I agree … project management tools for church use are sparse, particularly for those of us who function much better on the ministry side than the techno side. I need ‘easy to use’, and I prefer ‘cute to play with’ kinds of software … sigh. Let us know if you take on the challenge to build your own project managment tool.

peace,
jayne

I have used a variety of tools over the years. For simple needs, Basecamp works. For simple task tracking, I use Trac (since I do software consulting, this works nice for me).

I have also used Microsoft Project, which can be difficult to learn but good for seeing the impact of tasks that finish early or late.

Excel has also worked for me in the past, as long as the dependency between tasks are minimal (otherwise, MS Project is basically a robust version of Excel for project task tracking).

I have been thinking about building a project management tool, specifically for churches and non-profits since the needs for this vertical industry is much different than the software industry, where most of these tools focus their concerns.

Thanks for the words of encouragement!

I really enjoy your blog … the project planning stuff is excellent. I am wondering if you use a particular software package for project plan tracking, or something simpler like Excel?? just curious …