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Software September: news roundup 2

September 26, 2011

5pm and SpiderScribe.net I think we’ll see more and more software companies do what 5pm has done and incorporate links to other products, rather than try to be all things to all people. The team at 5pm has added the ability to connect to SpiderScribe.net for mind mapping. SpiderScribe.net is from Disarea, the same company [...]

Software review: UnleashPM

September 21, 2011

General information Name: UnleashPM Vendor: Nucleus Group, Inc. Hosting options: Web hosted version. The website says they also have an option for you to self-host it, but there are no prices for this Cost and plans: Free for 1 project and 5 users. $40 per month for up to 5 projects and 25 users. $85 [...]

Can you really work on an iPad?

September 19, 2011

Software September continues with a look at iPad applications for business. Last year, I got an iPad. I didn’t choose to buy one: it was the Computer Weekly IT Blog Awards prize. I wasn’t expecting to win it, and I’d only ever seen one before. The people with me that evening were ecstatic at the [...]

Will Project Management Software Solve the Project Failure Problem?

September 14, 2011

This is a guest post by Curt Finch, CEO of Journyx. Despite the myriad advances made in project management technology in recent years, project failure rates continue to be through the roof. Each year, the CHAOS Report findings that are published by The Standish Group are dismal. The Standish Group’s 2011 CHAOS Study shows that [...]

Software review: TeamworkPM

September 12, 2011

General information Name: TeamworkPM Vendor: Digital Crew Application Developers Hosting options: Web hosted version only Cost and plans: 30 day free trial. From $12pm for a personal plan to $149pm for enterprise plan. Languages: 24 languages including Norwegian and Indonesian. Currency: Has a long list of standard currencies. Basic features: building projects Creating a new [...]

Software September: news roundup 1

September 5, 2011

Welcome to Software September 2011! This month I’m focusing on project management software, with a guest post from Curt Finch of Journyx about how software can improve project success, product reviews and news from project management software manufacturers. That’s what I’m starting with today, so here is a round up of what’s been happening over [...]

5 Project Management Apps You’ve Never Heard Of

May 4, 2011

There are more options available to you than just Microsoft Project. Here are 5 project management tools that you probably haven’t come across before. 1. Birdview Projects About: The company says that Birdview Projects is “the world’s first human-centric project management software.” It’s been developed for creative teams who don’t have the time or interest [...]

Software review: RationalPlan

April 11, 2011

General information Name: RationalPlan Vendor: Stand by Soft Ltd Hosting options: Locally hosted. There is a free trial but it requires you to download an application. Cost and plans: Single project (this is not just for one project at a time; it relates to having unrelated projects without dependencies). Multi-project for interrelated projects i.e. a [...]

Software review: Apollo

February 21, 2011

General information Name: Apollo Vendor: Applicom Hosting options: Web hosted version only Cost and plans: Free. The company will add plans in the future but hasn’t got round to it yet. Languages: English only. German, Spanish, French and Italian are in the pipeline. Currency: Can’t find any options for financial information at all. Basic features: [...]

Software review: AceProject

January 24, 2011

General information Name: AceProject Vendor: Websystems, Inc. Hosting options: There is a web hosted version and a version you can host yourself Cost and plans: Free for basic accounts with 5 users and 5 projects. This only gives you 50 tasks which doesn’t seem very much at all to me. There is a sliding scale [...]

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