/TDCommunity/Columns/ColumnsRss.aspxRead recent press releases and articles about TeamDynamix(c) 2010 All Rights Reserved. TeamDynamix5 David Dodd recently shared with us an article he wrote for College Planning and Management magazine about his experiences working with TeamDynamixHE at Xavier University. Excerpt: "A large number of companies offer project management solutions and consulting services. While many of these are utilized by colleges and universities, few of them are oriented specifically to the unique needs of higher education. True, higher education has by necessity become more business-like. But student recruitment, retention, accreditation, and public accountability are not issues that pervade the business world. In addition, higher education institutions involve elements of consensus, collaboration, and shared governance that also set them apart. While most project management systems can be employed in this environment, in many cases it is a forced fit. Over the past decade, one company has released a comprehensive suite of tools that has been very well.../TDCommunity/columns/93/from-college-planning-and-management-magazine-taking-project-management-to-the-highest-levelMon, 02 Apr 2012 16:45:49 GMTTeamDynamix has released Version 8.0, unveiling a comprehensive Service Desk solution and accessible Data Everywhere reporting model that will help higher education IT departments quickly and easily access and share information. For Version 8.0, TeamDynamix focused on delivering a solution that will further help to improve the experience of IT’s clients, consolidate support for IT’s core work streams, increase team member productivity and provide more transparency into IT’s tasks, projects, tickets and resources.  During the past year, we have literally started from scratch with the way we handle service desk tickets and reporting, and the end results will allow our customers to better tell IT’s story. With the introduction of SLAs, workflows, Knowledge Base and other features, TeamDynamixHE’s Tickets application is capable of fully handling the needs of an IT help desk. In addition, our new Report Builder makes it easy for users to customize reports across any of the da.../TDCommunity/columns/92/introducing-teamdynamix-8-0Mon, 05 Mar 2012 10:04:32 GMT Overview Home to more than 30,000 full-time students and nearly 1,400 faculty, Virginia Tech is one of the leading research institutions in the country. Spread across a 2,600 acre campus in Blacksburg, Virginia and a 1,700 acre agriculture research farm, technology is critical to the university’s mission of transforming knowledge and providing a computing and communications complex that facilitates worldwide information access. Behind the scenes managing information services for the university and its students, faculty and staff is the Enterprise Systems department, which facilitates a holistic view of university applications while ensuring that these systems effectively balance technology, university functionality, security and compliance. Enterprise Systems consists of five units, Application Information Systems, Information Warehousing and Access, Database and Application Administration, Integration and Portal Services, and Document Management Systems. Unique to Virginia Te.../TDCommunity/columns/91/case-study-virginia-techTue, 24 Jan 2012 14:04:15 GMTWe are pleased to announce that Florida State University (FSU) has selected TeamDynamixHE's web-based project and portfolio management solutions to streamline IT governance and project planning and prioritization. TeamDynamixHE differs from more traditional PPM solutions because of our focus on meeting the priorities of colleges and universities, which are not the same as those of a commercial enterprise. Higher education institutions are driven by increasing retention, maintaining accreditation, political impact and building consensus support rather than ROI or net present value. At Florida State, TeamDynamixHE is being used by the university’s central IT organization for a large multi-year project to implement the Oracle Campus Solution modules. It is also being used to track multiple smaller projects and production support tasks in FSU’s IT/ERP departments. “The fact that TeamDynamixHE focuses on the higher education market in product features and functionality is on.../TDCommunity/columns/90/teamdynamix-welcomes-florida-state-universityTue, 13 Dec 2011 13:53:44 GMT The latest release of TeamDynamix’ project and portfolio management software provides higher education customers with increased customization options and time-saving shortcuts. Version 7.3, which was released to hosted customers yesterday, includes an overhauled mobile application which now incorporates the "My Work" module. Some of the new features available in TeamDynamix 7.3: Convert an Issue to a Ticket Drag-and-drop calendar view of tasks in a project plan Create and compare multiple baselines for a project plan View the estimated hours remaining on a task Shortcut codes for creating dependencies between tasks Add new steps to an existing project request workflow Additionally, TeamDynamix has been made compliant with Internet Explorer 9, giving customers using the IE9 browser a better user interface. The Silverlight-based applications Plan Manager and Capacity Planner have been given enhanced startup performance for quicker load times. Customers can acc.../TDCommunity/columns/89/version-7-3-of-teamdynamix-now-availableTue, 01 Nov 2011 09:24:24 GMTCampus Technology recently presented a webinar with Patrick Bennett from Franklin University and myself from TeamDynamixHE. You can view a recording of the presentation here . In today's environment of tight budgets, constrained resources and rapid change, project and portfolio management (PPM) processes and tools are more valuable than ever to university leadership. In this webinar we explore how Franklin University has successfully leveraged higher education specific processes and tools to: Inculcate a project portfolio & project management philosophy across the institution Improve project prioritization and section processes Enhance collaboration and communication through use of consistent methodologies Create consistent yet flexible value added processes leading to improved understanding of scope, more accurate budgets and schedules Secondly, we profile the most painful challenges facing the Higher Education industry and driving institutions to ado.../TDCommunity/columns/88/franklin-university-s-ppm-success-story-on-campus-technologyFri, 07 Oct 2011 09:52:34 GMTThe latest version of TeamDynamix’ project and portfolio management software provides higher education customers with stronger security and greater flexibility in managing project teams and providing access to project data. Version 7.2, which was released to customers this week, includes more than 50 new features, twenty percent of which were driven directly by the TeamDynamix Advisory Council (TAC), the company’s self-governing advisory committee comprised of Higher Education IT leadership. TeamDynamix 7.2 includes a number of new features that build upon the integrated ticketing systems, social collaboration feed, plan management and workflow capabilities. Many of the following new features were requested by current customers or members of the TAC: Quickly convert a ticket to a project or project request (requested by BYUi) Build out project plans and set stakeholders with project requests (requested by Carnegie Mellon) Set organization-wide Days Off to accurately plan res.../TDCommunity/columns/86/version-7-2-of-teamdynamix-now-availableWed, 07 Sep 2011 10:52:07 GMTTeamDynamix is pleased to announce the release of Version 2.0 of our free desktop project management application, Task Manager. ( click to download ) Task Manager, which is currently used by more than 100 institutions, is a robust project plan management system that is available to members of the TeamDynamix Higher Ed Community for free – customers of TeamDynamix have access to the professional edition of Task Manager, which is integrated with the Enterprise application and includes additional features. Task Manager allows users to create robust project plans, assign resources, generate custom reporting, view Gantt charts and more. Task Manager 2.0 includes a completely overhauled user interface, designed to more closely resemble the TeamDynamix web-based plan management application, Plan Manager. In addition to an enhanced interface, features in this release include dragging and dropping resources onto tasks, searching tasks, shortcuts to collapse/expand parent task.../TDCommunity/columns/85/task-manager-2-0-now-availableWed, 24 Aug 2011 10:01:46 GMTTeamDynamix is pleased to welcome several new universities as part of our growing list of customers. Recently, Fairmont State University, University of Central Missouri (UCM), University of South Dakota and Valparaiso University selected TeamDynamix’ enterprise PPM solution to simplify IT governance and improve project planning and prioritizing. TeamDynamix was designed specifically to meet the needs of higher education IT organizations, providing a centralized solution that facilitates team collaboration, increases project and portfolio transparency and improves individual and team efficiencies and accountability. “As we began to look for a PPM solution for the IS team at UCM, we evaluated several solutions, but in the end, TeamDynamix’s commitment to the higher education space, its willingness to listen to our needs and its track record with other colleges and universities, made our decision easy,” said Larry Creel, Office of Technology Technical Project Manager for UCM. “The ap.../TDCommunity/columns/84/teamdynamix-welcomes-four-new-university-customersThu, 11 Aug 2011 16:07:02 GMTAs an agile coach, I am often asked how to keep momentum going when transitioning to agile in higher education. While each organization is unique, each organization’s transition has unique objectives and scope for adoption. Whether considering using agile for one team on a small pilot project or diving into agile for the entire portfolio for multiple teams, there seem to be common indicators specific to higher education that keep momentum going strong. A Key Person Probably the most significant indicator that is common among institutions that keep momentum growing in their agile adoption is the existence of a key person driving the adoption. Generally, this key person is a mid-level manager or technical lead with broad vision and strong technical skills. With their leadership skills, they are able to effectively convince senior management and customers on campus to consider and support agile. Their technical expertise has earned the respect and trust of the technical folks o.../TDCommunity/columns/83/getting-out-of-the-gate-with-agileTue, 26 Jul 2011 11:31:46 GMT