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Product Management software recommendations?

Jan 19, 2012 9:14 AM

Hi there -

 

I'm looking into options for tracking product development for a small toy company. I've looked into Filemaker, and have also come across: http://online-project-management-review.toptenreviews.com/
Currently I use excel but having something more robust to run status reports etc would ultimately be better. Being able to share (and limit what certain coworkers) can access is also important.

 

Thanks in advance for your thoughts.

 

- Luka

1798 Views   8 Replies   Latest reply: dave milbut, Feb 27, 2012 12:04 PM
 
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  • BigJohnD
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    1. BigJohnD,
    Jan 19, 2012 1:44 PM   in reply to luk a
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    Windchill ?

     
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  • luk a
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    2. luk a,
    Jan 20, 2012 6:35 AM   in reply to BigJohnD
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    Thanks for your suggestion John - I'll look into your recommendation.

     
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    3. BigJohnD,
    Jan 21, 2012 3:59 PM   in reply to luk a
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    Windchill is extremely powerful.

     

    My son is a Winchill Champion, leading on a Windchill product life database here in the UK for an international manufacturer of medical equipment, with all the servers located in Australia. He tells me Boeing use Windchill to track the manufacture and post sales development of every plane they make.

     
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    Jan 23, 2012 3:48 PM   in reply to luk a
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    I'd recommend taking a look at Workgroups. I used it for years at my last job with much success as far as keeping projects and employees on track and have since gone onto use the same company's online proofing software (which is included in their Workgroups Suite) for managing approvals of designs in my new business (which is more freelance work). They have a free version of Approval Manager (the proofing software) on their website. Worth a look IMO.

     
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    5. luk a,
    Jan 24, 2012 5:58 AM   in reply to cmt321
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    Thank you JohnD and cmt321.  I'll be sure to look into Workgroups as well. It's always exciting to learn new ways to be more efficient and streamline workflows. Your input is much appreciated.

     
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  • Christopher Duncan
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    6. Christopher Duncan,
    Feb 18, 2012 4:26 PM   in reply to luk a
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    Hi, Luk a.

     

    I'm not sure if this is appropriate or not, but you might look at Microsoft Project.It's a pretty robust project management app (and with power comes complexity). Used a lot in the software development world, don't know if it would translate nicely to your needs or not.

     

    Hope this helps,

     

    Chris

     
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    7. luk a,
    Feb 21, 2012 10:58 AM   in reply to Christopher Duncan
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    Thanks Chris - we are still reviewing our options - I'll take a look at your suggestion.

     
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  • dave milbut
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    8. dave milbut,
    Feb 27, 2012 12:04 PM   in reply to luk a
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    Second for MS Project. Natch in a windows environment.

     
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