic due to some demonstrations which block the main street, go back to the office, check your schedule, rearrange your appointment for the next day, write another e-mail, check the budget John sent you 3 weeks ago.. Work! Keep going, no stopping! Don’t waste your time! Go, go go! Ahh ENOUGH! STOP IT! If this sounds all too familiar, stop and pause for a moment if you intend to achieve something effectively while keeping your sanity. 

Project Management: Facts which will surprise you

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Ever wonder why projects fail, how much it costs the company and what the role of the project manager in this is? We were and found these surprising statistics!

How to calculate the price of a project

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The precise estimate of the costs and the time of a project is crucial to make sure you will stay within the limits of a budget. A miscalculation can lead to financial losses and ultimately make it  impossible to complete the project. Therefore it is necessary to dedicate special attention to detailed planning and to try and foresee possible complications. But how to know what price is reasonable and appropriate based on the quality and complexity of the work to be performed? Or how to estimate the time it will consume? Here are some tips to resolve these issues: