This seems like a great idea to me. It looks very much like salesforce.com which is a Web-based service with which I've worked.
I might be a little nervous about depending on both the Internet infrastructure (waiting for another myDoom worm to slow it down) and an external vendor for something as critical as project management software and an external database.
On the other hand, the learning curve for new project managers would probably be a heck of a lot less than MS Project 2003.
It would also expose the project management process to more of the project team in a way that would be comprehensible to them and perhaps even get them involved in the record-keeping aspects that are so essential to a successful project. On the downside, I see little in the Overview associated with serious project management tasks such as resource allocation, resource leveling, and resource assignment.
But I guess I'll have to wait until I find my next job to give it a try.
Posted by artandscience at February 11, 2004 04:34 PM