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.
Linda MillerProject ManagementHuntington, Ny, United States
Hi Ioannis, Do you have specific requirements in mind e.g. just something to track projects, maybe provide reporting or management dashboards. Are you looking to use Agile etc? It sounds like you may be leaning towards Agile from your description.
In my experience MS Project (although not my favorite tool) does the basics. There was also an overview on MS PPM on the PMExpo which may be worth you looking into. I also was given a demo on a PM tool by Bamboo solutions that works with SharePoint. It looked great to me plus it can import MS Project files.
For Agile, I have used Version One which was perfect for scrum sprints and also Kanban. I believe that Jira is the most widely used software for Agile.
Linda Saving Changes...
Thomas RiceOperations Manager| EMCOR Facilities ServicesGlendale, Az, United States
I like Microsoft Project 2013, Asana, and Atlassian Jira. Saving Changes...
Stéphane ParentSelf Employed / Semi-retired| Leader MakerPrince Edward Island, Canada
I like Entry's TeamHeadquarters - it covers all your bases. Saving Changes...
Edmon AgronSystem Coordinator / Document Controller| MBO Architects and Engineering ConsultantJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Microsoft Access is quite good as well because it able to handle project information effectively and generate whatever report you needed. The beauty of it is that it will minimize errors especially in filling up information through forms (which we usually do in every part of PM). Microsoft access has the ability to do whatever premium databases available in the market does + you don't need to be a programmer to be able to develop one. Saving Changes...
There are some tools, for example: *MS Project 2016 * ProjectLibre - The open source replacement of Microsoft Project - (https://sourceforge.net/projects/projectlibre/) * Redmine - A flexible project management web application which includes a calendar, wiki, forums, multiple roles, and email notification.
MS project is good one but if entire team need to use it ,then Ms project server will be better option It is accessible through browser. MS claim it can manage portfolio also https://products.office.com/en-us/project/...-project-server Saving Changes...
Ioannis AivalakisProject Manager - Technical Services| Initial RewardsUnited Kingdom
Fantastic, thank you very much everyone!
I will review all this and come back to you.
Out of curiosity, I see good reviews for ProjectManager.com. Has anyone from here used it before?
Also, my colleague is stongly thinking that we should trial Wrike. Any views on that?
Thanks again!
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1 reply by Abhijeet Bansode
May 04, 2016 4:12 AM
Abhijeet Bansode
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I have a small team and i used project planning pro on my Mac device to plan my tasks.They have trail version for their project.You can check it out
http://planningproapp.com/mac If you are a windows user try MS project.
Out of curiosity, I see good reviews for ProjectManager.com. Has anyone from here used it before?
Also, my colleague is stongly thinking that we should trial Wrike. Any views on that?
Thanks again!
I have a small team and i used project planning pro on my Mac device to plan my tasks.They have trail version for their project.You can check it out
http://planningproapp.com/mac If you are a windows user try MS project. Saving Changes...
Patrick DiceyManager, Customer Project Management| CentralSquare TechnologiesOrlando, Fl, United States
MS Project is by far the most common, and probably easiest to pickup because of commonality with the rest of the office suite that most companies use.
Good luck!
Patrick Saving Changes...
Darren KosaPlanning & Controls ContractorHampshire, United Kingdom
Hi Ioannis,
I may be going against the grain here, but I don’t think Microsoft Project is the answer.
2 week to two month projects are quick turnaround projects, so I would suggest something a bit more collaborative like Trello, Wrike, or Basecamp. Even Google Apps for business.
The time spent huddling round a Microsoft Project file that’s out of date almost as soon as it’s updated can be better spent elsewhere.
