New Windows Program Gives Projects a Swift Kick in Their Strategy

Berkeley, CA - Experience In Software, Inc, has announced a August 29,
1995, release date for Project KickStart for Windows -- a speedy project
organizer that boosts productivity by helping to quickly generate
effective strategies, task lists, and resource assignments for projects

Project KickStart not only stimulates project brainstorming, but provides
"built-in" expertise through smart questioning, a context-sensitive
project advisor, expandable libraries of project-related knowledge and
sample projects.

Building on the success of its DOS predecessor, Project KickStart for
Windows (introductory SRP $99 95) uses an intuitive graphical interface to
organize projects into easily definable phases, tasks sub-tasks and
details Although Project KickStart is a stand-alone project organizer, a
built-in icon allows direct linking to Microsoft Project for Windows
Exported data can also be used in leading Windows project management
software spreadsheets, and in Microsoft Project for the Macintosh

'It's a project 'organizer' that allows engineers, consultants,
entrepreneurs and managers to effectively structure projects, identify
obstacles, allocate resources and plan tasks in a simple intuitive
manner," states Experience In Software president, Roy Nierenberg "Project
KickStart is the missing link between a raw project idea and a feasible
plan of action."

Nierenberg (who's previous brainchild, The Idea Generator Plus, launched
the creativity software category) has observed that the re-engineering
movement has propagated a greater demand for Computer Aided Thinking" (CAT
software) to help increase worker productivity.

The business environment has changed tremendously over the past few years,"
notes Nierenberg People are taking on new types of projects and they don't
have the know-how to plan them through."

One of Project KickStart's most significant features is that it allows
users to create libraries of phases, goals, people and obstacles. The
libraries function as a permanent pool of collective knowledge for future
projects The libraries not only retain that knowledge, they also speed
data entry on subsequent projects and encourage group participation in
planning Project KickStart also permits users to draw from similar
projects previously created in Project KickStart, Project KickStart for
DOS, Microsoft Project, or other project managers

The program allows users to build up to 1000 tasks and assign up to 100
resources per project. It has a flexible outlining function which allows
project elements to be revised and reorganized quickly Multi-page notes --
used for retaining issues, reminders and instructions (or for providing
official documentation), -- can be assigned to each task A
context-sensitive "Advisor" provides project management tips at each step
of the process

Project summaries can be printed in a variety of presentation-ready reports
or transported seamlessly via a "link and launch" command to Microsoft
Project. Data may also be exported via an ASCII text file into Time Line
Solutions Corporation's Time Line, Computer Associates' CA-SuperProject,
Scitor Corporation's Project Scheduler6 or Primavera's SureTrak Project
Manager for traditional project scheduling and tracking management.

Project KickStart comes loaded with sample projects to aid learning and for
jumpstarting projects "But the essence of the product is its highly
intuitive user interface which dramatically lowers the 'intimidation
factor' associated with most project-related software?" says Nierenberg.

Experience In Software Inc
2000 Hearst Ave, Suite 202
Berkeley, CA 94709-2176
800-678-7008,  510-644-0694,  fax 510-644-3823
 
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