I'd like to introduce you to Harmony, by Ally Software. Ally Software was started with a simple idea - help people have fewer meetings, get less email, but produce better results.
There are a lot of Business Processes that are stuck in Web 1.0, and that means information isn't being share isn't as quickly or efficiently as it could.
Harmony is our first product, and it's going after a big problem - coordinating work on complex projects. Projects that span groups, teams, and even companies. Projects that involve many groups that may all have their own PM's. We're focusing on this because, funny thing, the more complicated the project, the more people have to fall back on emails and meetings to get work done, and the more likely those mediums will break down or become burdensome.
Simple projects, or small pieces of big projects, can use Microsoft Project or Excel for management, but big projects are different. There are too many moving parts, too many people involved, and too much at stake should the right information not get to the right people. There's a reason defense contractors call these meta-projects programs, and there's a reason program managers exist. Most companies have the same complex projects, but what they lack are dedicated resources managing the cross functional aspects of the project. They rely on meetings and emails, and things fall through the cracks.
Harmony is a meta-level solution for companies to plan projects that cross organizational lines. It's the first solution to easily allow dependencies between different phases in different groups. It has an interface that quickly shows the impact of schedule changes and communicates out status updates effortlessly.
There's more to come, including a chance to participate in the beta. But this is an intro, get excited about this space is changing.
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