Crushing the chaos
February 22, 2018
Crushing the chaos
Score 9 out of 10
Vetted Review
Verified User
Overall Satisfaction with Airtable
We needed an application to coordinate the many projects being deployed, as well as those in planning. Our staff work in many different locations, so the mobile app is key. Some use Macs, others PC. We had to select a cross-platform product. We are visual people, a mix of creatives and producers, making the flexible views key to maintaining product use. Having the attachments within the table should make us more efficient if we are working in the office, at a satellite location, while traveling, or at home.
I have managed too many projects with post-its and flip charts. This incorporates the way we think, visualize and track projects. It is as if they came into the office, looked over my shoulder and adopted our methodology. Finally!
I have managed too many projects with post-its and flip charts. This incorporates the way we think, visualize and track projects. It is as if they came into the office, looked over my shoulder and adopted our methodology. Finally!
- Eating the elephant one bit at time -- a visual way to make this point and prevent people from being overwhelmed.
- Checklist -- at its most simple core this is a super sexy checklist. Progress inspires everyone to keep pushing forward.
- Capable of handling any task, no matter how complex or over a protracted time line.
- Ramp up is always tricky. The video clips are helpful, but with all of these 21st center web hosted products it takes time for the user to learn what something/some task is called before you can reach a help center search that helps. Most of the app is intuitive, so this is rare, but pesky nonetheless.
- Positive -- we have removed the communication drops and chaos of being a very busy workforce.
- Negative -- startup and the learning curve always drains some resources, but we feel time invested now will have a big payoff.
Airtable had everything we wanted, especially document management. The other products we looked at seemed to have a single focus. This did it all.