Don't sleep on Teamwork
Overall Satisfaction with Teamwork Projects
We use Teamwork.com for our marketing department. There are many marketing divisions using the tool in different ways to meet their needs. Our organizational use of the platform grew organically from one team in corporate to a handful and eventually all marketing functions. It serves as the system of record for project-related work. We also manage maintenance or "run" tasks for things like our website, social media teams, creative services and more.
Pros
- governance and user access control for partners like vendors and contractors
- flexible views using task lists, gant charts and kanban boards
- integration with file management systems of record (Box, Drive, Sharepoint, OneDrive)
- project portfolios for roll-ups of multiple projects
- real-time synchronization between devices (phone to desktop to laptop)
- integrations via Zapier
Cons
- integration with Microsoft Teams
- Gantt chart view is a little tricky to work with
- customer success managers could be a bit more proactive
- using a web-based PM tool enables our team to leverage global talent, lowering staffing costs
- working in a single system of record enables better collaboration and gets work done faster
- smooth operations ensure expectations for work to be done are set and met
I've been a dedicated user of Asana and Basecamp, a dabbling user for Trello, a highly impressed Workfront prospect and I helped transition some teams from Redbooth. Some of the drag and drop efficiency from Asana and Basecamp aren't quite there in Teamwork but I think it makes up for it with the advanced task list, templating and portfolio features. I especially like how it scales to handle time estimating, time tracking, workload forecasting and user access control for getting vendors and contractors into our work management system of record.
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