[webproducers] Re: Needed: Web Project Management Software

I tried a bunch of them before deciding on Basecamp and our team is  
very happy and our clients are as well.  It has some quirks but one of  
the biggest things is that it accomplishes the basics and let's us  
communicate and manage quickly and efficiently.  One reason we went  
with it was when trying the others so many were so bloated and they  
didn't emphasize usability. After trying activecollab for about a year  
I couldn't stand it anymore. It has lots of features but it's the  
classic example of an interface designed by an engineer or programmer  
not an interface designer.
It seems people either love or hate Basecamp and the one's that don't  
like it usually complain they want  more features (or they have issues  
with how the company replies to their requests for features).

Some argue that Basecamp is more about communication than project  
management (no charts and such) but to paraphrase colleague who also  
uses Basecamp "managing creative projects is all about communication  
because the projects constantly evolve and all the fancy tools and  
charts break after the first day so you can either spend your time  
managing and updating your charts to reflect the constant project  
changes or you can manage the communication as it evolves."


Here is my list of some of the majors  but as I said we went with  
Basecamp:

web based

http://www.onstageportal.com


http://www.wrike.com/


http://www.copperproject.com


http://www.basecamphq.com/


http://goplan.info/



desktop
http://bargiel.home.pl/iGTD/

http://www.marketcircle.com/daylite/index.html

http://www.conceptdraw.com/en/products/project/main.php

http://www.projectwizards.net/en/merlin


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Morry Galonoy
Founding Director
Web Producers Organization

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On Jun 20, 2008, at 10:18 AM, C Murphy wrote:

> I second Basecamp.
> C
>
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 10:05 AM, Justin Kramp  
> <justin.kramp@xxxxxxxxx>
> wrote:
>
>> Good morning,
>> I have used all of the following for numerous Web projects, each  
>> with its
>> own strengths and weaknesses. Each fulfills your requirements. The  
>> best
>> part
>> -- none of them are MS Project.
>>
>> Basecamp - www.basecamphq.com
>> ActiveCollab - www.activecollab.com
>> ProjectPier - www.projectpier.org/ (fork of ActiveCollab, open  
>> source)
>>
>> jlk
>>
>> On Fri, Jun 20, 2008 at 8:55 AM, Andrea Jenelle <andreajenelle@xxxxxxxxx 
>> >
>> wrote:
>>
>>> All,
>>>
>>> I'm looking for good project management software that will allow  
>>> me to
>>> enter in all the steps to a project, assign resources, send email
>> updates,
>>> time est., etc. ...and also allow for anyone on the team to login  
>>> and
>> view
>>> the status on the project.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
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