Blkngold

I hope this is the correct forum for this question.

I am trying to find an application that can be used with Outlook to collaborate task, assignment and projects. I have a small team that work in different locations and share responsibilities. We need to share updates on various task without having to write extensive emails or track each other down for phone calls. We have more work than time and could really need the ability to share the info.

Anyone know of an application that can be used with Outlook and our Axims?

I have looked at "Getting Things Done" and Covey's Planplus but they are tailored to the individuals and do not share or collaborate.

Anybody has any golden nuggets of knowledge they wish to share?

Jogga

CyProj by CyWren maybe what you are looking for:

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Benefits: View Microsoft Project files anywhere Integrated with Pocket Outlook tasks and appointments Mail enabled - sends and receives plain text messages Update 8 project elements (Start, Finish, Notes, Work, etc.), then synchronize with desktop Microsoft Project file Transfer updates among project team members and clients 5 to 1 file compression Batch transfer of files via cyProj MultiSync

However, you'll need MS Project (not cheap) and multiple users can be difficult to manage! If your team are passive that is they use and react to the information that's OK, if they are dynamic information users (they amend the information) maintaining the integrity of the data can be problematic.

twmiller

Although I don't have an answer, try this wedsite http://www.dkeener.com/keenstuff/index.html

Blkngold

Originally Posted by Jogga

CyProj by CyWren maybe what you are looking for:However, you'll need MS Project (not cheap) and multiple users can be difficult to manage! If your team are passive that is they use and react to the information that's OK, if they are dynamic information users (they amend the information) maintaining the integrity of the data can be problematic.

I will have to look into this one.

coolabah

Originally Posted by Blkngold

I will have to look into this one.

well, if you're looking now at MS Project stuff then don't forget Twiddlebit Pocket Plan


http://www.twiddlebit.com/

I've been using this for a couple of years (but solo- I assume if Cyproj will work for your purposes then this will well & truly also)

Jogga

Certainly a good price, Coolabah. It looks like it will do the trick nicely...

Worth a look at some time in the future for me. :approve:

Blkngold

Originally Posted by coolabah

well, if you're looking now at MS Project stuff then don't forget Twiddlebit Pocket Plan http://www.twiddlebit.com/ I've been using this for a couple of years (but solo- I assume if Cyproj will work for your purposes then this will well & truly also)

Looks interesting...have you tried it? If yes, were you able to share the info. Were you able to update other team member's information automatically?

It has been suggested to me to look at MS SharePoint but I have very little exposure to this application. I have seen it but never used it.

PPCApache

Originally Posted by Blkngold

Looks interesting...have you tried it? If yes, were you able to share the info. Were you able to update other team member's information automatically? It has been suggested to me to look at MS SharePoint but I have very little exposure to this application. I have seen it but never used it.

(w) Hey Blkngold

I used to use MS Sharepoint at my last job, think of as an intranet... it was really good in sharing info, I could put tasks for our IT guys to complete, add documents now the great thing about documents is that if they were updated then I would receive an email advising that the doc had changes.

You would need exchange server 2003 as I know it comes with it, I would also be assuming that you have a wifi connection to a server / internet...

Good luck

Cheers

Jace

Blkngold

Originally Posted by PPCApache

(w) Hey Blkngold I used to use MS Sharepoint at my last job, think of as an intranet... it was really good in sharing info, I could put tasks for our IT guys to complete, add documents now the great thing about documents is that if they were updated then I would receive an email advising that the doc had changes. You would need exchange server 2003 as I know it comes with it, I would also be assuming that you have a wifi connection to a server / internet... Good luck Cheers Jace

I am looking into this because we have others in the company that are using this application for their projects. Thanks for the info. :approve:

I was looking for an application that is scalable so we could start out small. Our team is small 5-7 personnel. This application is powerful and it will work fine but its more of an enterprise solution.

Anyone else got any ideas?????