Project & Task Management
Most businesses simply couldn't function without tools to manage projects, either internal to the organisation or external with clients. For those businesses who work on a 'cost-plus' model - such as professional services firms, advertising and design agencies, web developers, etc - creating efficiencies in the administrative and project management sides of the business is a must for maximising billable hours and therefore profitability.
The following are a selection of the most widely used project management tools available. |
Mavenlink![]() Mavenlink is a better way to manage your projects with features designed to streamline workflow and increase team productivity. MavenLink can handle just about everything related to project management. Users can agree on budget, schedule tasks, track time, create invoices, request and receive payments, monitor project history, send email invitations, set team member permissions and share files and view them instantly. MavenLink seamlessly combines all of these vital project activities into one application to cover virtually every aspect of project management.
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Asana![]() Asana project management is an effort to re-imagine how we work together, through modern productivity software. Fast and versatile, Asana helps individuals and groups get more done. Asana offers all the right tools for managing teamwork, light collaboration, and tasks, such as deadline settings, priority and label options and a flexible and nimble work environment.
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Wrike![]() Wrike helps people in thousands of companies get things done efficiently together in real time. Wrike connects all your work into a work graph which makes data accessible in a couple of clicks. Most of us rely heavily on email in project communications and the hundreds of emails that we receive weekly contain important tasks, status updates, files, discussions and ideas. Wrike's rich email integration makes it easy to connect and share all that valuable data, in real time. So at any instant, you know the status of your projects and what you and your employees are working on.
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Trello![]() Trello is a collaboration tool that organizes your projects into boards. In one glance, Trello tells you what's being worked on, who's working on what, and where something is in a process. Trello is great for collaboration, especially when dealing with a mix of technical and non-technical people. Particularly useful when discussing a project with a scattered team. Trello is a very flexible app and some organisations use it to track who is working on sales opportunities.
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Pivotal Tracker![]() Pivotal Tracker is a lightweight agile project management tool, brought to you by the experts in agile software development. Developed by Pivotal Labs as their as their own internal project management and collaboration application Pivotal Tracker embodies proven agile methods based on real world experience on hundreds of large scale commercial software development projects. Pivotal Tracker is the iPod of project management software - it just works.
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Do.com![]() Do.com is as easy to use as your favourite social network. Do can be used for any type of project - big or small, at home or at work. Whether you are organising a marketing campaign, building a website or planning a home renovation, Do keeps you and the people you are working with in sync, organised and productive. And Do works out-of-the box with your Google Apps. Spend less time managing and more time doing with Do!
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Siasto![]() Siasto is a flexible, powerful and cutting-edge way to manage your projects, tasks, files and events. It was designed from the ground up to simplify your workflow and keep your team/clients on the same page. Plus it integrates with the apps you already know and use, like Google Apps, Box and Dropbox, so it's easy to get started. It has a lovely clean, uncluttered and intuitive interface making Siasto the best way to collaborate with your team.
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Gantter![]() Gantter is a FREE web-based project management tool. You can think of it as a web-based Microsoft Project. It integrates tightly with Google Apps. Gantter added over 250,000 new subscribers in 2012.
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Podio![]() Work the way you want to. Escape email overload and document chaos with Podio, the collaborative work platform. Podio is built to work like you do. Create your own apps - from simple project management, to handling sales leads, to tracking job candidates - or select from the hundreds of free apps for any business process in the Podio App Market. Organise your apps in unlimited workspaces. Add your team and even clients or contractors to get the job done together. Podio moves your work out of your inbox into social activity streams. It’s never been easier to get social than with Podio.
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Workbook![]() Developed to support the key functions of businesses that deliver project-based services, WorkBook increases business control and maximizes project profitability. Supporting a wide range of functions across an entire organization, WorkBook is built on a fully integrated financials and project management model, which enables it to effectively improve results and maximize profit for companies whose business relies heavily on tracking time and resources. Workbook is particularly popular with advertising and design agencies.
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Zoho Projects![]() Zoho Projects complements the Google Apps experience by offering a dedicated team collaboration and project management solution that allows teams to plan, track and collaborate everything from everyday on-going activities to big projects with external customers. Create important project files directly on your browser to instantly share with team members wherever they are, whenever you want. Get the complete picture. Dynamic Gantt charts let you visually track and share project status, apply the right resources to complete tasks and assign roles to get more done.
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Lynda.com![]() Learn all about project management and how the right project management software and skills can help individuals and organizations manage multiple tasks and shorten project life cycles. Try the online Project Management tutorials - every online course includes free video tutorials. Become a member to keep learning, with unlimited access to every course in in the Lynda.com library.
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