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Project Management Made Easy
November 28, 2007 | Author: PM Hut | Filed under: Computer Based Information Systems
Project Management Made Easy
By Philip Woodgate
If you have ever been involved in a SME project then the chances are you have used Excel. For all the sophisticated project management tools available Excel has the advantage of being familiar and easy to use.
Getting new users to learn project management software is a problem. For the average person in a SME the regular job will still need to be done. Placing the project on top will increase the time pressure. Small wonder that the thought of learning new project management software is unappealing.
For the project manager Excel is not the best tool. There will be a constant round of emails to update tasks and the timeline created in Excel. Different versions will be passed around and there is no instant view by the project team of the level of progress.
A good solution would be an online tool that organises tasks and creates the project timeline automatically. All users are able to log on via the internet and the administrator can set the system to send automatic email reminders for tasks to be completed. Once the task is completed the user logs into the system and clicks their task box to say it is completed. All users then have an instant view of the progress to date.
I’ve been looking for a system that will do the above AND be very easy to use. Wrike is the closest I’ve seen. It is not prefect, but it is very good. It is extremely easy to use and if you’re undertaking an SME project coming then it is well worth finding out more.
SME Blog is a regularly updated online journal of information and opinions for small and medium-sized enterprises. SME Blog enables the contributors and readers to exchange personal views and share thoughts on all issues relating to the challenge of being an SME in the 21st century.
SME Blog is maintained by Philip Woodgate, a Chartered Accountant and Partner of Goodman Jones LLP. Philip believes that we are living in a technology revolution and the use of technology is becoming increasingly important to give SME’s a competitive edge.
He is a keen traveller. Happily married with two lovely children, boy and girl twins.
Article original source: http://www.sme-blog.net/sme_blog/2007/11/project-managem.html
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You may want to check out Vertabase.
Vertabase 4 is online project management software that imports MS Excel spreadsheets to create the project schedule, making it super easy to use for people familiar with Excel.
From there it can send automatic notifications to people and keep all project information centralized in one place -which updates anytime changes are made.
There’s a free trial on the site.
I know how hard it could be to manage a project with the help of Ecxel. Next to impossible! Well, possible if you don’t need any reposrts or data sharing. So thanks a lot for pointing to the good tool! I’ve been using it for just a week now, but I already feel the difference. By the way here’s the link, if anybody wants to follow my example http://www.wrike.com/