I’m having a hard time with this one. I’ve used two, activecollab and sidejobtrack. Both are quite okay but none are very comfortable for me to use.

So, I was wondering what tools you use or have used and which is your favourite so far?

Basecamp, without a doubt.

I’m using ActiveCollab. Probably not to the full extent of its use but I’m slowly figuring it all out.

Not used any other ones.

I use sidejobtrack to keep track of some financial stuff (but am looking forward to projobtrack), Basecamp for actual project management (clients love this...), and I have a pretty sizable OmniOutliner Outline of things that need to be done - which I use in conjunction with the Kinkless GTD scripts.

And, honestly, I still have little scraps of paper all over my desk.

Lodewijk - 01 December 2006 09:57 AM

Basecamp, without a doubt.

It’s nice, but some might have an aversion to using a hosted service for critical or sensitive information.  ActiveCollab is one that we use, but it’s not shiny.  There just aren’t many better options, and we’d write our own, but that would require some sort of time-freezing device.

Yes, these three are known to me, too and I don’t really like any of them. If I remember correctly, Mark Boulton had a project going, somehow using EE to create a similar solution but I’ve not read anything about this project anymore either. A non-hosted solution would be amazing.
If only I were a programmer. :(

I believe that Mark is in the process of turning that concept into a fully featured stand-alone application, not built with ExpressionEngine anymore.  Though setting up the weblogs, templates, and entry forms the way you need them is certainly viable.  You’d still need a little bit of PHP to handle any necessary math, but one could build quite a robust project manager using EE’s built in capabilities.

Derek Jones - 01 December 2006 11:11 AM

I believe that Mark is in the process of turning that concept into a fully featured stand-alone application, not built with ExpressionEngine anymore.

Yes. From what I understand, though, it isgoing to be a hosted application.

Though setting up the weblogs, templates, and entry forms the way you need them is certainly viable.  You’d still need a little bit of PHP to handle any necessary math, but one could build quite a robust project manager using EE’s built in capabilities.

Yes, he seems to have done just that. Pitty he never released anything, claiming that it was just serving his personal, very specific needs, just not ready for prime time &c.

There are a few project managers for the Mac I can think of:

Merlin
OmniPlan
PowerCard
FastTrack Schedule
Daylite

Another one more for personal use could be Chandler.

Check Central Desktop mentioned in Business Weeks Best of Web 2006

CK

Wow, thank you Chris and envindia! I’ve not heard of these before. I’ll check them out.

I’m on a Mac and looking for something that isn’t web-based and can tie mail, etc together. I’m giving Daylite a try and it seems pretty cool, actually. I tried Studiometry but I like Daylite’s interface better. It’s hard to take time to add a new program to your workflow...because taking time to learn it kills productivity!

Thanks for your list, Chris - I’ll check some of those out.

Well for PC users there is Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager. It ties together contact management, project management and email. Shame it won’t be coming out for the Mac as I am getting one soon!

Ah sod it, I might as well get Basecamp and Highrise (when it’s released).

At the moment I use ACT! 6 and Achieve Planner (both for the PC).

You could get a copy of Parallels and run Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager in XP or Vista, stinhambo.

I like several products from both of these groups…

Process is quite good from Jumsoft and they have a new project management app.

OmniPlan from OmniGroup is heavy duty.

sts

Chris Ruzin - 14 March 2007 08:42 PM

You could get a copy of Parallels and run Outlook 2007 Business Contact Manager in XP or Vista, stinhambo.

Yes that’s right!

Then again, by the time you’ve paid for Parallels, Win XP, Outlook 2007 etc you would be better of subscribing to 37 Signals stuff…

stinhambo - 14 March 2007 09:04 PM

Then again, by the time you’ve paid for Parallels, Win XP, Outlook 2007 etc you would be better of subscribing to 37 Signals stuff…

Ah, I thought you already owned a copy of Outlook and XP/Vista. Well then, yes, the cost would be higher than subscribing to 37s services.

Still, some people gotta have their Outlook, so Parallels is a valid option.

I tried out their 90 day trial version. Very nice software!

As for XP, I have one of those stupid non transferable copies that came with my laptop.

OEM is what I had at first too. Wouldn’t work on my Mac. I eventually broke down and bought a copy of XP Home. It was pricey, but worth it since it saved me the hassle of using BrowserCam or needing to reboot for some things.