If you have been reading along, my last post was about Working Smart. Today, I followed that exact advice to evaluate 9 possible ideas, building out vision, team and shielding after prioritizing the top 3.
In the previous article, I mentioned how your vision should be decomposed into steps - tasks that you can check off a list. But where to keep that list? Well, I have evaluated DOZENS of software titles for project management, and of course, what works for one person might be different for another, but my favorites, so far are:
Now, you might be asking "Where is Jira?" Listen, I know a lot of teams that successfully use Jira, but in all honesty, it is so slow and clunky. I wait 3-5 seconds per mouse click... magnify that time across an entire day of updates, and then across your team. That's all time that is wasted. Not too mention, the product is not all that intuitive. On the flip side, it is not very expensive and can be customized a gazillion ways...for folks who want to invest the time to do that or if your organization supports a bunch customized workflows. My needs are a lot simpler, I don't need all that capability, so Quire or Azendoo are just better for the "get it done" mindset, imho.
That's all this post was about. Getting the word out on some cool project tracking gadgetry. Happy...decomposing?
