What is the best project/task manager???

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Permalink Reply by Terry Justice on April 6, 2012 at 11:45am

Hey Michael, this might be a good discussion over in the Real Business Solution Center group?

I use Microsift projects to track really complicated projects like a new systems implementation......but you are correct it is overkill for most things.

As a general rul I use the "Task" feature in Outlook. It is very easy to use, allows you to e-mail tasks to others on the team if needed.....and it allows you to monitor and assign completion dates, percentages, etc.

Have you looked at it as a possible solution?

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Permalink Reply by Rob Orr on April 6, 2012 at 12:06pm

Try Workflowy (workflowy.com) or WunderList. I've been trying Workflowy for a couple weeks now and it's pretty good. The interface is dead simple to use, but it's also fairly powerful. If Workflowy and Wunderlist were to become one with Evernote I'd be sold.

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Permalink Reply by Bonnie Dalager on April 11, 2012 at 9:16pm

I manage an office that does educational programs for the community.  We have upwards of 60 projects running at any time and we really need more of a collaborative task list than anything.  We've been using teamworkpm for two years and we LOVE it.  We have varying degrees of computer experience on our staff and this works well.  There's one I found afterwards that works well too called teamlab, it has more collaborative features.  Both have free versions. 

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Permalink Reply by Terry Hadaway on April 12, 2012 at 7:17am

I use www.do.com for projects. It's free and works well for projects of all sizes.

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Permalink Reply by Landa LaMotta Knaack on April 12, 2012 at 8:29am

There are some great FREE apps (and some free trials) via AppSumo.  I suggest checking out whatever systems you can before settling on the one that offers the most features for your application.  You may also find Google Docs can do what you need, as will Evernote, depending on your needs...

Good luck!

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Permalink Reply by Nic Lubbers on April 12, 2012 at 8:35pm

For simple task management I use Astrid on my phone, that way I always have my lists with me and can update them away from a computer. If you have an iPhone or Android phone it's great, it can even sync with google tasks if you use those.

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Permalink Reply by Keith Kemp on April 13, 2012 at 1:45pm

I use the Toodledo app and website to keep track of my daily, weekly, and monthly to-do's.  I find it very helpful.

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Permalink Reply by Scott Pigman on April 13, 2012 at 6:29pm

I'm a fan of the "Getting Thing's Done" method of task management (http://www.davidco.com/) and I use OmniFocus to keep track of things, however that is only available for Apple products.

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Permalink Reply by Michael Scott hart on April 16, 2012 at 6:17pm

Thanks everyone, I am really a one man show at the moment, so I will stick with astrid, I just got excited about MS Project 2010 but it really is overkill for what I am trying to do.

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Permalink Reply by Luis Anthony on April 16, 2012 at 10:53pm

I've spent a good portion of 2011 finding the best software to use and It's all about Wiggio.com for me. I manage over 15 projects at the same time with this one.

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