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March 9, 2010 / 12 Comments
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I was having a conversation last week with the owner/developer of a widely used Basecamp Application and I wanted to share the conversation with you. He and I were discussing people transitioning from Basecamp – ie they are using basecamp as their primary collaboration or project management tool, but have decided, to move to another solution. Here’s what I was able to gather:

  • A majority of the users of this particular application have revealed that they will be moving to an inhouse or internal tool to manage their projects.
  • Other SAAS services are 2nd on people’s list – These included Wrike, Liquid Planner, Zoho & 5pm Web – I have investigated all of these with the exception of Liquid Planner (I will review in future posts).
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  • Nothing – many companies/projects going away (out of business)

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  • http://www.wrike.com/ Daria

    It’s great to hear you’re investigating Wrike. Let us know if you have any questions, we’re always glad to help. Please send your feedback to support at team dot wrike dot com.

  • http://basecampreview.wordpress.com Zach Katkin

    Hi Daria,

    I definitely am. I hadn’t heard of it until last week, but now it seems it is everywhere. Isn’t that the way with a new product/service or even word you learn of? More to come.

    Zach

  • http://thecriticalchain.blogspot.com/2010/02/tale-of-two-pm-tools-sequel.html Dina

    LiquidPlanner is an excellent option and they are about to release their API from BETA. This will open up even more opportunities. What I found (as I’m sure others did too) is that Basecamp is decent as a collaboration site but is lacking so many other useful features for serious project management (reliable scheduling, task prioritization, time tracking, reporting), that I needed LiquidPlanner to really help me manage my projects. LP gives me a great collaboration system along with a whole other list of valuable features.

    I look forward to hearing your impressions of the system!

    • http://basecampreview.wordpress.com Zach Katkin

      Thanks for stopping by Dina. I look forward to checking it out too.

      Zach

  • http://www.clarizen.com Gil

    We (Clarizen) just posted a case study last week (http://www.clarizen.com/Resources/CaseStudies/AstonishResults.aspx) of yet another team ‘growing out of Basecamp’.
    Basecamp is a great collaboration tool but when it comes to core PM features, such as dependencies and hierarchies, you’re best off looking elsewhere.

    • http://basecampreview.wordpress.com Zach Katkin

      Hi Gil,

      Thanks for stopping by, I’ll be sure to check out Clarizen and the case study you reference. Thanks again,

      Zach

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