[webproducers] Online PM tools

I know this subject has come up before - but i don't know if there was a 'best' 
solution...
Everywhere I've been MS Project is the prinicpal tool for project documentation 
and usually it's not the server edition or even an implementation with a shared 
resources file. Therein is just one of the rubs - resource allocation 
management remains a challenge and not just because it requires pm's to 
actively update their projects every week.

But there are other problems - working with diverse vendors and their people 
means we don't have a unified calendaring system and things like file 
publishing with version control, task management, publishing to clients for 
reviews while also enabling them to see project tracking status all require 
separate one-off solutions... not at all practical and often distracting from 
the goal of just managing projects.

I've looked at Basecamp but it doesn't seem to have two important things - 
1. import of ms project files, or availbility of a similar tool online that 
enables you to build a project that shows dependencies amongst tasks and
2. resource allocation managment showing resource usage into the future

Any thoughts or recommendations for a comprehensive tool that handle all these 
issues for a group?

thanks

Rich De Sanctis


      
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