I just ran across this resource and thought those who are looking for project management solutions might be intersted!

1stManager is a totally risk-free, cost-free, installation-free online solution for Project Management and Team Collaboration. With 1stManager, you will be able to enhance your organization's efficiency. No matter the geographic location of your team members, with this online solution your always in touch and updated.

Plan and manage multiple projects.
Create task lists.
Define project teams and assign user roles.
Track bugs and problems in your ongoing projects.
Monitor project progress and evaluate task fulfillment.
Generate reports and Gantt charts.

http://www.1stmanager.com/

If you've tried this product already, what are your thoughts, any feedback?

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Maria Quick Link Virtual Assistant Services
www.getquicklink.com
Let Quick Link be your link to today's virtual world

I haven't tried that one Maria. I came across OnStage when I was searching Google for "similar to Basecamp" because I wanted to find something low cost/free when I started out. My clients think that OnStage is great and so do I. You can upgrade and pay for additional items, but basically it has everything I need. I can add a project and define the team and users, set tasks and milestones on a project, send messages, etc. One of my favourite things is the File Vault. My client can upload the report template and when I retreive it, the team gets a message telling them that someone is working on the file and then again when it is available I think. It means that you can have a file and know that it is the only version and that three people aren't all making amendments at the same time! It's web based and means my clients can upload quite large files without having to email them and risk crashing our systems - you know what it's like with some of those big audio files! Oh - almost forgot - I was also able to upload my logo and change the colours of the site to match my colours, so it's all consistent - looks very professional! I'd be interested to hear more about 1st Manager or any other project management software - it's a great resource for VA's.

Cheers,
Marie

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Marie Chandler - your virtual assistant
www.officesupportonline.com.au

Hi Marie

I haven't heard about Onstage. I'll take a look at it. Thanks for sharing.

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Maria Quick Link Virtual Assistant Services
www.getquicklink.com
Let Quick Link be your link to today's virtual world

These are great ideas. I'm going to bump this for others.

Another one is www.aceproject.com I was just looking at that one myself this week.

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Sarah Bernstein
Jackson Administrative Outsourcing
www.jacksonao.com

Great suggestions, once again!! I will investigate these as well.

Sue

Hi
I've just had a quick look at it and it looks interesting. I've been looking for cheap (read free!) project management software for a while now so thanks for this.

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Diane Murray, Scotland
www.theadministrator.co.uk

I've use Project Companion and Projjex before, but wasn't impressed as their inexpensive versions are very limiting. Central Desktop is pretty good though and not expensive.

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Kristi Bennitt
Virtual Assistant/Bookkeeper

I would also suggest Freshbooks. I use it as it allows up to 3 projects for free and is compatlible with the Iphone. It has time tracking, export, invoicing, estimates, and payment options. Really good program to start and easy to learn.

Just FYI

wonderful resources. I will surely try these soft wares.
Thank you!