Tag Archive for 'collaboration'

Update: Introducing RSS feature and Enhancements

Published
by
Product Team
on August 22, 2008
in Business, Freelance, Freelancing, Innovation, LimeExchange, Person to Person Outsourcing, Product Update, SMB, Service Providers, Small and Medium Business, Technology and outsourcing
. 1 Comment

MindShareOver the last few days, we have introduced several enhancements on LimeExchange, starting from RSS feeds, to providing Instant Messaging (IM/Chat) during Proof of Concept (POC), Pilot phase To making it easier for all our users to understand and use Business Agreement (Business Agreement has now got a new name – Terms of Engagement).

Let us first apprise you about RSS feeds that we have introduced. Now you can stay informed of all the updates on LimeExchange. By using RSS feeds, you can know real time about updates on:
• LimeExchange news
• Projects
• Service Providers
• Contests, and
• Questions & Answers

You only have to subscribe to the RSS feeds to remain updated on all fronts. Feed reader will keep updating the feeds so that you do not miss anything important even while you are not logged in to LimeExchange. You can also choose the time frequency for updation of the feeds and the categories and subcategories for which you want feeds. We leave it for you to decide what is most important for you.

Another improvement in our project workflow is the introduction of Instant Messaging (IM, Chat) during Proof of Concept (POC). Now, buyers and service providers can remain in touch through IM during the POC period also. Besides this, PMB (Message Board) which was always available would only help improve communication and collaboration. 

We have also made little changes in the workflow concerning Terms of Engagement (earlier, known as Business Agreement). Now, users have two options while sending Terms of Engagement (TOE). They can either opt for default TOE or they can create their own TOE and send it to the other party. If they choose default TOE, the entire project is converted into a single milestone. If users wish to set several milestones for a project, they can create their own TOE.  Payments are attached with Milestones.

Like always, we await your views on our recent enhancements. Write to us, Post your comments on our Blog, send feedback and suggestions to feedback@LimeExchange.com or support@LimeExchange.com

Our Effort to enhance management of online services

Published
by
Product Team
on July 31, 2008
in Business, Freelance, Freelancing, Innovation, LimeExchange, Person to Person Outsourcing, Product Update, SMB, Service Providers, Small and Medium Business, Technology and outsourcing
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What all it takes in managing a deal? …Frankly, It takes quite a lot!

LimeExchange here is trying to provide all of you …with some of our enhanced project management tools to support the buyer and the provider to conduct and deliver better. These new incorporated features will facilitate the buyers and providers in maintaining smoother business dealings.

project checklist, PKCFor a healthy project execution, it is important that the buyer communicates the expectations early, check points, deadlines and all the requirements clearly to the provider. This gives fair idea to both the parties on the area of work and assessment. At LimeExchange, you can use Project Kickoff Checklists through which a buyer can ensure that service provider has all the necessary information to meet the project objectives. At the same time the provider can understand expectations and respond early and better for smooth execution of the project.

Issue TrackerSimilarly, the new Issue Tracking system at LimeExchange now helps a Service Provider and a Buyer understand “who owns what” with an automated task, issue management system with reminders. It comprises supervising the tasks, controlling the issues and defects towards the project closure. You can now mitigate your risks, issues online. 

These new features coupled with the existing ‘Milestone based payments‘, as a performance assessment process, through which a buyer can set milestones for a given task and pay the provider based on its completion, and efficient communication and collaboration channels between buyer and a provider like ‘Private Message Board (PMB)‘ and ‘Instant message (IM)‘, now managing an outsourcing assignment with a provider who might be sitting thousands of miles away from you increasingly minimize the risks associated.

Why not take a quick tour of our help section to understand how ‘Project KickOff Checklist’ & ‘Issue Tracker’ works: PKC Help, IT Help

At LimeExchange, we are striving hard to provide you with more advanced management, communication and collaboration tools … so come and give us your suggestions and advice on these new enhanced features…for making outsourcing a simpler job to manage for all of us…

LimeExchange Living the Lime Group Vision

Published
by
Pawan Agarwal
on June 29, 2008
in Business, Freelance, Freelancing, LimeExchange, Person to Person Outsourcing, SMB, Service Providers, Small and Medium Business and outsourcing
. 5 Comments

With the global launch of LimeExchange, we are moving outsourcing to the next level by going beyond matchmaking, and bringing the power of peer to peer outsourcing & social networking to the on-demand services marketplace model.

Other outsourcing services take a pure matchmaking approach, that is, they focus only on transactions between service providers and buyers. While these nascent sites established the groundwork for outsourcing, it was a relatively cold exchange. We liken them to “ebay” for outsourcing. Our vision at LimeExchange is innovative and creative in that we are moving beyond the traditional matchmaking model and integrating social network.

LimeExchange Difference

Today people want tools and technologies that allow them to forge close and lasting relationships online. LimeExchange provides opportunities for service providers and buyers to develop and forge strong social relationships with each other. This allows an opportunity for business relationships to develop naturally, in a personalized manner.
The Market is in continuous flux; however the demand for outsourced talent is growing exponentially. As global barriers are broken down by the power of the internet, talent demand increases and the existing service provider pool becomes far more accessible than ever before.

LimeExchange offers an opportunity to capitalize on this demand in simpler ways than previously offered in this space. For instance, we offer free registrations, project posting, and project bidding. But what is really unique about LimeExchange is on the social end; we cultivate and support user partnerships via affiliations programs, knowledge forums, blog contests, and by providing access to the community driven knowledgebase. In addition, we provide the user with integrated relationship management and delivery monitoring tools. Our in-house IT is unparalleled in quality and skill to bring you the best experience possible.

We are truly living the Lime Group and LimeExchange vision:  we believe sharing and collaboration starts in-house first and that fun and work  can and do go together; it proliferates an environment of “out of box” thinking. LimeExchange truly is the new socially networked marketplace.