Getting a project done successfully can be tedious and time taking, and this is why you need software or tools to help you easily and smoothly organize tasks and become hassle-free.
Project management software are created to streamline efforts and activities and coordinate within a company. When you try to manage a project without any project management software one can end up in a mess. Even having the best strategy and intentions, a wrong step can quickly destroy months of work.
What you need the most in a project management software are the delegation and organization of tasks, as they help enhance the visualization of project processes as well as timelines. In addition to Asana, though a popular project management tool but one that comes with complexity and slow speed, there are a number of project management solutions that have proved to be the alternative solutions for businesses and entrepreneurs. To save your time, here are some alternatives you can check out.
Trello
Trello uses Kanban method, which helps users to move cards which are the representation of tasks which helps to create a visual representation of project where it is going. This offers unlimited projects and users and offers 10MB of storage on the free trail.
A quick look at the placement of the cards helps users to know how far a project is developed and what the next step is. The front of the card has task label, while the back have other information like when the task is due, who is working on a particular task, and which part of the task have been completed with a checklist. It also offers a calendar function.
Quire
Quire is a collaborative app that helps people accomplish their goals or dreams by dividing them down into small tasks and working with others to complete them. It helps growing and creative teams divide a challenging task into unlimited nested tasks and engage in real-time collaboration and communication.
Thanks to a simple, clean and intuitive design, you don’t need to train your colleagues how to get started with this app. With each task that’s broken down, one can leave a comment for everyone to participate in real time discussion about that particular task. All the files attached, words added and photos pasted by others and you to the task can be seen instantly.
Britix24
Bitrix24 can be used as host on the company’s own server or on the cloud. The main features of Bitrix24 are layered task options, Gantt charts, employee workload planning, time management and tracking. Bitrix24 lets you make real-time communication by means of group chat, instant messenger, and video-conferencing. It has DropBox which has 5GB of cloud storage for sharing of a document.
Employee Workload Planning tool lets managers plan a number of hours for a task and compare with the actual number of hours spent by those to whom tasks assigned to. It has task templates that contain checklists and subtasks. Bitrix24 project management system is free for 12 users, along with an option to upgrade it for more with 99 dollars per month.
Harvest
Harvest is a great time tracking tool of employees. This is great for reporting and resource based project management. It has an invoicing system, thus one can bill clients with a button click. The free version is for only one user, two projects, and four clients.
Beyond that, the price is $12 a month for unlimited projects and clients. Harvest has a number of integrations like Google drive, Atlassian Jira, QuickBooks, Zendesk, Zapier. Harvest helps to replace timesheets. One can export tracked time into the system directly and uses it to bill clients directly.
MeisterTask
MeisterTask has various features like issues and time tracking and one can collaborate both with external and internal users. There is no limit on storage, one can exchange files easily. Its project boards are perfect agile methodologies.
The teams can create Scrum to Kanban and various other forms. Communication is also very easy. It has unlimited projects and users offers, and can be used on iPads and iPhone and gives lets you integrate with any of these GitHub, Dropbox, Google Drive and Zendesk two at a time.
GanttProject
GanttProject is project management and scheduling tool and is open source. The system can generate PERT and Gantt charts and reports in PDF and HTML format, and have time and scheduling management tools. The system lets users create a structured schedule for a project. It has task assignment option.
Zoho Projects
Zoho Projects have a number of features and its interface is compared to Facebook layout. Zoho is for Waterfall projects, having options of Gantt chart, and allows users to set milestones and tasks. Zoho also has scrutinized reporting and timesheets features. Zoho can have unlimited users with 10MB storage limit as the free version.
There are a number of project management solutions available, better choose any to have hustle free activities and devote your time to something productive for your business.
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