Merlin Project: The best Merlin ever. Test now for free!

ProjectWizards proudly announces the immediate availability of Merlin Project with a free beta trial download. Merlin Project is the next evolution of the critically acclaimed award winning project management software – Merlin 2. The Merlin Project offering includes a new interface built with many new features based on all of the proven project management benefits offered in Merlin 2.

The Birth of Merlin Project!

Merlin Project offers a new interface that takes an intuitive approach to project management.

Business intelligent reporting includes mind mapping that can be easily shared with members in your project management community. Improved search optimization provides the ability to quickly find important information imperative to any project need. An Earned Value Analysis shows resource cost over time and presents the EVA formula in the graphic interface.

Download a trial version of Merlin Project for free from our new webpage.

Join the Merlin Project Beta Test!

ProjectWizards is affording the public user base an opportunity to beta test Merlin Project. A public offering provides the volume of prospective users to test the software as we grow towards full production. Be one of the first users to see the value Merlin Project will provide the market!

Your help is greatly appreciated! Our support team will welcome any feedback in response to the Merlin Project beta user experience.


You will be kept posted on the Merlin Project blog and web page as the beta phase progresses and will be notified when Merlin Project goes into full production.

Test now for free — We look forward to your feedback!

 

Merlin 2.9.3 update available

Today we’ve released a new free Merlin update 2.9.3. This update is recommended for all Merlin users.

New Features in Merlin

  • Merlin supports now the redefined Gatekeeper signature (from OS X 10.9.5).
  • Merlin works now under OS X 10.10 Yosemite (beta 5).

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • Some smaller issues are fixed.
  • Fixed some translation issues and typos.
  • The German and English help files are updated.

Facing download issues?

In this case please download a fresh copy of Merlin 2 (version 2.9.3) from one of the following alternative links depending on your location:

The United States and Canada, Central and Latin America
UK, France, Australia and other countries

Merlin iOS app – enter actuals to record progress and update your Merlin projects

When managing a project with Merlin on your Mac you create your tasks and assign them to your resources. As your resources work on their tasks, you as a PM usually update your Merlin project by entering actual values and record progress.


Merlin user on an iOS device:

As a Merlin user editing a shared Merlin project on the iOS device with Merlin iOS app, you tap the i button of a task, switch to the ‘Actuals‘ and tap on ‘Edit‘… Depending on what you want to log, you enter actuals in ‘percentage‘ or ‘absolute‘ mode.


    Use percentage, when the total work expected for this task matches the planned entry. Means, you entered 3 planned days, you expect the task to be done within 3 planned days, and have currently a 25% progress to record.

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    Use absolute, when the total work expected for this task does not match the planned entry. Means, you had 5 planned days, but after having worked for 4 days onto this task you realize that it really needs 3 more days.

    If the task is completed, enter the correct amount of actual work for the task, for example 7 days in the ‘normal‘ field and enter 0 days in the ‘remaining work’ field.

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Merlin user on Mac update their progress thus.

 

 

Merlin 2.9.2 update with support for OS X 10.9

Today we’ve released a new free Merlin update. 2.9.2 update is recommended for all Merlin and Merlin Server users.

New Features in Merlin

  • Merlin und Merlin Server work now under OS X 10.9 Mavericks as well.
  • Merlin supports the Tags of Mavericks in the file save dialog.

Resolved Issues in Merlin

  • The synchronization between Merlin and Calendar is reimplemented for OS X 10.9 Mavericks. The features are the same, but with one exception: Changes made in the Calendar can not synchronized back to Merlin unter OS X 10.9 Mavericks. In OS X 10.8 and earlier, this is still possible.
  • Changing between the standard and Merlin print dialog under 10.8 could lead to an exception.
  • Under special combinations of countries and languages, Merlin could not handle duration units properly.
  • Resources from an LDAP directory could not be displayed in Merlin correctly.
  • Some exceptions of the resource working times would not get exported into MS Project XML.
  • A few error messages and notifications were misleading.
  • Some project templates and reports are revised.
  • Fixed some translation issues and typos.
  • The German and English help files are updated.

Resolved Issues in Merlin Server

  • Project could not be opened in Merlin, if the Merlin Server did run under OS 10.9 Mavericks.

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How to update Merlin
How to update Merlin Server

Some users reported download issues or incomplete application package after automatic update. In those cases please use following alternative link instead and download the update manually:

http://cdn.kagi.com/downloads/6FJAA/Merlin2.zip

Merlin – enter actuals to record progress and update your Merlin projects

When managing a project with Merlin on your Mac you create your tasks and assign them to your resources. As your resources work on their tasks, you as a PM usually update your Merlin project by entering actual values and record progress.

Updating actual values in the ‘Actuals’ inspector and ‘absolute’ mode

Which means, you enter the percentage of completed work and the actual start date. Whenever planned work does not match the actual work, you update the tasks in absolute mode, and enter actual work or remaining work and duration values in time units.

How to proceed next time your resources work on their task, and your want to update your Merlin project to record the new progress?

Just update existing actual values (in the ‘Actuals’ inspector or the columns):

When updating in ‘percentage’ mode, enter the new ‘% complete’ value.

For tasks updated in ‘absolute’ mode, just edit the new amount of actual work done and remaining work so far. If the task is completed, enter 0 h in ‘remaining work’ field.