Yo-ho-ho and a bottle full of rum! Yer friendly app pirate is here again for another review, me hearties. I’m back in the Jolly Roger with me whole crew. Ye may be surprised about it me lads and lasses, but aside from booty hunting, this old salt is running a business with me friends on land. Since I only seldom see those landlubbers, a project management tool is a huge help for us. In this review, I’ll share with ye buccaneers an app that falls under this category and it’s called Wrike. Batten down the hatches as we begin with the review!
Clean User Interface
When working on a project, members are at varying levels when it comes to their technical knowledge and skills. This is why it’s important for a project management app to be user-friendly so that the entire team won’t have difficulty learning how to use it. This is something that Wrike has nailed. It has a basic user interface, which looks clean and organized. The app doesn’t have anything flashy and no eye catching graphics and that’s okay since it doesn’t need them. Its simple look works because users learn how to navigate it pretty quickly.
Easy Collaboration
It seems that Wrike was designed with the convenience of the end users in mind. Collaboration is a huge factor in a project, and online project management tools help make teamwork easier. This app allows easy sharing not just for people within the company, but even with external collaborators whom you need to work with. It’s nice how all team members can get status updates and communicate with each other in this tool. This ensures that everyone is in the loop and that they are aware of the tasks that they need to complete. The proper and timely delivery of information is vital in the success of the project and this is something that is lacking in other collaboration tools.
Loaded with Features
Wrike comes with varying features that all contribute to the success of the management of different projects. Some of these features include file sharing, reports, quick work view, customization, integration with various apps like Microsoft Office applications, email, Dropbox and more. This makes it a project management tool that can be used by different departments such as marketing, sales, and lead generation.
The Good
One of the best things about this app is that it has all the features that project managers and members would find helpful — Gantt charts, reporting, status updates, workload balancing, easy task assignment and team communication . Other similar feature-rich applications are complicated to use. This is what makes it different because Wrike keeps things simple and easy to understand, making it appropriate for users at any level.
The Bad
It’s difficult to pinpoint anything negative about the app since it delivers what users need. You may just want to check the features properly to ensure that they meet your specific requirements. Companies and teams have varying needs, so although this app is easy to use and feature rich, it’s still possible that there’s something that you’re specifically looking for that it doesn’t have.
The Verdict
Wrike is an effective, easy-to-use and feature-rich project management software. If it has all the features that you would typically need in managing projects, and there’s no reason why you shouldn’t at least give it a try since it comes with a free trial.
