5pm™ - project management on time

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1. • radrew

   Does this offer anything different than the dozens of other time tracking applications out there?

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2. • theoworlds

   Radrew, that's a great question.

   In terms of features - we implemented what worked for us and skipped what we thought is redundant. It's difficult to find the right mix, as there is no such a thing, since each team works in their own way. That's why we were developing our own project manager for about four years now (we had an old version called PTManager). And that's why there are so many PM applications out there. It's about finding the right balance, as the core features are common.

   To mention new features, I would point to two things. Firstly - the interface. We spent a lot of time designing an interface which is very fast to navigate. Everything is within a click or two. We consider the UI being very important, since any pm application is just a tool. Less time navigating and clicking around, means more time for actual work. For example, coders usually hate to spend time on reporting, so our model for them was "get in. get out. fast".

   Second, I would like to mention our Flash timeline. It gives an alternative view to the projects and tasks and helps visualizing the durations and deadlines (kind of simplified Gantt). In time we plan to make it fully editable, which means you will be able to drag the tasks around the timeline. We think it will be pretty cool.

   So this is just version one of our new tool. There is more to come - the feedback from our users will dictate that.

   Thanks for checking.

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