My client is considering switching project management platforms - they use Wrike now, but don't love it. Any suggestions for platforms to consider? Bonus points for ones that integrate with Microsoft and don't suck on a Mac.

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I personally really like work front. Never was a fan of wrike or Asana

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Workfront is borderline unusable.

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So many. Asana, Linear, Airtable even. It’s a fucking wormhole. Start with a list of what is liked and not liked. And requirements (does it need to do DAM too? What esoteric price of accounting shit does it have to work with to keep the financial engine from breaking?This is a good time to get some facetime and lunches with new people in new departments). Then (if applicable) make note of the pkm system they use (agile, lean, waterfall, whatever) and the best tools for supporting it.

Now you have something you can run though an ai deep research, ask around hacker news with, have in your head while looking at stack exchange, etc.

Also, I’d recommend reframing how you think about the whole endeavor. Instead of inviting the chaos of “switching” platforms, think of it as an opportunity to bring in a backup system.

Say “if this thing broke today. If Russian hackers just *poof* deleted Wrike, what is the fallback?”

Solve for that. Then, if you like the new fallback system better, switch and create a system to where things are backed up in a way to where you can always switch back to wrike if needed. Now you’ve solved a much more interesting and important problem than “I’m not sure I like this software.”

This also makes it pretty easy to strike up conversations and get demos with all the different platforms.

To pressure test the new system, use it for low priority shit like planning an office party.

It depends on what they are tracking and what programs it should integrate with, and how complex the integration needs to be.
I do this for businesses and although I have preferred tools, evaluating the company’s must haves vs nice to haves is the most important step.

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