Basecamp - Project Management

I've been encouraged to implement all sorts of project management or communication tools in years past. With almost all of them, it felt like another burdensome step when we already had so much to do. Also, there tends to be this fake ability to show progress… "I've moved from 40% to 60% complete on that task!" And all you've done is change a number in a program. This is different. It's so simple and quick to use and powerful, so that everyone joins in and starts adopting it right away. Successes come easily and that encourages people to use it more. Everyone is communicating and all those communications are now stored and available so no information gets lost. It delivers results right away it is changing my project management life! Totally worth it.

I use this for a student organization at my college, but I can tell that it would be an amazing tool for a small-midsize business looking to keep on top of everything. It helps organize, plan, and stay in the loop, AND their customer service is fantastic. Couple that with new additions that only improve the experience and never seem to complicate things, and I'm so glad I found Basecamp. Everyone in my organization loves it. I can't say whether it works for larger businesses, but for smaller groups it's perfect.

I really do enjoy this app and it’s great for coordinating. However the only thing that I wish the would fix and improve is the notifications for messaging. Sometimes people receive the notifications and sometimes no. If the feature was more like an instant messaging then it would make communication easier with the teams. I did send them an email about this but their only response was that “no this is not something that can be done.” That is why I did not give them 5 stars, because with technology advancing and for them not to have this feature doesn’t make this product complete. All of this is of course in my opinion.

We've been using Basecamp for years and have been very happy with it. Our team has never had a problem with the app until recently. 1. Answering Automatic Check-ins on the app posts answers for the following day instead of for the current day. This is indicated by an "Update" button/link instead of a "Save" button/link. This happens with a few of our team members. Support hasn't been able to figure this out. 2. Notifications have started to become inconsistent. Badge notifications stopped appearing even though I had notifications in the app. I deleted the app and reinstalled thinking that would help (it did not). I ended up removing my device from notifications, deleted the app and reinstalled. This helped, but now I'm getting notifications I didn't get before (which is probably a setting. I'm still figuring this out). Overall, great app. The two points above are the only gripes I've had with it.

I just recently decided to give his a try. I run a small business and need to have an easier way to keep in touch with everyone since we are always doing so much. We never have time to have meetings to go over things since we are all wearing so many hats. So far this has worked great and I don’t believe we have scratched the surface of its capabilities. I only gave it a 4 since I am new to it and haven’t fully experienced things to feel I can rate it quite accurately but I will get back after a month of use and update with more info!