A Closer Look: JAJAH by PM Network

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Chen just forwarded me a nice profile piece about JAJAH from the current issue (Sep 2008) of PM Network by Sarah Fister Gale. PM Network is a monthly publication by the Project Management Institute. The article describes how JAJAH has grown over the years and what steps haven been taken and what tools have been used from a project management perspective.

“Daniel Mattes and Roman Scharf were fed up with their costly phone bills. Figuring they weren’t alone, they decided to launch a web-based telephony service. But coming up with the big idea was just the beginning. The two relied on project management to help speed the transition from a glimmer of an idea to a flourishing company in only three years. Today, Jajah boasts 100 employees and more than 10 million consumers in 200 locales around the world. And the upstart recently signed a deal with Yahoo! to manage the internet telephone functions of the IT giant’s instant messaging program.”

“Once you have methodical organization and the entire company focuses on the relevant parts of a specific project, things work much faster” Chen Arazi, Director of Engineering Services, adds. “Because Jajah’s executive management involves its teams in the decision-making process, it gives everyone a sense of ownership and responsibility for the results of the projects.” “Good project management is the machine behind a successful company” Daniel Mattes, JAJAH Co-founder, says. “Once it’s in place, it doesn’t matter if you add 100 employees or 1,000, because you have methods and systems there to make it work.”

Thank you Sarah for the opportunity and the great article!

You can download the entire article here