Despite all the benefits of using Basecamp as a project management system, it is really a big pain in other ways. It’s a little bit like what Winston Churchill said back in 1947, “Indeed, it has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all those other forms that have been tried from time to time”. Switching “democracy” for “Basecamp” in that sentence still makes it sound just as true.
Anyway, changing project management systems is a pretty big deal, and you really want to read up quite a bit before venturing out on something like that. But after spending a weekend on research, I think I’ve settled on a system that we’ll at least give a real chance out in the field.
This system is Manymoon and is a really slick and simple system with descent Google Apps integration. Overall it works just the way I want it, even though I kind of miss the Basecamp look and feel.
I haven’t clocked that many hours yet with Manymoon, so I can’t give you the full review yet, but the general impression is really good. Some of the drawbacks I’ve noticed so far is that tasks don’t sync with Google Tasks, that the name is awful, and that you cant do “select all” on contacts, which is a pain if you’ve (like me) imported over a thousand contacts and you change your mind. Removing them is a several hour project.
So if you’re in the same situation as we where at Honesty, working with a mess of Google Apps and Basecamp, this might be just the thing for you. Try it out and join us here to discuss your impressions.
See you soon!
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