Is there a good web-based project management app with scheduling?

Question

Ideally something as intuitive as basecamp, with good usability and accessibility.

The best I've seen is huddle.net but it's still weak in several areas.

Must have:

1. Projects - ability to add people & tasks and schedule tasks to people
2. Calendar - showing when people are busy or available
3. Role based access - Admins and non-admins
4. History - ability to look back at all history

Anyone seen a product that's worth a look?

Clarification:

Must be hosted i.e. not require my own hardware or IT staff

I'm looking for an app to schedule people with specific tasks at specific times and monitor the outcomes.

I'm already using Mingle (for stories), Basecamp (to run the business) and Exceptional (to track bugs).

I'm not looking for a bug-tracking system or a story management application (I already looked at VersionOne, but chose Mingle due to it's nicer UI)

My response to the answer being auto-selected:

I still don't feel the answer (chosen for me) is the correct one. It's a useful list but little more, and doesn't provide the solution I was seeking.

Answer 1

Zoho Project is decent and free for a single project. The calendar and task assignment is pretty good.

We have run into usability issues but it still may be worth checking out.

Answer 2

Check out projectpier , a spin-off of activeCollab. Quite a decent interface, has lots of features.

There used to be a software called Mindquarry, which has an amazing UI. But development has stopped, and the feature set is pretty limited.

Answer 3

The AppExchange that is integreated with SalesForce.com provides a large selection of plugin applications that run under SalesForce.com's service management/delivery.

Here's a link to the specific AppExchange apps that relate to Project Management:

http://www.salesforce.com/appexchange/category_list.jsp?NavCode__c=a0130000006P6IoAAK-a3&

Answer 4

Rather than using the spin-off (projectpier) use the real thing http://www.activecollab.com/. My company is currently in the process of switching to http://www.easyprojects.net/, from Active Collab

Answer 5

Might be worth checking out LiquidPlanner

Answer 6

Why not FogBugz? (http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBUGZ/)

• Wiki
• Project Management
• Evidence-Based Scheduling
• Bug Tracking
• Customer Email
• Discussion Groups

And tons more features: http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/details.html

And they have an on-demand version too (hosted): http://www.fogcreek.com/FogBugz/IntrotoOnDemand.html

Answer 7

Check out DeskAway - its got:

1. Projects - ability to add people & tasks and schedule tasks to people (YES)
2. Calendar - showing when people are busy or available (Partly - does not show when people are busy)
3. Role based access - Admins and non-admins (YES, completely permission-based)
4. History - ability to look back at all history (Yes, with RSS)

Take a free trial at www.deskaway.com

Answer 8

Project management. Web-based. Scheduling. History. Roles. Calendar.

Doesn't basecamp do all of this already?

Answer 9

Check out Intervals, a web-based app that offers lightweight scheduling in the form of a calendar and task and project start and end dates. It is a great web based project management app for developers:

Answer 10

Although not available as a hosted service as far as I am aware, I would like to point people towards http://www.redmine.org - very nicely done and actively supported (oh and free of course).

Answer 11

We are currenly using a mixture of Basecamp and RedMine, but don't forget to check Pivotal Tracker too.

Answer 12

15 Useful Project Management Tools

Answer 13

One system that seems to be incredibly flexible is ]project-open[. It's even open-source: http://www.project-open.com/

Synopsis:

]po[ is a Web-based "Enterprise Project Management" software for project-based organizations with 2-200 users. ]po[ integrates areas such as CRM, sales, project planning, project tracking, collaboration, timesheet, invoicing and payments.

Answer 14

I once got a short look at devshop.com. Totally web based it seems to have a nice looking not overwhelming ui. Though - if comparing to big systems like MS Project or even more specialized ones - it doesn't support every bit of what one might think of.

Answer 15

I second Sascha on devshop.com, which I tried a little bit some time ago.

(From memory here...) You can schedule tasks to people, who is or isn't users on devshop themselves. There's estimates, and optional automatic error margins based on estimation history vs real time used. Tasks can be grouped, and set to depend on other tasks. There's milestones and a few more interesting things...

Free to try out on a small scale - one project, a few (real) users, if I remember correctly.

Answer 16

Nothing better than the open-source ClockingIt, (based on ruby)

Answer 17

More an issue management tool than a project management tool, but I (and other people in the company) found it very useful too for project management: Gemini from Countersoft

Answer 18

Take a look at Liquid Planner.

www.liquidplanner.com

Answer 19

Another recommendation here for Project Open. You can run it yourself or hosted as SAS (Software as a Service). It's open source, but with incredibly high quality code. The feature list is very impressive too.

Answer 20

i like to keep it simple; google spreadsheets

my method is based on joel spolsky's older scheduling methodology, ive just put it online for improved collaboration

i go into more depth here -> Project Schedules with Google Spreadsheets

--LM

Answer 21

VisionProject is an extremely powerful tool for Project Management, Issue Tracking and HelpDesk functionality.

Answer 22

Go for project 2010.. this project management scheduling software makes it much easier to improve efficiency. If you really have too many projects to manage and schedule then Microsoft's project managing software is the best, preferred by most professionals.