Unlike other products, PlanDone’s focus is on completing projects and bringing clarity and accountability to project planning in a whole new way. Headquartered in Petaluma, California, Please welcome Founder and CEO, AJ Wacaser, and CTO, Mark Riedesel.
Quick question: How many people here have ever had a project that was overdue?
More appropriately, How many people are late right NOW?
The main reason projects are overdue is the lack of clear, concise communication.
Do any of these sound familiar? "Hey, did you get that email? Where is that file? Do you think that is what I said? Is this the final version?"
These simple questions can cause very big problems in terms of delays. PlanDone solves these common business problems.
Today, we are re-inventing the model from Project Management to Social Project Management and collaboration.
We’re going to show you some key differentiators starting with a dashboard overview of an individual task page organized by project called MyTasks.
Much like email when something is new or has updated we bold the task. Think of this page as a place like a personal, project inbox filled only with work that is relevant to you. You don’t have to wade through the email clutter, junk, viruses and malware just to find your work. The color coding gives a quick overview on what’s outstanding. This page saves a lot of time because you can see all of the next steps in the list without actually navigating to the individual task pages.
Have you ever put together a list of tasks or a to-do list and didn't really know which one you should start first? You may have post-it notes, scratch pads, or even write them down on your own hand.
On our task action step page, we wanted to make it more than just a ToDo list. We wanted to share the steps with other team members because that is how people naturally work. Then, PlanDone will analyze all of these steps and rank them in priority. The system uses several variables to determine which task is the most important. PlanDone then re-orders the tasks on a first things first approach to determine which item is the most important to work on next.
Too often, users get off track by picking and choosing the pieces of tasks that they want to work on or may be easier to do. The Top10 page guides them and strongly suggests which one to do now – today. In terms of scheduling, going after the highest priority now makes it easier later - downstream.
The projected deadline date is dynamic, based on the how quickly you complete the action steps. Unlike traditional Gantt charts, you can see the deadline as a visual representation of the work rate as it is being done today. Timely completion depends on getting the right information from your team members.
If you are like me, you may not like the software telling you what to do. Being able to collaborate with a team member while working on a project is invaluable because of the human factor, so we developed a chat system within PlanDone. There are a lot of IMs out there, but we decided to build our own so it would easily integrate into our wiki and be easy to capture those ideas immediately and put them in the right place whenever they strike.
And one of the greatest features is our mobile integration. PlanDone is accessible on a Blackberry, Palm device and yes, the iPhone! Users no longer have to be tied to their desks to manage their projects.
In closing, we have demonstrated how PlanDone solves common business problems, increases productivity and saves time so remember: PlanDone empowers team members at every level to make informed decisions and stay on track so they can get their plans done on time - every time.
We only touched on a few of the features, and we have a lot more including our integrated wiki system. So if you stop by station # 9, we'll give you a full demo of all of our features. Thank you.