Programs to look out for Archives - Ben-Op-Worken https://www.openworkbench.org/category/programs-to-look-out-for/ Project Management Systems Blog Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:46:05 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.2.2 https://www.openworkbench.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/07/cropped-clock-g122be1502_640-32x32.png Programs to look out for Archives - Ben-Op-Worken https://www.openworkbench.org/category/programs-to-look-out-for/ 32 32 Is Getflow  Right for Your Team? https://www.openworkbench.org/is-getflow-right-for-your-team/ Tue, 16 Jan 2024 14:46:04 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=151 We are living in the busy world of managing projects and working together with other people as a team. Sometimes handling projects and teamwork can be a challenge. However, the right tool can make it much easier and lead to success. In this article, I will talk about  Getflow. This is one of those tools meant to make project management […]

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We are living in the busy world of managing projects and working together with other people as a team. Sometimes handling projects and teamwork can be a challenge. However, the right tool can make it much easier and lead to success. In this article, I will talk about  Getflow. This is one of those tools meant to make project management easy and efficient. You will learn why this software is so great and which teams do not really need it.

The Birth of Getflow

Getflow started in 2017. Back then three people, Alex Volkov, Sergey Khodakov, and Danila Matveev, decided to create software for project management and teamwork.  They have made great software which over time got more features. Today project managers, remote teams, and businesses of all sizes use Getflow in their daily working routine

Key Features of Getflow

Getflow comes with many helpful features. Here are some of the most important ones:

Task Prioritization: You can decide which tasks are most important and which can be dealt with later.

Communication Tools: In Getflow you can share files, give feedback, and have discussions about tasks and projects.

Kanban Boards: Visualize tasks and workflows with  Kanban boards. It is easy to see how tasks are moving through different stages.

Time Tracking: Keep an eye on how much time you spend on specific tasks or projects.

Analytics and Reporting: Getflow provides tools to analyze team performance and project progress. This information helps to make better decisions.

Integrations: You can connect Getflow with other popular software and services like Google Workspace, Slack, Dropbox, and more.

User-Friendly Interface: Getflow is easy to use. Even if your technical skills are not advanced you will manage to use Getflow comfortably.

Mobile Accessibility: You can manage projects on the go. Getflow works great on smartphones, iPhones and tablets.

Data Privacy and Security: Getflow takes data privacy and security seriously, with features like user access limits and data encryption.

Flexible Pricing: Getflow offers different pricing options for teams of various sizes.

You do not need the Getflow 

Now you know the advantages of Getflow, but it is not the right choice for everyone. Here are some situations where your team does not need the Getflow.

Simple Needs

If you have a small team or basic project management requirements,  spreadsheets, emails, and to-do lists would be enough.

Autonomous Work

When team members work independently on individual tasks simple task management software might suffice.

Specialized Requirements

Certain professions and industries have specialized project management tools designed for their specific needs. In such cases, industry-specific software could be a better match.

Small Budget 

If your organization has a tight budget and can’t afford the membership fees for Getflow, you can use free or more budget-friendly software.

Alternative Approaches

Some teams prefer using physical whiteboards, sticky notes, or non-digital methods for project management and communication. That’s ok as long as the team works effectively.

Traditional Office

If your team works in a traditional office and doesn’t face the challenges of remote work or distributed teams, maybe they do not need complex project management solutions.

Getflow Pricing 

Getflow offers a free trial period. That means you can explore the platform’s features and functionalities for free. During this trial, you can decide if it’s the right fit for your needs.

Now, let us look at the pricing options offered by Getflow. 

Starter Plan

Price: Free for up to 10 users.

Features: Access to core features such as task management, file sharing, team collaboration tools, and basic reporting.

Ideal for: Small teams or startups.

Pro Plan

Price: Available at a monthly per-user cost.

Features: Includes all the features of the Starter plan and adds more advanced features like time tracking, custom fields, priority support, and integrations with third-party apps.

Ideal for: Growing teams and businesses 

Enterprise Plan:

Price:  Available at a monthly per-user cost.

Features: All the features from the Pro plan plus advanced security, single sign-on (SSO), and custom onboarding and training options.

Ideal for: Large companies and corporations with complex project management needs and high-security requirements.

Choosing the best Getflow plan for your team depends on what you need, your budget, and how big your team is. 

In summary, Getflow has its pros and cons as a project management and team collaboration tool. To decide if it’s right for your team, think about how well it matches your team’s needs. Your choice should match your team’s goals and how you like to work. Sometimes to-do lists would be more than enough to complete a project successfully.

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Striven: the best ERP system https://www.openworkbench.org/striven/ Tue, 23 May 2023 10:11:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=92 Striven is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) program with modules for project management, finance, warehouse, CRM and workforce management.

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Striven is an enterprise resource planning (ERP) program with modules for project management, finance, warehouse, CRM and workforce management. And while the project management features are only part of Striven’s powerful suite of tools, they surprised me with their variety. You get task and time tracking, Gantt charts, project templates, and multiple ways to interact with your team.

Striven’s neat and intuitive interface make it a simple solution for assigning tasks, keeping track of time, and creating reports to monitor progress. And with built-in document storage, you can easily find and share files.

However, such a great set of tools can’t come at a low price, especially if you only need project management functionality. But if you need an all-in-one solution to simplify all your business processes, Striven is the best choice.

Pervasives of Striven

From “make to take”, manufacturing is about people and systems working together. Striven optimized each stage of the process, paying special attention to how people and technologies can be successful. Its main advantages:

  • Value: At Striven, value is defined as a combination of painless implementation, unmatched affordability, and post-deployment ROI. Having studied why many ERP implementations fail to deliver or fulfill their promises, Striven is committed to delivering the best value to its customers.
  • Customer Service: 100% in-house support in the US for all our customers. With excellent quick response and resolution times. In addition to support, Striven offers prioritized development options and sends feature requests directly from its subscribers. All in all, there is a direct connection from you to the customer success teams.
  • Financial stability: Striven is developed by a company with deep roots in B2B technology services. For over 23 years, Miles Technologies has been helping clients achieve more. Unlike many software products in the current technology environment, Striven is backed by a privately held company with high revenues and high growth. As a result, they exist to serve customers, not investors or shareholders – now and in the future.

Striven technology

Striven is developed on a single platform and securely hosted in the cloud. Their SaaS model not only meets the requirements of the industry 4 . 0 solutions, it anticipates the future of cloud computing for manufacturers.

  • Native integrations: While many ERP systems rely on external integrations for core functionality. Striven is a fully native solution for manufacturing, distribution, accounting, CRM, recruiting and HR, projects and production, inventory, operations, and more.
  • Responsiveness: Striven’s web-based architecture delivers a dynamic, customized experience right from your browser. To meet the needs for versatility in the office, warehouse, shop floor, field, or anywhere else you work, Striven is fully functional on desktops, laptops, tablets, and mobile devices and is committed to delivering and maintaining page load times of < 1 second.
  • Security: Striven adheres to the highest security standards. They participate in an annual SOC 2 Type II audit for controls related to the privacy, security, and availability of hosted systems. The data center responsible for hosting Striven’s application platform is protected from distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks through an upstream channel by “threat mitigation platforms” that are used in each of the Internet service providers that provide transmission. Additionally, deviation-based endpoint protection is utilized throughout the enterprise.

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Trello – a tool for teamwork https://www.openworkbench.org/trello-a-tool-for-teamwork/ Sat, 15 Apr 2023 09:59:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=83 Probably the most common, popular and favorite Kanban tool for keeping personal and team projects on track.

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Probably the most common, popular and favorite Kanban tool for keeping personal and team projects on track.

Firstly, because it is really convenient, easy to understand and well implemented visually.

Secondly, there is a free version with unlimited number of cards, boards, and participants, but its functionality is cut down. However, most people will not need these additional features.

Trello gives a complete picture of the project: what has already been done, what is in the works, what is to be done. Cards can be easily dragged from one column to another using drag & drop. You can attach files, insert links, invite participants, etc. Everything is simple, but at the same time the project management system gives a lot of opportunities for work.

Trello is a tool for teamwork, project management and increasing personal productivity. Trello allows you to work on projects both individually and as a team. The tool also gives you the opportunity to connect third-party performers to work on tasks and projects. Trello is available on computers as a desktop version, a browser version and a version for mobile devices.

A project in Trello is a separate board on which cards are placed in different columns. Columns can display the status of the tasks in them, as on a kanban board, or be a specific entity. Tasks in Trello are cards. Cards can either contain the task body (description, requirements, etc.) or contain information about an object.

Cards have many possibilities. They are designed for discussions, voting, uploading files and data. It is possible to set deadlines, assign text and color labels. To assign an executor to any task, you need to select it from the list of your work team in the card or simply drag the executor’s avatar to the task from the right. It is important to note that all team members see real-time changes and can monitor the status of individual performers – online or offline.

Trello features:

  • Board branding.
  • Access management.
  • Task automation.
  • Calendars and spreadsheets.
  • Notification system.
  • Setting deadlines.
  • Integration with popular services: Google Drive, Slack, Evernote and others.

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Hygger is a full-featured project management system https://www.openworkbench.org/hygger-is-a-full-featured-project-management-system/ Sat, 28 Jan 2023 10:08:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=89 This system allows you to manage your projects using several ways of task visualization: Kanban board, task list, Gantt chart. Everything looks quite attractive and intuitive.

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This system allows you to manage your projects using several ways of task visualization: Kanban board, task list, Gantt chart. Everything looks quite attractive and intuitive.

Hygger is suitable for organizing teamwork. It allows you to interact with your team, manage files necessary for the project, assign tasks and set deadlines.

The solution allows organizations to collect, organize and prioritize ideas, assign tasks and track project progress. Key features include time tracking, version control, release management and live activity streaming.

A work-in-progress board allows users to upload feature requests, user feedback, reviews, bugs and ideas from multiple sources. Product managers can use this data to identify patterns, develop additional features that need to be implemented, and submit them to Scrum or Kanban-style development boards.

The solution allows users to organize tasks and highlight bottlenecks with customizable labels. Hygger also offers a two-level comments feature that helps organize communication with other team members. Mobile apps are available for Android and iOS devices.

Hygger Advantages:

  • Does not require time to learn.
  • Intuitive interface.
  • Integrations with JIRA Software, Intercom, GitHub, Slack, DropBox, Google Drive.
  • Time tracking.
  • Support Services.
  • API

Disadvantages of Hygger:

  • Not suitable for large teams.

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Basecamp is an online service for project management https://www.openworkbench.org/basecamp-is-an-online-service-for-project-management/ Sat, 17 Dec 2022 10:05:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=86 Basecamp is an online project management service with a lightweight user interface. Basecamp allows creative and non-creative teams to increase productivity and organize work on projects.

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Basecamp is an online project management service with a lightweight user interface. Basecamp allows creative and non-creative teams to increase productivity and organize work on projects. The service combines tools for communication, task tracking, scheduling and file transfer. Users can access versions in the browser and on mobile devices.

Work in Basecamp takes place in a single space that hosts common tasks and chat for the company, teams and projects. These components include 6 elements for project management: project news feed, task sheet, documents and files, shared chat, calendar and automatic check-in. The Company tab contains general elements related to the whole team, the Teams tab contains elements related to the work of a certain department.

Tools allow you to keep your project on track without being distracted by third-party services. The News Feed helps to keep employees informed about the company, project or team. Ideas, plans, progress information and just news are published here. Task List contains a list of project tasks, tasks in the list are grouped and can be assigned to one person or team. In the general chat room, colleagues can discuss pressing issues and ask questions. In the calendar, the manager and coworkers identify important dates and plan future activities. Automated check-ins allow you to unobtrusively check in with employees about their accomplishments for the day with the help of questions.

A functional system for management, where everything you need is gathered in one place. Every team member will know what needs to be done, what the current status of the project is and where everything is located.

Basecamp is represented by several spaces.

To-do lists are created for all the work that needs to be done.

Message boards will help keep all communications on a certain topic in one place.

Graphs will show all the task dates and events in the project.

Storage for documents, files, and images is a convenient way to keep everything you need in one place.

Live group chat will help you ask questions and get answers quickly.

Check-in questions addressed to all participants in one place (Check-in questions) will replace statuses and standing meetings.

Basecamp features:

  • Maintain projects in one workspace.
  • File transfer and storage.
  • Shared chat and news feed.
  • Calendar with events and the ability to synchronize it with Google or Outlook calendar.
  • Assigning employees to tasks, setting deadlines, commenting.
  • Automatic check-in using questions.
  • View user activity.

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Asana: the ultimate project management for teams https://www.openworkbench.org/asana-the-ultimate-project-management-for-teams/ Thu, 10 Nov 2022 09:18:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=79 Asana is an online service for teamwork on projects, tracking tasks, building team communication and sharing documents.

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Asana is an online service for teamwork on projects, tracking tasks, building team communication and sharing documents. Asana includes a multifunctional set of tools that allows you to manage projects without being distracted by third-party services.

To work with the service, an organization needs to create a project and assign executors to it. A project in Asana can be viewed as a list of tasks or as a kanban board. The kanban board allows you to organize work on the project, employees will see the tasks that need to be done and their priority. Tasks in Asana are the main element of optimizing the workflow in the team. They allow you to move step-by-step to achieve the goals of the organization. You can add descriptions to tasks, prioritize them, attach files, assign due dates and executors, and add tags.

In Asana, project participants have a dashboard where they can view the tasks they need to complete or already completed, view statistics, and add charts and widgets they need. The organization can view the project plan on the charts, there they can also view the workload of employees and build further actions.

Asana features:

  • Workspace branding.
  • Chat and comments on tasks.
  • Project structuring through folders and sections.
  • Email verification.
  • Notification system.
  • Intelligent search.
  • Access control.
  • Integration with popular services for work: Microsoft Teams, Jira, Gmail and others.

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GanttPRO https://www.openworkbench.org/ganttpro/ Fri, 20 May 2022 09:09:00 +0000 https://www.openworkbench.org/?p=76 Working is simple: in minutes you create tasks, which are placed on the vertical axis, and specify their dates, which are displayed on the horizontal axis.

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This modern and professional project management system is an online Gantt chart.

Working is simple: in minutes you create tasks, which are placed on the vertical axis, and specify their dates, which are displayed on the horizontal axis. The result is a visualized chart, at a quick glance at which it is easy to understand the scope of work and dates on the project. PDF format is available.

GanttPRO is not just a Gantt chart. The tool is suitable for managing project resources and costs, as well as for teamwork and time tracking. GanttPRO is also an effective Agile project management system.

The scope of the system is unlimited: it can be construction, software and IT development, manufacturing, service industry, marketing campaign, event organization, training, etc. For these purposes, the service offers ready-made Gantt chart templates.

Advantages of GanttPRO:

  • Beautiful UX/UI design, intuitive interface.
  • Requires about 10 minutes to fully explore the tool.
  • Price-quality ratio.
  • Suitable for managing personal and team projects.
  • Ability to switch to task board.
  • Customizable columns for personalizing projects.
  • Powerful resource management capabilities.
  • Integration with JIRA Cloud, Google Drive, Slack.
  • Ready-made templates for quick start.
  • Project portfolio.

GanttPRO disadvantages:

  • No quick fix for dealing with repetitive tasks.

Affordable project management tool with an intuitive interface. Gives a clear picture of all tasks in personal and team projects.

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