Comments on: Searching for the perfect admin tool http://www.mattking.org/2008-01/searching-for-the-perfect-admin-tool.html Too many projects, too little time Mon, 08 Sep 2008 18:45:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Sahil Parikh http://www.mattking.org/2008-01/searching-for-the-perfect-admin-tool.html#comment-1037 Sahil Parikh Tue, 29 Jan 2008 10:58:07 +0000 http://www.mattking.org/2008-01/searching-for-the-perfect-admin-tool.html#comment-1037 We just finished creating the admin tool for DeskAway.com - a project collaboration tool with inbuilt Reporting. Luckily our designer who had earlier worked with the UI mocked up a UI for the admin tool. Everyone liked it and it was approved within days and it saved the developer a lot of time! We just finished creating the admin tool for DeskAway.com - a project collaboration tool with inbuilt Reporting. Luckily our designer who had earlier worked with the UI mocked up a UI for the admin tool. Everyone liked it and it was approved within days and it saved the developer a lot of time!

]]> By: john reeve http://www.mattking.org/2008-01/searching-for-the-perfect-admin-tool.html#comment-1031 john reeve Mon, 28 Jan 2008 17:04:23 +0000 http://www.mattking.org/2008-01/searching-for-the-perfect-admin-tool.html#comment-1031 We tried out several different tools and couldn't find one that did everything we needed. Our primary need was time tracking. This was a few years ago when there were far fewer options available. We tried going the route of duct-taping features onto an open source tool. That worked for a little while, and really helped us define what we would need from an admin tool, but it wasn't a long-term solution. In the end, we rolled our own admin tool that fits best our workflow needs as a small web development shop; task and time tracking, reporting, document sharing, and billing. We have since turned it into a web-based project management tool called <a href="http://www.myintervals.com" title="Intervals" rel="nofollow">Intervals</a>. It definitely covers the features of basecamp and goplan combined, but probably not wordpress. We tried out several different tools and couldn’t find one that did everything we needed. Our primary need was time tracking. This was a few years ago when there were far fewer options available. We tried going the route of duct-taping features onto an open source tool. That worked for a little while, and really helped us define what we would need from an admin tool, but it wasn’t a long-term solution.

In the end, we rolled our own admin tool that fits best our workflow needs as a small web development shop; task and time tracking, reporting, document sharing, and billing. We have since turned it into a web-based project management tool called Intervals. It definitely covers the features of basecamp and goplan combined, but probably not wordpress.

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