Producteev - cross-platform task manager with integrated email and messengers
Motivation Web Services / / December 19, 2019
With today's hectic lifestyle, many people are forced to constantly keep an eye on dozens or even hundreds of everyday business and personal tasks and execute them quickly. As a consequence, there is a set of desktop and web-based applications for managing tasks. They help to get my affairs in order and to be organized and efficient person.
However, most of them have two drawbacks. Firstly, starting to use such an application, we are faced with the need to look for ways to integrate with already existing "ecosystem" of the work tools. Secondly, very often, managers tasks are deprived of one of the most important properties - cross-platform. Meanwhile, the key to the effective operation of these applications it is able to access tasks on different platforms: through, desktop web-based interface for several operating systems and native clients for various mobile devices.
These problems are solved task management system Producteev, calculated as on the individual application, and to work together in real-time command. It integrates with daily used tools such as email, instant messengers and social services, and is available through a web interface, in the form of applications for the iPhone, a gadget for Gmail and iGoogle, syncs with Google Calendar, and in the near future will appear as a desktop application for Windows and Mac OS, clients for Android, Blackberry, Windows Mobile and iPad and plug-ins for Mail customers.
Producteev allows managing of the usual channels of communications - by e-mail, ICQ, Google Talk, Windows Live Messenger, AIM, Yahoo Messenger, via Twitter and Facebook. Using these tools, you can add new tasks, set the deadline approaches, tied to create tasks and receive files you have selected reminders and notifications.
The structure of the web interface
The web interface system can create multiple, independent from each other workspaces (workspaces), located on the individual tabs. set individual settings for each interaction with the workspace listed above communications channels, filter settings, and streamline tasks, access to other participants. Separate work space can be used to manage tasks for a particular project.
Create tasks and remotely via a web interface
Creating a task remotely - via ICQ, Google Talk, email, etc. -.. You can specify the deadline approaches and workspace to which you want to place the task. For example, a message "Write a review for Producteev Layfhakera # 06/14/2010 #MyArticles», sent via Google Talk bot [email protected], will lead to the creation of tasks in a workspace MyArticles (My articles) with a term of execution on June 14 2010.
Add new tasks can be via a special form. When you enter the task set basic parameters (binding to a specific person, the date of the task, a reminder for a specific time before the deadline approaches, the list of employees for which the problem will be seen, the task tag) and Attach file.
Manipulating tasks
The task is placed in the common list, which also contains controls tasks: task as can be noted configured, add it to your favorites with a star, to identify the responsible employee, specify the label and date of a reminders.
It is possible to carry out multiple operations on multiple selected tasks.
When you click on the task name opens its page. Here are all the parameters. On this page, you can also add comments, view the complete history of the problem and send it to Google Calendar (if assigned a due date for it).
Filters, labels, searching and sorting tasks
To navigate through the tasks in Producteev provides filtering, ordering of tags, keyword search and sorting task list by several criteria. Filters are isolated from the general task list with an asterisk, scheduled for today, late, tied to a particular employee, and so completed. D. Due to the labels, tasks are divided into categories, which together with the presence of several workspaces allows you to use a two-tier system of thematic ordering.
additional Features
In Producteev have a calendar in which there are problems with implementation of the designated dates. It can switch between the two views: week and month. Under the calendar is a list of tasks without a deadline approaches. They can be simply dragged and dropped on the calendar for the date of appointment. Calendar syncs with Google Calendar.
All tasks from all available workspaces are assigned to different employees, are displayed on the Overview page summary (review).
An interesting feature is the built Producteev social game Producteev Academy, which can be a valuable tool for a manager. If you use it in the settings, the system will closely monitor the successes and failures of employees and on this basis to build their rating. Thus, employees will compete in productivity and win badges for various accomplishments.
Both free and paid accounts
Producteev system is free for individual users and groups of up to 3 people. Free-account can not create custom filters and receive e-mail reports on the implementation of tasks. There is also a limit on the total size of uploaded file - up to 30 MB for each workspace. Members paid accounts free from these constraints and provides more advanced technical support. These four different types of accounts of users (4 to 40) and the number of filters that can be created independently (2 to 5), and limits for downloading files - 60 MB for each workspace on the Premium-account to an unlimited amount of total files on the most expensive Gold-account. Paid accounts cost ranges from $ 9 to $ 89 per month for a single workspace (for each additional workspace will pay half of the cost needed). Within 2 weeks, you can try to work on a paid account for free.
Problems with Cyrillic
Unfortunately, Producteev while there are some problems with the Cyrillic alphabet. I turned to the service for developers, explained to them the essence of these problems. Within an hour, they settled on the correct handling of Cyrillic Overview page with an overview of all the tasks in the labels and when you add a task to the remote workspace with Cyrillic name. Still not fixed Cyrillic recognition problem by adding an email task, but I believe it will happen in the near future.
Verdict
In general, Producteev - a well-designed and easy-to-use service. Working in it, feel satisfaction and comfort. I am sure that when the promised applications will come to all the most popular desktop and mobile operating systems, when the developer will open API service when they finally settled minor problems with the Cyrillic alphabet, Producteev becomes conscious choice sets users.
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