Pc Doc Pro reveiws for Basecamp Group Collaboration

Basecamp: Group Collaboration Made Easy

It’s been said that group projects fail because of an absence of communication. Bearing in mind that collaboration projects depend upon a clear communication link between group members, Basecamp aims to provide intuitive software tools to ensure that people working together are in the know, a key element to a successful project conclusion.

What is Basecamp?

Basecamp--http://www.basecamphq.com/index—is a group collaboration website designed to make it easier for project members to seamlessly work together. Basecamp provides organizational tools such as to-do lists that assigns tasks to group members, a depository for files that need to be shared, methods of hiding/showing jobs according to group member and other criteria, and all this is just scratching the surface on Basecamp’s features.

Manage Every Aspect of Your Project

Basecamp boasts an easy-to-use permission system that allows you to set who can see what projects. For example, if you’ve 20 projects listed, but you only want Client 1 to see 15 of them, simply un-checking the checkbox next to each project will make it invisible to Client 1. And since Basecamp is a web application, a program coded to run in a web browser, all one needs to access their account is a browser and internet connection.

All Basecamp accounts are password protected, so your project’s internals are safe from prying eyes. If your project’s criteria calls for extra protection, Basecamp offers its users a premium upgrade that’ll grant them SSL security, the same security online banks and shopping services employ to guard their users’ information.

Perhaps you don’t need a group collaboration application, but rather a platform to share an address book and organizer that tracks who you’ve talked to and what comes next in a project. Highrise, also located on the Basecamp website, is an intuitive CRM and contact management application for smaller businesses. The homepage claims that if you like Basecamp, you’ll love Highrise.

A Tour of Basecamp

The default look of Basecamp is very clean and loads quickly, without a hiccup, a critical element when using web applications as opposed to desktop apps. You’ll be pleased to note the appearance of the site is very easy on the eyes and doesn’t contain a lot of ads or banners vying for your attention and money. Each project task is highlighted on the To-Do tab and is easy to read; a check box sits next to each task, waiting to be checked once said task has been completed. The owner of the Basecamp account can opt to be notified by email whenever a task has been completed, and can add, delete and modify each task at their whim.

Messages can be posted to get a group discussion going and can be a repository for anything that needs to be jotted down. On the Milestones tab, you can keep track of what’s do and when. If you need to do a group writing project, the Writeboards tab can make the process fluid and much easier.

Basecamp is great if you need to manage a group project. The key to a successful project is coherent communication among the team members. Basecamp strives to make this communication process flow without obstacles.