About task1

I started task1 after it occured to me that many people (especially managers of small and medium sized businesses) were "afraid" of project management, because they thought that project mangement was too complicated, too much effort and way too expensive to apply in their businesses. On the other hand, these were the same people which delivered up to 90% of all IT projects (in Europe). Now count in the fact that between 30% and 80% of all IT projects fail or last up to 200% longer than originally planned.

This blog is trying to show that project management, or better project leadership (you want to lead a project, rather than only administrate it) does not have to be as complex as it seems, or some people want to make you believe. There are a lot of simple, practical solutions to everyday problems in project leadership, none of them taking a rocket scientist to implement.

I named the blog "task1", because I also found out that a lot of "newbie" project managers are getting just "thrown into" the job by their superiors and don't even know the basics and they don't have the time to read a 1000 pages project management bible. Therefore, at least for the time being, we will start with the very basics and explore the "dungeons" of project leadership together - so I am hoping that you will not just read these pages, but drop me a few comments as well ;-).

About Gerald Mesaric

I have lead IT projects for more than 10 years, mainly in medium-sized businesses. This doesn't necessarily make me an "expert", but I can say that I have some experience and that I know what I am talking about. My current job is being the founder and CEO of Onepoint, a company specializing in project leadershop software (if you want to know more about my professional career I suggest you take a look at my about page there). My hobbies involve books, movies, tennis, skiing and music. And I have a gorgeous girlfriend named Ulli.

Please note that I am writing this blog on my own time and that these are my very own opinions - they do not necessarily reflect the opinions of Onepoint. In addition, I am no native English speaker - so I hope you forgive me the one or the other spelling error.

General Terms & Conditions

The Task 1 General Terms & Conditions are intentionally kept short, simple and easy-to-understand. It is my believe that legal documents should make business easier rather than making it overly complicated.

1. Scope. This agreement applies to every company I am doing business with. If you order something on my website, you are entering into a contractual agreement with my company.
2. Conditions and Prices. All prices are net prices in Euros, not including a potentially legally required value-added tax (VAT). For orders submitted over the Task 1 website, invoices will be issued after placing the order. The payment deadline shall be 14 days from the billing date.
3. Retention of Title. Ordered items will remain the property of my company until the invoice is balanced by the buyer.
4. Delivery. As soon as the invoice is balanced, the ordered items shall be delivered to the buyer via e-mail unless otherwise specified.
5. Licensing and Terms of Use. All resources, especially, custom reports for use with Onepoint Project are licensed per server unless otherwise specified. All software is licensed on a per named user or per seat basis unless otherwise specified. Users are corporate users only as Gerald Mesaric Task 1 Consulting only sells to businesses, not to consumers.
6. Warranty and Liability. Warranty only applies as far as required by law. All resources and software are provided as is, Gerald Mesaric Task 1 Consulting is not liable for any potential damages that might directly or indirectly result from using licensed resources or software.
7. Applicable Law and Place of Jurisdiction. This agreement is governed by Austrian and international law. The place of jurisdiction is Graz, Austria.
8. Severability Clause. If one or more of the paragraphs of this agreement are or will become legally not binding this will not affect the effectiveness of the other paragraphs of these terms.

Imprint

Gerald Mesaric Task 1 Consulting
Josef-Huber-Gasse 7/I
A-8020 Graz, Austria

VAT-ID: ATU 56851188
General Manager: Gerald Mesaric
Phone: +43 699 11 87 43 15