Comments on: Project Managers-tell us about your tools! http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/ Adaptive Path Blog Thu, 04 Dec 2008 23:17:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Kevin http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178987 Kevin Fri, 27 Jun 2008 14:12:04 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178987 We use <a href="http://www.OnStagePortal.com" rel="nofollow">OnStage Team Collaboration</a>. The free version is fantastic! We use OnStage Team Collaboration. The free version is fantastic!

]]> By: tools to help you manage projects - alternatives to basecamp :: sean808080’s ohmbase http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178985 tools to help you manage projects - alternatives to basecamp :: sean808080’s ohmbase Fri, 27 Jun 2008 04:35:14 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178985 [...] Project Managers-tell us about your tools! [via Zemanta] [...] [...] Project Managers-tell us about your tools! [via Zemanta] [...]

]]> By: Fred Oliveira http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178681 Fred Oliveira Sat, 07 Jun 2008 14:13:11 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178681 Thats a great list, Bryan. I'll just add: http://goplan.info We built goplan for ourselves about 2 years ago and last year we officially launched it as a product, that much like Basecamp you can have a paid subscription to (there's a free plan as well, obviously). It's good to have an idea of what people are looking for too, because we're building Goplan's next major iteration and input like this is always welcome. Thats a great list, Bryan. I’ll just add:

http://goplan.info

We built goplan for ourselves about 2 years ago and last year we officially launched it as a product, that much like Basecamp you can have a paid subscription to (there’s a free plan as well, obviously). It’s good to have an idea of what people are looking for too, because we’re building Goplan’s next major iteration and input like this is always welcome.

]]> By: Bryan Hord http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178657 Bryan Hord Fri, 06 Jun 2008 18:52:08 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178657 Thanks for this; we are looking for new tools. To help out, I created a summary list of the tools mentioned so far. I though other readers might like it too: http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/default.aspx MS Project http://office.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ MS Sharepoint - is an integrated suite of server capabilities http://quickbooks.intuit.com QuickBooks The Easiest Accounting Software to Help Your Business Succeed http://trac.edgewall.org Trac - The Trac Project http://www.activecollab.com/ activeCollab is a project management and collaboration tool that you can http://www.attask.com/ @task is project management software that helps companies get work done. With http://www.backpackit.com/ Backpack is Basecamp for your life. http://www.basecamphq.com/ Basecamp Basecamp takes a fresh, novel approach to project collaboration. http://www.billings2.com/ Billings streamline quoting, time-tracking and invoicing. http://www.centraldesktop.com/ Central Desktop provides simple project collaboration tools for business http://www.creativemanagerpro.com/ Creative Manager Pro. - Ad Agency Software and Project Management http://www.formassembly.com/time-tracker Time Tracker (?) http://www.freshbooks.com/ Freshbooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you http://www.getharvest.com/ Harvest Track time, log expenses, invoice clients, keep track of account http://www.jobprocentral.com/ JobPro Central's Business Management Software will organize any company http://www.jot.com/ Jot.com You'll love the new Google Sites http://www.joyent.com/connector Joyent Connector is our collection of easy-to-use Web-based http://www.merlin2.net Merlin 2 - Home Merlin 2 - The project management software for Apple Mac OS X. http://www.novamind.com/merlin Merlin Project Manager for MacOS X Merlin Project Management Software http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan OmniPlan Project management made painless http://www.project123.com Project123 is an online project management solution for business managers, http://www.projectpier.org ProjectPier is a Free, Open-Source, self-hosted PHP application for managing http://www.rescuetime.com RescueTime is time management software that helps individuals and businesses http://www.tsheets.com TSheets - Track time from any computer or cell phone. cheers, -Bryan Thanks for this; we are looking for new tools. To help out, I created a summary list of the tools mentioned so far. I though other readers might like it too:

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/project/default.aspx MS Project
http://office.microsoft.com/sharepoint/ MS Sharepoint - is an integrated suite of server capabilities
http://quickbooks.intuit.com QuickBooks The Easiest Accounting Software to Help Your Business Succeed
http://trac.edgewall.org Trac - The Trac Project
http://www.activecollab.com/ activeCollab is a project management and collaboration tool that you can
http://www.attask.com/ @task is project management software that helps companies get work done. With
http://www.backpackit.com/ Backpack is Basecamp for your life.
http://www.basecamphq.com/ Basecamp Basecamp takes a fresh, novel approach to project collaboration.
http://www.billings2.com/ Billings streamline quoting, time-tracking and invoicing.
http://www.centraldesktop.com/ Central Desktop provides simple project collaboration tools for business
http://www.creativemanagerpro.com/ Creative Manager Pro. - Ad Agency Software and Project Management
http://www.formassembly.com/time-tracker Time Tracker (?)
http://www.freshbooks.com/ Freshbooks is an online invoicing and time tracking service that saves you
http://www.getharvest.com/ Harvest Track time, log expenses, invoice clients, keep track of account
http://www.jobprocentral.com/ JobPro Central’s Business Management Software will organize any company
http://www.jot.com/ Jot.com You’ll love the new Google Sites
http://www.joyent.com/connector Joyent Connector is our collection of easy-to-use Web-based
http://www.merlin2.net Merlin 2 - Home Merlin 2 - The project management software for Apple Mac OS X.
http://www.novamind.com/merlin Merlin Project Manager for MacOS X Merlin Project Management Software
http://www.omnigroup.com/applications/omniplan OmniPlan Project management made painless
http://www.project123.com Project123 is an online project management solution for business managers,
http://www.projectpier.org ProjectPier is a Free, Open-Source, self-hosted PHP application for managing
http://www.rescuetime.com RescueTime is time management software that helps individuals and businesses
http://www.tsheets.com TSheets - Track time from any computer or cell phone.

cheers,
-Bryan

]]> By: Rachel M. Murray http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178622 Rachel M. Murray Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:20:41 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178622 Ironically enough, I checked out another company (http://www.activecollab.com/) that had recently started a year or two ago - and they've has completely redone their web site and product UI and it's just...beautiful. They take 37 Signals out into a back alley and give them a well deserved punch... There's also individual product solutions like Scalix (http://www.scalix.com/) that does email across enterprises (no more Mac/PC Outlook related battles). I do think shared groupware workspaces like ActiveCollab are the wave of the future - at least in enlightened companies. Ironically enough, I checked out another company (http://www.activecollab.com/) that had recently started a year or two ago - and they’ve has completely redone their web site and product UI and it’s just…beautiful. They take 37 Signals out into a back alley and give them a well deserved punch…

There’s also individual product solutions like Scalix (http://www.scalix.com/) that does email across enterprises (no more Mac/PC Outlook related battles). I do think shared groupware workspaces like ActiveCollab are the wave of the future - at least in enlightened companies.

]]> By: Matt http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178589 Matt Wed, 04 Jun 2008 05:42:37 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178589 Used Harvest, but have found that <a href="http://www.tsheets.com/" rel="nofollow">TSheets</a> has more bells and whistles to help me track my time easier. Used Harvest, but have found that TSheets has more bells and whistles to help me track my time easier.

]]> By: Rachel M. Murray http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178445 Rachel M. Murray Fri, 30 May 2008 00:16:38 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178445 Central Desktop is the best thing I've seen, and trust me, I've looked at a lot. Makes Basecamp look like a kindergarten level toy. I'm not affiliated with the company - just a huge fan. The UI is a little dry, but advanced functionality wins out in the end for me. Central Desktop is the best thing I’ve seen, and trust me, I’ve looked at a lot. Makes Basecamp look like a kindergarten level toy.

I’m not affiliated with the company - just a huge fan. The UI is a little dry, but advanced functionality wins out in the end for me.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178380 Rachel Wed, 28 May 2008 00:23:36 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178380 Uzi- We like Harvest so far. We're trying to figure out how to get the information that people put into Harvest into our custom Excel spreadsheets. Uzi- We like Harvest so far. We’re trying to figure out how to get the information that people put into Harvest into our custom Excel spreadsheets.

]]> By: Rachel http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178374 Rachel Tue, 27 May 2008 18:19:07 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178374 I'm a big fan of Jot.com, though it was bought by Google recently and became Google Sites. I don't think they have the project management and bug tracking functionality that jot.com had (yet) but i hope they have it soon! I’m a big fan of Jot.com, though it was bought by Google recently and became Google Sites. I don’t think they have the project management and bug tracking functionality that jot.com had (yet) but i hope they have it soon!

]]> By: Rick Webb http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178357 Rick Webb Mon, 26 May 2008 23:02:52 +0000 http://www.adaptivepath.com/blog/2008/05/23/project-managers-tell-us-about-your-tools/#comment-178357 Pricing: custom numbers.app worksheet Project Plans: OmniPlan Job Tracking, Resources, new biz pipeline, deliverables sharing: custom-built web app (we like basecamp, but we homebrewed so it could start at the sales phase and go all the way through to our portfolio and website post-mortem) We use trac (http://trac.edgewall.org/) and mingle (http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence) for agile dev, ticketing, version control, etc. Neither is perfect but they are both pretty solid and awesome. We don't track hours, we track allocations and weeks, so it's pretty much manual - end of the job you actualize on a number-of-weeks bases, since everyone lies on timesheets anyway. Pricing: custom numbers.app worksheet
Project Plans: OmniPlan
Job Tracking, Resources, new biz pipeline, deliverables sharing: custom-built web app (we like basecamp, but we homebrewed so it could start at the sales phase and go all the way through to our portfolio and website post-mortem)

We use trac (http://trac.edgewall.org/) and mingle (http://studios.thoughtworks.com/mingle-project-intelligence) for agile dev, ticketing, version control, etc. Neither is perfect but they are both pretty solid and awesome.

We don’t track hours, we track allocations and weeks, so it’s pretty much manual - end of the job you actualize on a number-of-weeks bases, since everyone lies on timesheets anyway.

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