Ioannis AivalakisProject Manager - Technical Services| Initial RewardsUnited Kingdom
Hello all,
I am working in a newly-established team of two PMs, for a loyalty and reward technology provider for the Gaming industry.
Our projects are purely of a digital nature and our stakeholders are usually the CEO, the Head of Sales, the Head of Product & Delivery, a Tech team, a Design team, an Operations team and the client (usually Marketing teams).
Our digital projects usually involve all these stakeholders at some point or another, extending from 2 weeks to 2 months, on average.
We are looking for our first Project Management tool/software and we have considered a few, but I'd really like to see opinion on what you feel would work in that context.
Ioannis AivalakisProject Manager - Technical Services| Initial RewardsUnited Kingdom
Thank you very much, all!
I hear that Microsoft Project doesn't work very well with Macs - which is what our Product & Project team uses - so we will have to look for something different.
At this stage we seem to qualify either Wrike or Dapulse. Any comments on Dapulse, anyone? Saving Changes...
Niraj KumarDirector Business Engineering| Blue Cross Blue Shield of LouisianaBaton Rouge, La, United States
Hi Loannis, I have used HP PPM, MS-Project, Google Apps and MS- Excel. If I were you, I would either go with Google Apps or MS-Excel for a project of 2 months duration. Saving Changes...
Daniel KrompholzPrincipal Maintenance Systems Specialist, Asset Management| The Port Authority of New York & New JerseyJamaica, Ny, United States
Product Operations Program ManagerBarcelona, Cataluña, Spain
I'd go for MS Project as well. However, and given the limited amount of stakeholders, perhaps it makes sense to start off using a web based scheduling tool like Gantter (www.gantter.com) Saving Changes...
Drew CraigSr. Agile & Product Coach| VanguardPhiladelphia, Pa, United States
Lots of suggestions posted for your review. But I cannot emphasize enough - requirements. With a list of requirements, you're decision will be simpler, and more cost effective. Good Luck. Saving Changes...
Tobe PhelpsDirector of Digital Experience| Central New Mexico Community CollegeAlbuquerque, Nm, United States
Sounds like you may need more of a collaboration software. We use Shareoint online which has Project Server integrated. That way you can work in Project as a PM but not expect the CEO level to know and understand the software. Saving Changes...
Ioannis AivalakisProject Manager - Technical Services| Initial RewardsUnited Kingdom
Thank you very much, all!
Interestingly, I have now moved to a different company/industry/size of organisation and the question remains. Here we use TFS for Product Development progress reporting, but it has proven difficult to engage all parties in using the tool. I am again forced to copy information from there and into an Excel Spreadsheet in order to get a more clear picture of developments... Saving Changes...
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