Basecamp
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- olli1010
I've been using it for a few years - it's fantastic BUT...
1: If your clients are more "corporate-ish" and only understand Microsoft Project, you're fighting a major battle in trying to get them to adopt Basecamp.
2: It doesn't do GANTT charts and it's not supposed to. If you can live with that - you're set. It works great for Agile type situations.
3: It doesn't really work if you're planning to have the client or developers work through one person. It's really about everyone discussing and moving together as a team online. This means that the client WILL criticize designs as they are posted and speak directly to your team. That's what it does - if that scares you, it's not for you.
4: 37 Signals are a great company and I have a lot of respect for them but don't waste your time trying to convince them to add something you feel should be there. They do what they want and don't really care about customer feedback*. (care about reading it yes - implementing it, no)
Otherwise, it's good.
If Basecamp isn't really up to it for you - try Copper Project as well. It's also quite good.
The more people we get off MS Project, the better.