Project Insight Integration with Outlook


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  by - Dave Garrett

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Project Insight Integration with Outlook

Situation: You Use ProjectInsight in a MS Environment.

PM Tool vendors have been all about SaaS for the last year or two. All of the tools emphasize the following traits:
  • less expensive,
  • easier to implement,
  • simple and easy to use
The smaller ones generally come up lacking when applied to larger complex efforts. While larger, complex tools turn out to be more than new PMs can handle or use for common 3-6 month projects.

All of the factors above contribute to the success of SaaS - but USABILITY is what really sells. Thats why I find this move by ProjectInsight so interesting. It brings together the usability of a simple software tool with the email client that most of us "live" in. Essentially it integrates Outlook Tasks into ProjectInsight projects - bridging the gaps between those users that never want to look at a project plan if they can avoid it, with the people who depend on the plan to deliver their work. That's something that Microsoft themselves have only delivered (MSP to Outlook Tasks) within the past year.

Project Insight is a tool I've written about in the past. It's easy for new PMs to use, while still delivering many of the basic capabilities more seasoned PMs demand for small to mid-size projects. I've also written about Outlook integration with MS Project. Take a quick look and see what you think...



| Posted: March 28, 2008 04:44 PM | Permalink |


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