My company is about to embark on a project with lots of details and lots of people to corral. We were going to track it all in a multi-sheet
Any good SaaS based project management tools out there?
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Jeff,
maybe you want to check out Basecamp by 37signals (www.37signals.com)? We used to work with it, it was ok - it depends of course on your requirements. They offer a free trial version. We were not 100% happy with e.g. the task list that could not be sorted by maturity (which I thought was a little awkward)
I still prefer e.g. Sharepoint by Microsoft - depending on the number of users Office365 might be an option as well, pricing plans can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/office365/compare-plans.aspx#fbid=5Maii9kL4o4
It also includes e.g. Lync, integration with Outlook, etc. - quite powerful.
Regards,
Martin
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I have had great success with Clarizen. I'm a convert.
Jeff, I use the BI2Know. You can check it with [email protected]
Cheers,
NCodo.
If the project is simple, you can use a tool like SharePoint or Basecamp. IF you need to implement a resource management system (e.g. get answers to questions like "Who is available that has the skill to do X and what is their cost?", you will need more sophisticated
We have implemented Project Server to do this - although we built in on-premises, I believe that there are vendors out there that can provide a cloud based solution.
Cloud based project management is indicated whenever you have a large number of resources that are geographically disperses and use sub-contractors and other third parties who may not have access to your corporate network.
Hyland Software has a solution called AFRM. We have seen great success using this to manage the financial close, audit process,
We use Sharepoint. It does everything we need.
Jeff, you should take a look at a solution from PieMatrix (www.piematrix.com). It is a cloud-based all-in-one solution that supports both collaborative project management and business process execution.
Best project management tool depends upon one's requirement. For me, proofhub (https://goo.gl/V4Xdxs) serves the purpose as it has features like to-do's, discussion, Gantt chart, calendar, etc which help me manage projects easily and efficiently.
One that hasn't be mentioned that you might check out is accelo.com.
Accelo harnesses machine learning and artificial intelligence to automate as much of the project planning, scheduling, and communication process as possible.
It integrates with your email software, to track all conversation related to each project, as well as integrating to a host of other applications (https://www.accelo.com/partners/apps/) like Slack, Xero/Quickbooks, HubSpot, and Zapier.
Trello.com
Trello is the simplest, most flexible platform available.
Using a Kanban methodology, teams can clearly show that they're about to work on ("Pending"), what they're currently working on ("WIP"), what's being reviewed or relies on a third-party ("Out-for-review"), what tasks have bee completed ("Completed"), and what tasks will are to be done in the future ("Icebox").
Excellent tool.
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