Project management in Workboard
Pros
- Project management at higher level - includes tasks assignment, visual representations of the project status and deadlines
- Increases the team members' sense of ownership - especially for people that are not used with or exposed to dedicated project management tools like Microsoft Project is.
- User collaboration - which in turn reduces the communication via email
- Increases the efficiency of the meetings - by quickly going through the action items and updating the task progress in the tool itself
- Support has been outstanding so far
Cons
- We have seen some slowness of the User Interface sometimes
- It is not as straightforward to use for beginners. People need to be trained to benefit from the whole features of Workboard
- On a personal note, I am used to more advanced project management tools, like Microsoft Project, I especially like their timeline view, shared resources, gantt chart etc.
- With adding more and more features, it tends to be more complicated and harder to be used by non software development people. In my view this is the biggest advantage that Workboard has at the moment.
Return on Investment
- Using Workboard improved the project management for non software projects, like finance, HR or supply chain.
- It increased the people's sense of ownership, making them think about results and deliveries on time.
- It made project status reports easier.
- Reduced communication via email.
- Eliminated the usage of out of sync Excel files, offline tracking of action items.
Alternatives Considered
Microsoft Project Server and Microsoft Project