I thought I’d start with a lesser known web application for my review of project management.

Project 360 claims to have “all of the features you need and none of the features you don’t. It makes your life easier and your work more efficient. ”

Well I can certainly say that it has some features that I do need - eg gantt charts (although this is one of the system least impressive features). But just how usable is the system?

It is very pastel and grey in appearance. I have no problem with the design per se, but one of the biggest bugbears I have with some applications is the lack of personalization and that appears to be the case here. At the very least I’d like some color palettes to play with.

That said, the system is very easy to use and seems quite responsive. It is easy to figure what goes where and what to do without having to resort to the user manual.

There seems to be a couple of fundamental points that would stop me using Project 360.

1. No way of importing information. Unfortunately this is often the case with web applications - developers take note!!

2. No way of exporting information. This is more serious: let’s suppose we enter a mountain of information, and then six months later decide to move to another application. Well you can export all the data, it is effectively locked in.

3. Lack of personalization

All in all, Project 360 is a good product, that with a few extra bells and whistles could be a great product. But there’s nothing here to sway me away from our existing set up.