marissa project management review

For this week, I chose to look into Monday and Click Up project management programs. They both appealed to me as they both have free user options, albeit with limited number of team members and functions- but for a singular project like this luncheon, or for a company just starting out, the free price can be extremely welcoming! In my research it appears both companies have very similar features with the ability to make customizable Gantt charts, load them onto a project dashboard that can make team collaboration a breeze, and have mobile app accessibility. Click Up appears to be a bit more customizable than Monday, however, and users report the latter being over simplistic and lacking in some critical features such as cost tracking. A downside of Click Up, though is that your Gantt charts can only be downloaded as PDFs, making it hard to integrate with other software programs. At their respective higher price tiers/subscriptions, however, both offer more extensive management tools like critical path identification, built-in project management reports, and team communication tools which can easily be worth the cost!

In all, I would say what project management program to choose varies greatly on what types/scopes of projects you or your team are managing. Factoring in items like project/task complexity, team size, available visual and analytical tools, and stakeholder accessibility are all crucial in determining what program will suit the team’s needs best and managers would be wise to be somewhat familiar with several different platforms.

References:

Landau, P. (2023, November 20). 14 Best Gantt Chart Software of 2024 (Free & Paid). ProjectManager.

• respond to the above by showing In this class, we have learned about the project critical path. For the luncheon, what schedule task do you feel, if the delivery date is missed, puts the luncheon date at risk?

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