Project management software smackdown

22.06.2012
Like the global economy, the world of project management and collaboration software seems to be divided into two significant groups: the "haves" and the "have-nots".

The "haves" are the big enterprise companies that enjoy having enough of an IT budget to afford solutions such as Microsoft SharePoint and Alfresco. It's not just the money, either: they have to be big enough to actually need such comprehensive tools.

Then there's the "have-nots," who look at such lofty tools and wistfully wonder why they can't get solutions like that for their smaller organizations.

The good news is, of course, that there are plenty of smaller (and scalable) project management and collaboration tools available for any size organization -- even individuals.

The tool class we're examining is more than a task manager -- these tools also include file management and other collaboration features that let project managers create start-to-finish platforms that project participants can use to share information, documents, and task assignments easily. Hopefully, they will let your team create on-the-fly management for projects without the big-ticket prices the "haves" will pay.