ACTION for Conflict Transformation adopts PPM for African Peace Projects

(I-Newswire) October 12, 2010 - Washington, D.C. — While exhibiting at the PMI Global Congress, SharkPro Software Corporation demonstrated how the ACTION Support Centre will be using SharkPro Projects for team collaboration and management of conflict resolution and development projects throughout Africa.

“Our project teams are often on the road, so face-to-face collaboration and status meetings are rare,” said Richard Smith, Technical Advisor to the ACTION Joint Management. “At the same time, our supporters and donors want realistic updates on how the project is meeting stated objectives. The project stays alive – it’s not just a document you do at the beginning and then you come back to at the end to see if you did it. SharkPro Projects gives us a brilliant way to track the project from initial grant document to final report.”

ACTION is a global network of individuals and organizations working with communities to transform conflict and build a world of justice and peace where basic needs are met and human rights and dignity are respected. The ACTION Support Centre is the regional hub managing ACTION programs in Africa:
* The Peace and Development Platform (PAD) enables grassroots issues and concerns relating to peace and human security to be articulated through research, training and direct lobbying.
* The Skills and Strategies for Change (SSC) program includes the Community Strengthening Program for building the capacity of communities for resolving conflict and the Youth Program for promoting the importance of human rights and good citizenship.
* The Solidarity and Transformation Agenda (STA) program is a broad initiative which includes the Zimbabwe Solidarity Forum in South Africa and some components of advocacy and lobbying, networking and mobilization, and research.

“It’s an amazingly interactive way of doing the project,” said Sandisiwe Qweni, Project Manager at the ACTION Support Centre. “It keeps people focused on their tasks, and it makes getting the work done really positive.”

“It’s kind of exciting because people can talk to each other about the project,” said Jessica Meyer, an ACTION team member. “Whether I’m in the Johannesburg office or an internet café in Limpopo, I can update my tasks, make requests, and see how everyone else is doing.”

“I am delighted that SharkPro Projects can help such a worthy organization become more productive,” said Greg Bailey, CEO and Founder of SharkPro Software Corporation. “They are adopting world-class technology as a way to be more effective and a better steward of their grants.”

About The ACTION Support Center
The ACTION Support Centre (www.asc.org.za) was established in 2002 as the communications hub for ACTION and base for organizations working in conflict resolution and development throughout Africa. ACTION is a global network of individuals and organizations that work with communities to transform conflict and build a world of justice and peace, where basic needs are met, and human rights and dignity are respected. With regional bases in Cambodia, Guatemala, South Africa and Serbia, ACTION amplifies the voices of communities and links them to policy makers. For donations, please send a check with your name, address, and email to: ACTION Support Centre/ Postnet Suite #204/ PO Box 2226/ Johannesburg/ 2001/ South Africa.

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About SharkPro Software Corporation:
SharkPro Software Corporation (www.sharkprosoftware.com)enables mid-sized companies to quickly realize value from project and portfolio management by reducing the time, cost, and complexity of implementing Microsoft® Project Server 2010™. SharkPro Projects™ is a pre-configured implementation of Microsoft Project Server 2010 that can be deployed quickly. SharkPro Projects improves management visibility and team collaboration with an easy-to-use “Marbles” web interface, built-in roles, project requests, workflows, collaboration workspaces, dashboards, timesheets, task timer, reports, and social media. SharkPro Provisioner™ is an integrated tool used to automatically configure SharkPro Projects and Project Server to a customer’s requirements without requiring months of consulting services. SharkPro Projects On Demand™ offers companies lower and predictable IT costs with a hosted service for SharkPro Projects and applications built on Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint. SharkPro Fast Path™ enables companies and agencies to immediately acquire all the SharkPro Software products and services they need right away, while delaying payment until realizing the value of their investment.

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