Project Management with Google Apps?
ByThere are hordes of free and non-free project management tools available, especially online.
If someone wants a reliable system and doesn’t want to spring for Basecamp or any of the other myriad of systems available, what is he or she to do?
Well, with the addition of Google Sites to the Google Apps suite, we have one more option to try out. I’ll be giving it a shot for one of my projects.
While it’s not a true project management system, it does provide an easy way to create new projects (simply create a new site) and group all the required files in one place. You can easily create pages with lists or whatever you need to track with the built-in page templates.
Some of the helpful links I found:
http://sites.google.com/a/altostrat.com/project-eggplant/Home
https://uto.asu.edu/blog/2008/02/29/strap-on-your-rocket-shoes-google-sites-for-asu
http://meetings.abanet.org/ltrc/index.cfm?data=20080317 (scroll down to the second post)
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P.S. I made a 17 minute video explaining how to use Google Apps for project management in more detail.
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8 Comments
April 23rd, 2008 at 1:45 am
Take a look at gGanttic. It is a PM (Gantt actually) on top of Google Spreadsheet. Still buggy but has a potential.
(Fair disclosure: I wrote it, out of frustration with MS Project)
April 23rd, 2008 at 6:38 am
Michael,
Thanks for that. I’ll give your app a try.
December 26th, 2008 at 1:07 am
You have to check out http://www.manymoon.com its the only to online free web application that works with google apps
Manymoon is a secure to do list and project management application for Google Apps! Manymoon is like Basecamp and Sharepoint for Google Docs.
* Private and Shared To Do List (attach Google Docs)
* Turn emails into tasks, receive daily reminders
* Projects and milestones linked to Google Doc
* Add tasks to google Calendar
http://www.google.com/enterprise/marketplace/viewListing?productListingId=5019093+13553431478272645297
January 15th, 2009 at 11:41 am
Hey Steve, that looks really good… especially the integration with the Google apps. I’ll put Manymoon through it’s paces and see if it works for me.
March 10th, 2009 at 7:42 pm
Are you still using Google Apps for project management? How did ManyMoons work out?
March 11th, 2009 at 9:32 am
Ed,
I ended up sticking with Basecamp. I’m still interested in other solutions for smaller projects or to use in organizations other than my business. I’d like to make use of Google Docs or Apps since they are used so widely and accessible to anyone, anywhere.
May 12th, 2009 at 6:17 am
Hi Darrel,
Just to add to your pile of tools … my partner and I built ProjectGoo which integrates MS Project Standard of Pro with GCal and GDocs … it’s a full collaboration platform and has been tested with a team of 5 and a team of 50. Happy to give you a tour …
July 24th, 2009 at 8:46 am
[...] Darrel Hawes covers some of the benefits and shares links to thirs party apps to make Google Apps more fluent. In Appfrica’s review of the best and worst project managment apps, Google Apps ranked a 3.9, receiving a 1 out of 5 for not being open source. In the grand scheme of things, I don’t care if it’s open source or not, and at a price point of $0, it’s still great. Keizng reviews Google Docs and compares it to a few other similar services, it says, Google Calendar is beautiful to bits. Clearly they are a fan. [...]