Poll: What feature would you appreciate most in a Project Management application? Thread poster: ProZ.com Staff
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This forum topic is for the discussion of the poll question "What feature would you appreciate most in a Project Management application?".
This poll was originally submitted by Marta Molina. View the poll results »
| | | | | I don't use any PM solution | Apr 13, 2019 |
I have nothing so complex to manage that a simple Excel file won’t solve. I like to keep things simple…
[Edited at 2019-04-13 09:15 GMT]
| | | | EvaVer (X) 
Local time: 02:22
Czech to French
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| I hate PM solutions! | Apr 13, 2019 |
Every client develops their own, who is supposed to use 50 different systems? Unless they use Plunet, which is one of the worst ones. The one-click invoicing, where it exists, is the only useful feature - to me, I can believe the system is helpful for the agency.
| | | | DZiW (X)
Ukraine
English to Russian
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Many years ago I used online tools an MS Project, PrimaVera, or simply visualized time-tracking/progress in Excel, but not now--and I'm happy)
By the definition, a PM (not withstanding the skills and requirements) is but a scapegoat.
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| No PM application for me | Apr 13, 2019 |
At least not now that I have developed my own procedures and subscribe to an accounting system, where I do the invoicing.
| | | | Ricki Farn
Germany
Local time: 02:22
English to German
| No PM application for me either | Apr 13, 2019 |
In German, it's called "firing cannons at sparrows". Apparently, the English translation is "cracking a nut with a sledgehammer". Either way, you get the idea.
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 21:22
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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| PM application, lol! | Apr 13, 2019 |
PM apps are for those who (1) are insecure enough not to make their own control spreadsheets in Excel. There are no features any app can offer that you can't to the same in Excel, whatsoever; (2) have enough money to spend in unnecessary apps/software. It's similar to people who pay accountants to do their controls and their tax returns. Absolutely unnecessary, and you can do it yourself (actually a LOT better) if you are willing to spend some time in learning how to.
| | | | | Can't see a need for any | Apr 13, 2019 |
There are only so many translation projects that a single translator can handle, so there isn't any kind of large volume of projects to manage.
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| Tax accounting | Apr 14, 2019 |
Mario Freitas wrote:
It's similar to people who pay accountants to do their controls and their tax returns. Absolutely unnecessary, and you can do it yourself (actually a LOT better) if you are willing to spend some time in learning how to.
That depends where you are. In Greece the tax regulations change frequently, so unless you want to spend time keeping yourself up to date on a permanent basis, it makes sense to pay a professional.
I agree about the PM business, though. I manage perfectly well using Excel, with one sheet per client and a summary page at the start.
| | | | Kay Denney
France
Local time: 02:22
French to English
A paper diary for deadlines and a scrap of paper for a to-do list are all I need.
I have an Excel file for my accounts, but that's accounting not project management.
At the agency we simply had one plastic sleeve for each project and we printed everything and kept it all in order. Then when we were bought out, I no had to do project management. They introduced Plunet at some point, luckily it didn't change anything for me as an in-house translator. I did have to sit i... See more A paper diary for deadlines and a scrap of paper for a to-do list are all I need.
I have an Excel file for my accounts, but that's accounting not project management.
At the agency we simply had one plastic sleeve for each project and we printed everything and kept it all in order. Then when we were bought out, I no had to do project management. They introduced Plunet at some point, luckily it didn't change anything for me as an in-house translator. I did have to sit in on a couple of training sessions and they were easily the most boring hours of my stint working there. ▲ Collapse
| | | | Mario Freitas
Brazil
Local time: 21:22
Member (2014)
English to Portuguese
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Philip Lees wrote:
That depends where you are. In Greece the tax regulations change frequently, so unless you want to spend time keeping yourself up to date on a permanent basis, it makes sense to pay a professional.
In Brazil, the rules and laws change practically every day, above all in an attempt to take as much money from the citizen as possible and to fool them into making mistakes and paying more on purpose. However, it's still a matter of insecurity or laziness to pay someone else to do that for you, unless you have a company. My comment did not consider a company, as that requires an accountant most of the time, indeed.
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