June 09, 2009

A good project management application?

I'm hoping somebody can point me in the direction of a good project management application. I'd like it to work for multiple users, have the option to install a PC and/or MAC client side or a web based module for "on the go". A mobile version would be cool too.. but that might be asking for a bit much. I've done a search on both fullasagoog (it came up with nothing...) and Adobe feeds (it came up with lots of results of nothing to do with project management.. what the hell good is that kind of search???) and didn't find anything. I know I've seen some postings though so I'm going to keep searching around. I'll post my results here when done.

If anybody can steer me in the right direction a bit quicker though, that would be great. Lower the price the better. We have experience with OnTime, but it's quite pricey and I'd like to move away from it.

Posted by Graeme at June 9, 2009 09:37 AM
　



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I've used VersionOne. Doesn't work in Safari, and I only used 20% of the features as a developer, but it's still pretty cool.

I've heard better things (and seen better things) about Rally (rallydev.com), but I hear it's more expensive.

Posted by: JesterXL at June 9, 2009 10:39 AM

I've never used it, but basecamphq.com is supposed to be good.

Posted by: Ben at June 9, 2009 11:06 AM

Hi Graeme,

A "project management application"?

In my experience that means different things to different people.

Wikipedia has a list:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_project_management_software
and the wikipedia list qualifies each as including any one of the following:
-- Project management software
-- Collaborative software
-- Issue tracking system
-- Project portfolio management
-- Resource management
-- Document management

Following are links that may offer some food for thought.

For some folks project management means simple web-based ToDo lists and timekeeping like:
http://basecamphq.com/

Not likely what you are looking for, but for major construction companies (with full time project management staffs), project management means software with algorithms for automating resource utilization (like Microsoft Project on the low end, and heavies like Primavera on the high end).

Perhaps closer to what you have in mind, here is a post from Peter Bell's blog (which is on the Adobe aggregator):
http://www.pbell.com/index.cfm/2007/12/23/Trying-Unfuddle

And here is the venerable Joel Spolsky's pitch for just using Excel (from before he incorporated "Evidence Based Scheduling" into his Fogbugz product):
http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/fog0000000245.html

For a compare of two more heavy weight programs see:
Open Workbench and MS Project Comparison
http://www.cecs.org.za/activities/OpenWorkbenchProjectComparison.html

Please do post back if you find anything good. Either a link for a good overview article, or a product you find that you like.

hth,

g

Posted by: greg h at June 9, 2009 11:07 AM

It does not come for the PC but other then that Daylite from Marketcircle is pretty awesome. You also have a iPhone / iPod touch version.

Posted by: BD at June 9, 2009 07:33 PM

Pro Work Flow has worked well for us - www.proworkflow.com

It works for multiple users ($10-20/month per staff member, unlimited clients).

It's primarily a web-based service, so platform doesn't matter & it's mobile.

It's oriented towards tasks, time entry & tracking, & billing. We'd tried a bunch of other apps over the years but none of them met our needs of being handy enough to use as often as we ought, so we could both manage the projects but also get the billing done properly.

This one is sufficiently convenient and well-designed that we actually do our billing from it.

Posted by: gentry at June 10, 2009 01:42 AM

If you’d like a tool for managing your time and projects, you can use this application inspired by David Allen’s GTD:

http://www.Gtdagenda.com

You can use it to manage and prioritize your goals, projects and tasks, set next actions and contexts, use checklists, schedules and a calendar.
A mobile version is available too.

Posted by: Dan at June 12, 2009 03:45 AM