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Project Management


WorkZone Review – User-Friendly Project Management

By Stephanie Miles, 11 June 2013

WorkZone is a web-based project management application that hits the sweet spot for larger organizations and marketing departments, combining the sophisticated tools typically reserved for high-end platforms (like Microsoft Project) with the intuitive design that entry-level task management systems (like Basecamp) have become known for. In this WorkZone review, I will demonstrate how marketing agencies and inter-office teams can manage projects and interact with clients from within the system. Because WorkZone was built with marketing departments, ad agencies, and service firms in mind, I will pay close attention to the platform’s tools for creating distinct workspaces for multiple groups. Finally, I will test the platform’s document sharing features and offer my recommendation to business owners who are thinking about integrating a project management platform into their existing workflows.


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By Christophe Primault, 13 April 2013

Before you dive into this. Stop for a second. Imagine. How would you feel working as an entrepreneur or a project manager in a small company and you could do file sharing, collaboration and task tracking with ease;  you could be informed through a mobile application about time & expenses;  or check the budget of your current project on the go. No more hassle with forwarded or lost emails, no more app switching to send invoices... Sounds like what you were looking for? This is why I would like to talk today about an application called Mavenlink.


For many small businesses and companies, project management equals multiple excel sheets. In turn, this complicates and lengthens project workflow because it requires manual processing. This week we will look at a solution that simplifies and can automate project workflow. In this ProWorkflow review we will see how this web-based application delivers easy project management. We will look at its features, interface, and see how it can be of use to you.


Vorex Review – User Friendly Project Management

By Stephanie Watson, 5 April 2013

Vorex provides an excellent Professional Services Automation (PSA) solution that is above anything you may have considered before, a true project management tools and resources to help you simplify your projects and entire business. In this Vorex review we will describe some of the high-quality tools offered that include expense tracking, time tracking, reporting, HR, invoicing, payments, CRM, control, security and more. Continue reading to learn more about Vorex and what they can offer you.


There are many project management solutions out there and I wouldn't be surprised that anyone looking for just the right one for their business would get a bit confused -- because at first glance they can all look very similar. The truth is I have reviewed over 20 project management applications and the one thing I will say -- the best ones are what I call "multi-level."  In other words, a business can use the solution to do the basics:  track project and task milestones, calendar in meetings and print out a few reports here and there or they can go much deeper.  More advanced features might include a project audit log, various apps to calculate success of completion of the milestones; tools to ascertain budgets; and basically provide some "trade-craft" tools that allows a business to take their project management up several levels. That is what I consider Easy Projects as it is very much a solution that offers a lot on various levels.  The nice thing - the software is affordable even if you dive into its most advance features. Let's start our Easy Projects review.



Documents and other file types are an important part of project management. Indeed, project progress can be tracked and reviewed through its content. This week, we will review a solution that takes content management further and assimilates its practices into a separate project management practice. In this Volerro review we will see how a content collaboration and document management solution that uses project management paradigms can drive efficiency and simplicity in an otherwise complex and cluttered project management space. We will look at its interface, features, and see how it can be of use to you.


"Projector is a powerful, flexible and pragmatic tool for professional services automation. Built on real-world experience in the industry, it gives firms a cost-effective approach for project management, resource scheduling and project accounting without the upfront cost of on-premise hardware and software."   Download Full Evaluation in PDF  - Try Projector PSA Now    


Basecamp Review — Project Management for Everyone

By Stephanie Watson, 8 February 2013

Basecamp isn’t the first project management app to be introduced here (we already reviewed Mavenlink, Clarizen, Attask, etc,..), but it is one of the most popular ones, and for good reason. It offers so many features as standard, such as having single-page projects and a place to combine your projects, employees, companies, vendors and other details in one cloud-based location. As a freelancer who often uses Basecamp with various clients, I can tell you already that I love Basecamp. Let's learn more about why with this Basecamp review.


IT departments play an important role in organizations, whether large or small. They have projects and initiatives, which interface with practically every department or business unit. As a result, multiple projects have become a norm rather than the exception for most IT departments. Managing these projects, however, is another matter. After all, there are only a limited number of ways in which you can synthesize and analyze messy excel worksheets. This week, we will review Innotas - a cloud-based PPM solution that promises to take the headache and confusion out of portfolio management. We will review its interface, features, and see how it can be of use to you.


Once in a while, you come across a solution that captures the zeitgeist of the day. This week we will review one such application. Strikebase is a SaaS-based project management software that simplifies project management. In our review, we will look at Strikebase’s features, interface and see how it can be of use to you.