Comments on: 9 Great Project Management Tools and Tips http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/ Financial Evolution: Education, Adaptation, Achievement Sun, 14 Mar 2010 21:42:53 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Carnival of Project Management #29 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-2827 Carnival of Project Management #29 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:13:09 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-2827 [...] presents 9 Great Project Management Tools and Tips posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “A practical and actionable list of Project [...] [...] presents 9 Great Project Management Tools and Tips posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “A practical and actionable list of Project [...]

]]> By: CBM http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1950 CBM Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:56:53 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-1950 I agree with Sean. MS Project is useful for big companies and big projects. But it's not appropriate for anything small - it would be an overkill (costs and efforts). Since most of the teams don't sit on the same location (don't forget, also the customer is in the team and isn't likely to share the office with it's supplier), communication and collaboration via the web becomes more and more important. In our company, we use a tool (ZCOPE) that supports this really well. We couldn't afford MS Project - neighter in terms of costs nor in terms of customer relations. I agree with Sean. MS Project is useful for big companies and big projects. But it’s not appropriate for anything small – it would be an overkill (costs and efforts).

Since most of the teams don’t sit on the same location (don’t forget, also the customer is in the team and isn’t likely to share the office with it’s supplier), communication and collaboration via the web becomes more and more important. In our company, we use a tool (ZCOPE) that supports this really well. We couldn’t afford MS Project – neighter in terms of costs nor in terms of customer relations.

]]> By: Carnival of Project Management #28 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1948 Carnival of Project Management #28 | A Girl's Guide to Project Management Fri, 11 Sep 2009 06:17:52 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-1948 [...] presents 9 Great Project Management Tools and Tips posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “A practical and actionable list of Project [...] [...] presents 9 Great Project Management Tools and Tips posted at Darwin’s Finance, saying, “A practical and actionable list of Project [...]

]]> By: Sean http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1674 Sean Wed, 26 Aug 2009 11:53:12 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-1674 I found this post via Google news. Great stuff! The only thing I would question is the use of MS Project. Yes, it can be a good tool for some teams and managers, but it's definitely got some drawbacks. The first and perhaps the worst one is that MS Project does not really support collaboration. Most people don't use all its features, because they simply don't need them. In addition, if you don't have this software yet, equipping all your team with licenses can be pretty costly. I think you should also mention web-based project management alternatives here. Tools like Wrike.com, Basecamp, Zoho Projects, etc. I found this post via Google news. Great stuff! The only thing I would question is the use of MS Project. Yes, it can be a good tool for some teams and managers, but it’s definitely got some drawbacks. The first and perhaps the worst one is that MS Project does not really support collaboration. Most people don’t use all its features, because they simply don’t need them. In addition, if you don’t have this software yet, equipping all your team with licenses can be pretty costly. I think you should also mention web-based project management alternatives here. Tools like Wrike.com, Basecamp, Zoho Projects, etc.

]]> By: Robert http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1635 Robert Tue, 25 Aug 2009 11:55:45 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-1635 When I am not running my website, I work in the software industry. Your article is spot on... we use project managers for our projects, and they could all stand to read your article. I like to say you have project administrators and then you have project managers. I think too many project managers are really only project administrators. Thinks like using certain software and sending out minutes are administration tasks, while running the meeting and dealing with the client is where project management takes over. Again, good points, I may send it to some of them. Thanks When I am not running my website, I work in the software industry. Your article is spot on… we use project managers for our projects, and they could all stand to read your article.

I like to say you have project administrators and then you have project managers. I think too many project managers are really only project administrators.

Thinks like using certain software and sending out minutes are administration tasks, while running the meeting and dealing with the client is where project management takes over.

Again, good points, I may send it to some of them.

Thanks

]]> By: Alan http://www.darwinsfinance.com/project-management-tools-tips/comment-page-1/#comment-1624 Alan Mon, 24 Aug 2009 22:31:38 +0000 http://www.darwinsfinance.com/?p=798#comment-1624 Your article on this blog is fantastic. Well done! I'm a big fan of your blog and be sure to keep up the great work. I plan on returning and linking to your site. Sincerely, Author The Alan Haft Blog, Your article on this blog is fantastic. Well done! I’m a big fan of your blog and be sure to keep up the great work.
I plan on returning and linking to your site.

Sincerely,
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The Alan Haft Blog,

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