Comments on Idealware: Basecamp and Project Management

When Basecamp started, there were far less choices...

2009-01-07T19:39:00.000-05:00

When Basecamp started, there were far less choices. And most of them were too complex. So BC did great by going simple.

Today, though, web users got more robust and "less is just less" sometimes.

We use 5pm (www.5pmweb.com) for the reasons you mentioned - the features.

Great review!

I actually use intervals. I love love it for perso...

2008-11-23T21:42:00.000-05:00

I actually use intervals. I love love it for personal project management, time tracking, and invoicing. I'm not sure how good it would be as a collaborative project management tool. But I haven't tried to use it that way much yet.

It now has milestones (a new feature,) which is great. I doesn't have messages, and I find that in Basecamp (and ProjectPier) messages is where a lot of work gets done.

Basecamp is often hailed as simple because it left...

2008-11-23T17:24:00.000-05:00

Basecamp is often hailed as simple because it left out many project management features. For good reason, though, because building a web-based project management tool with a full set of features is more challenging that you would think. Intervals is another alternative to Basecamp that is trying to pick up where Basecamp left off:
http://www.myintervals.com

The review is excellent! Basecamp is a great simpl...

2008-11-21T06:45:00.000-05:00

The review is excellent!
Basecamp is a great simple tool. Sometimes even too simple. I used it in the beggining and then found another great system, that supports multiple project management.

Just so everyone knows - ActiveCollab used to be t...

2008-11-17T11:46:00.000-05:00

Just so everyone knows - ActiveCollab used to be the open source Basecamp clone, until they closed the source, and went commercial. (If you buy it, you can get the source, but it's not really open source.) ProjectPier is a fork of the old open source ActiveCollab code, and remains open source. ProjectPier is under very active development, and has an active community of users and developers.

Steve,The bottom line is the right one.p.s.: You s...

2008-11-17T04:07:00.000-05:00

Steve,

The bottom line is the right one.

p.s.: You should change the title to "Basecamp and Project Management"

RationalPlan - Project Management Software

Hi Steve,e-LM.com addresses most of the shortcomin...

2008-11-17T03:30:00.000-05:00

Hi Steve,

e-LM.com addresses most of the shortcomings you have raised about Basecamp. It provides collaboration tools for the project teams but also provides high-end tools for the project manager. Projects can also be grouped into programmes with summaries across all of the projects within a programme of work. Finally e-LM.com allows you align your projects and programmes with your business strategy through Benefits Realisation and mapping.

Great writeup! I've used basecamp for a few proje...

2008-11-17T03:24:00.000-05:00

Great writeup! I've used basecamp for a few projects as well, and absolutely love it. I have found that I'm a bit limited with the time tracking feature, and therefor use TSheets.

Very well said indeed, Basecamp is great for colla...

2008-11-17T02:55:00.000-05:00

Very well said indeed, Basecamp is great for collaboration and task management, but it lacks some features to be a full featured project management app. As an alternative to the ones mentioned above i'd like you to invite to take a look at http://www.comindwork.com.