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Once again, TeamEXtension CEO, Bienvenido David III has been interviewed by infoworld.com about the company’s strategy on speeding up the progress of handling critical IT projects. On the March 21st post entitled, “Quick and easy IT productivity wins” by Dan Tynan, he shared his winning tactic on using Harvest Co-op to monitor everyone's activity in real time.

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Bienvenido David III, CEO at Java development company TeamEXtension, uses Harvest Co-op, a Twitter-like tool that allows his team to track in real time what anyone is doing at any time.

"We use it more for keeping track of resources instead of keeping track of projects or tasks," he says. "If someone is working on something that's not planned and might affect a project -- like side requests from bosses, miscommunicated tasks, or work delays -- we catch that immediately. We all think about our day before we start, then enter our agenda into Co-Op for that day. This extra communication channel helps get everyone in sync and improves our productivity."

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According to recent studies, the IT industry is now topping the field when it comes to employment needs. Besides business processing outsourcing, telecommuters or professionals working from their homes are also preferred by many companies. If you are thinking of following this lead, then reading the recent article written by Thursday Bram of GigaOM, entitled “How to Manage Telecommuters: Tips from Project Managers”. This article will give you tips on how to manage your telecommuting staff. Below is an excerpt.

Get the team to paraphrase assigned tasks: At TeamEXtension, Bienvenido David’s team is asked to paraphrase any assignments they receive. David says, “For complicated tasks, employees are asked to paraphrase tasks given. The manager reviews and sees if they are both in sync and if any extra input is required. This is more important for employees who are new to the job. Seasoned employees can read between the lines and have the experience required to understand any given task."