Base Camp Software Team Project Tools

BaseCamp Software Basecamp is an online project management and collaboration tool Free plan is available but does not have all the collaboration functionality (file sharing, time tacking and secure login) Paid Plans can be demoed before purchasing BC can support multiple projects Can provide an overview for to do tasks of multiple projects Can provide an overview for calendar of multiple projects

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Basecamp Features All Plans Multiple Projects (starting with 1 on free plan) Multiple Users Per project (unlimited Users) Easy to Use Tabs for Navigation Community and Support Forum –Announcements, Bug reports, Feature requests –Tips and tricks, developers, general discussion To-do by Category Sub Tasks (item with in a To-do) Activity Time Line lists all events Notes Files can be viewed by all team members Tickets (documentation of issues) available , RSS feeds and global iCalendar available for notifications

Basecamp Features Paid Plans Milestone (Calendar) –tracks tasks Chat Administrator controls –Users and Profiles

Collaboration Tools Jointly Authored Pages –Message Board –Shared List Information Access –Shared File Repository –RSS Resource Planning –Scheduling Resources –Scheduling Tasks –Shared Calendars

Ease Of Use Upper right of first page contains a drop down –My Dashboard for: Listing/Adding Projects Setting Account Info Viewing Subscription –List of Projects Lists all of your projects Choose PM440 Demo –Tabs allow navigation through all features

Tabs Dashboard –Home:Lists projects and tasks –Activity Time Line –Users and Profiles –Project Settings To-dos –View (edit and delete based on profile) –Add Notes (allows file attachments) Milestones –New Event –View –Event List Messages –New Messages –Add comments. White Board –Where text can be collaborated on. Chat

Other Stuff Other setting like permissions, colors, logo and photos. It has a nice feature where you can search the whole project for specific text. Provide templates for different projects. Has RSS and iCALENDAR features.

Take A Test Drive BaseCamp: created 30 accounts from student1- student30 Password:

Considerations When considering a project management system, things to keep in mind are: Budget available Feature Requirements –Administrative Control –Team Size –Document Storage –File Sharing Capabilities –Activity Timeline/Calendar of Events –Time Tracking –Types of Team Discussions