Comments on: 6 Considerations When Moving to a Web-based Project Management Tool

By: Christine

Christine — Fri, 06 Aug 2010 06:18:49 +0000

We ended going with Projecturf (www.projecturf.com) since it is intuitive and easy to use with our clients. The design really stands out compared to many of the other available options and the workflow makes the most sense.

By: eCTD Submission Project Management | Aerie Canal Consulting

eCTD Submission Project Management | Aerie Canal Consulting — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 06:00:26 +0000

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By: skat004

skat004 — Sun, 24 Jan 2010 21:50:18 +0000

I couldn’t agree more with the point about Microsoft Project Compatibility. If i’m using another piece of software I still might need to import/export docs created using MS Project.

By: Ben Prendergast

Ben Prendergast — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:05:04 +0000

Unless you were being sarcastic ;)

By: Ben Prendergast

Ben Prendergast — Mon, 04 Jan 2010 00:00:09 +0000

How about you worry about yourself mate.

By: Mark Etting

Mark Etting — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:26:14 +0000

Ben – I’d be a little more careful about posting such accusational “thoughts”. It might rub some people the wrong way.

By: Ben Prendergast

Ben Prendergast — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:11:39 +0000

See my post two below yours.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:08:54 +0000

I do sincerely hope that you are not accusing us of “postvertising”? If we ever had a sponsored post (and we haven’t posted one in the year that I’ve been in charge here) it would be clearly stated as such.

We might do a fuller review of Copper Project at some point, but PM tools are a particularly crowded market and we only have limited resources. Often, the products we review are reviewed because one of our team is actually using it in a live project, but AFAIK no one on the team is using Copper Project.

By: Simon Mackie

Simon Mackie — Sun, 03 Jan 2010 11:02:20 +0000

there are a *lot* of PM tools available, which as you have seen makes it tricky to pick one. We might get around to reviewing this one at some point, but we only have limited resources.

By: Ben Prendergast

Ben Prendergast — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:38:00 +0000

Actually, I shouldn’t have suggested any affiliation, it was just a thought.

However have you seen our new version 4 out now? We have a free trial available, definitely ping me in any case, I’d like to hear more about what your base level requirements are as we’re always refining the product for different verticals.

By: Mark Etting

Mark Etting — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:34:16 +0000

Ben – I’m trying to select a project management tool for freelance work I do and am not in any way affiliated with any of them. I looked at Copper Project months ago but am still looking for the one that best fits my needs.

By: Ben Prendergast

Ben Prendergast — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 22:25:17 +0000

We’d welcome WWD along to review Copper Project too, or are these postvertisements?

By: Mark Etting

Mark Etting — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 20:45:20 +0000

I just discovered SantexQ and was wondering if anyone had any experience with it or if WWD will one day post a review.

By: BG

BG — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:11:50 +0000

We’ve been using Deskaway but haven’t fully committed. Our main objectives are the ability to track tasks/milestones and keep clients in the loop. Economics is important as well.

We’ve also used Basecamp, which is nice. I just wish there was one dashboard page where you could see all projects/tasks at once in a spreadsheet format. If a task or milestone was completed, it would simply show the date in that cell.

By: BG

BG — Sat, 02 Jan 2010 17:03:25 +0000

I’ve started creating a Google Doc spreadsheet for comparison purposes.

By: Storage Solutions

Storage Solutions — Thu, 31 Dec 2009 23:39:17 +0000

Have to agree with many above comments, ease of use is paramount to me when considering web based PM tools. I have found that in competitive market segments such as these “bells and whistles” become way to important for sales purposes. And we customers are at fault as well as we fall for those “bells and whistles” that we will in fact never use.

I don’t have a “dog in this hunt” per se but give me ease of use and I am happy. In addition, I also see social media and mobile client coming on with a full head of steam soon to be “must haves” instead of “would be nice to have” on the web based PM tool front. Nice comments by the readers. And great post Will…informative and thoughtful. Until next time. Bravo!