Hi,
I've been a pm for a few years and I've accumulated about 8 long term projects, some range from small single discipline projects ( 3 people) and activities to full scale programmes (15 +) spanning years.
I'm really struggling with a simple, effective and reliable tool to monitor track and report on my projects.
I'm finding Microsoft project ( desktop) is only useful when coordinating installation work, however when you're working through design work with multiple disciplines within engineering, it often results in an outdated mass - Especially when you've got 8 plus projects/small programmes on the go.
I'm debating using Microsoft planner online which is a bit like trello but again I find it ends up being left behind when you've got eight of them to track.
I feel like I need a single tool where I can select between projects like a dashboard, I feel like maybe XL would be the right thing for this; creating a dashboard on sheet 1 then procurement actions milestones risks on the others and filter by the project. However that also seems to be quite laborious in terms of making that and also maintaining it.
What are people using? Unfortunately I don't have access to things like Monday.com or Asana.
Tia