Mavenlink: A Masterful Tool for Project Management
Use Cases and Deployment Scope
Kantata is used across our entire organization. We use it as a project management tool. We manage monthly, recurring marketing projects/services as well as one time, web development projects. Kantata helps us manage budgets and timelines in real-time. Kantata also provides insights into our bottom line and helps us project future needs to continue growing our business.
Pros
- Real-time view of budgets/burn rate
- Time entry is easy
- Integrates well with Google Drive
- Provides a central location for all project information
- Helps us to accurately forecast how long it takes to do things
- Custom Task Statuses
Cons
- Checklist items need to be checked off before a task can be marked complete
- The mobile version isn't good
- Integration with Trello
Most Important Features
- Quick and Easy View of Project Burn Rates
- Easy Time Entry
- Templates for Cloning Projects
- Custom Task Statuses
Return on Investment
- Easier to enter time into tasks/projects (estimate 5 hours/week used per Project Manager & 2 hours/week used for other staff clocking in and out prior to Kantata)
- Real time view of budgets/burn rates (estimate 2 hours/project of time used to see burn rates per project prior to Kantata)
- Better insights into estimating project costs (Having a real time view of budgets has helped us improve our estimations and see a better ROI on projects.)
- Quickly able to view the status of tasks for each project with customizable task statuses
Usability
Alternatives Considered
Asana, Smartsheet, Trello and monday.com
Other Software Used
Trello, Slack, Google Drive







