Easy Projects .NET
A couple of days ago I received an email from this company saying that they thought that their solution would meet my requirements. I’m afraid that it doesn’t.
Easy Projects .NET is primarily a task and billing tool that seems to be oriented towards marketing agencies that wish to manage multiple client projects. The opening page gives a project summary and along the top are the options Notifications, Message Board, Workflow History and Project Activities.
The workflow history and project activities sections are mainly reports, though you do have the possibility to add new activities to the latter. Strangely there is no calender associated with these. The message board is just that, there is no forum/discussion functionality. Notifications is simply an administration feature that allows you to choose when and how you would like to be notified of changes. That’s it! Considering the limited numbered of options the interface is overly complicated and I keep wondering whether I’ve missed something… One thing that drove me crazy was the opening of new windows at nearly every turn. I had 5 open at one stage!!
This one is not for me.
Tags: billing, online, task management
June 13th, 2008 at 11:19 am
I’ve just received this feedback from the company.
“I just wanted to send you a message and say thank you for taking the time to look at and review Easy Projects .NET. I understand that our product can’t fit everyone’s needs and we really do value your feedback immensely. I noticed that our calendar feature somehow escaped you and I am sorry that it was not as evident as we would like it to be- currently, it can be accessed through the “My Projects” tab along the top. As far as “windows at nearly every turn” are concerned, we introduced the feature a few version ago at the request of some of our customers, but have since received many complaints about it. We take customer feedback very seriously and I know that version 6.0, which is being developed as we speak and slated for release at the end of the summer will eliminate the window problem. Again, thank you for giving Easy Projects .NET your time.”
I must say that the company seem to be very responsive, which is always a good point!!