There were quite a few integrations available to nearly any application you could think of, however in our quest for an all inclusive option, this is something I wanted to steer away from. I had read quite a bit about Asana as a project management tool, but after doing some testing, it didn’t allow for much that Basecamp wasn’t already giving us. We decided to scrap this one and move on.
The UI was a little too cluttered for designers and developers, leaving them with no good solution for viewing their tasks.
#TEAMWORK VS BASECAMP 3 SOFTWARE#
The software allowed for time tracking as well, but the interface was solely based on Gantt charts, which were really only useful for the project managers. At this time, I had never used Gantt charts before as a project management tool, but I was really interested in how organized it could make a multi-month website project flow with ease. Looking at TeamGanttįirst, we landed on TeamGantt. The price point is much higher than many of the options out there and while it’s a great software, it didn’t’ fit the workflow of our team at our current size. We have tried Atlassian’s Jira, and while it has all of the features we were looking for, it was a bit overkill. We wanted to find a system that allowed for time tracking, laying out of projects over several months, multiple user task lists, and just better organization overall. We realized that we needed a system that came as close to all-inclusive as possible so I began digging around the internet for a solution. As our workload began to increase, it became apparent that Basecamp had not evolved with us and it was time for a change. Trying to schedule a project over the next 2 months wasn’t really possible in basecamp other than scheduling out tasks, but there was no way to create dependencies or even tasks with multiple people attached to them. The team couldn’t track time directly to tasks, and most of us found ourselves logging time in large chunks at the end of the week, rather than tracking as we worked. There was an integration between Basecamp and Timeneye, but it wasn’t without issues. After using basecamp for a few website projects, it felt like we were losing too many tasks in cyberspace only to be found far later when it was time to clean out our completed tasks.įor our time tracking needs, we had been using Basecamp and another application called Timeneye together, but it was hindering the team to have to enter time in a completely different system. For us, the disadvantages became very apparent when it came to larger projects that were constantly evolving as they progressed. Now, Basecamp can be a great tool for smaller teams with a smaller workload and shorter projects. You have the basic ability to organize your projects and assign tasks to your team, but it seems very disjointed when it comes to larger projects, for instance, a 6+ month website development project. We like our calendars.Īs a project manager, Basecamp has many useful tools you may need but something always felt lacking. We chose Basecamp 2 rather than the freshly released Basecamp 3 because the latter removed all calendar functionality. Basecamp 1 was being used when I joined and not long after, we made the decision to upgrade. The project management software of choice was Basecamp at this time. In the digital age, there are online solutions to help you keep your tasks and employees up to date with projects and avoid unnecessary clutter. The result is usually a chaotic mess of tasks assigned to employees and a lack of organization resulting in missed deadlines, confusion, and headaches. With how far technology has come over the years, businesses are expected to handle more workload with less staff.
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