Manage your project milestones with these five versatile apps

Introduction

If you manage projects, you know that milestones can mean\r\nthe difference between success and failure. Being able to track milestones\r\nmakes project management more fulfilling and helps you hold yourself and your\r\nteam accountable for success to stakeholders and executives. But how do you\r\ntrack those milestones? Sure, you can use a simple spreadsheet and enter dates\r\nand descriptions. But why not take advantage of apps geared specifically for\r\nthis purpose? Let’s look at five useful apps that can help you track those\r\nproject milestones.

Note: This gallery is also available as an article.

Upvise Projects

Upvise makes it easy to add milestones to projects and\r\nmanage the completion percentage of each. Once you’ve created a milestone, you\r\nadd as many tasks associated with the milestone as needed. With milestones on\r\nUpvise, you can keep track of what’s due, when it’s due, and who’s responsible\r\nfor getting it done.

To manage users, you must log onto the Upvise website\r\nwith your account credentials (you can’t manage users from the mobile app).\r\nUpvise is free to try for 30 days. After that, a license will cost you $120.00\r\nUSD (per year/per user).

Project Management System

PMS is free, but if you want to be able to add reminders and\r\nimport/export to other devices, you’ll need to drop the coin for the PRO version ($8.13 USD). Remember one thing\r\nabout this app when you judge it — it’s all about simplicity.

Collabtive

One caveat: The mobile app is nothing more than a web\r\nwrapper and can be challenging to use on smartphones, although tablets work\r\nfine. If you happen to be the administrator of the Collabtive system, you can\r\nadd a number of powerful plugins to further extend the flexibility and\r\npower. Both Collabtive and the mobile app are free. Collabtive plugins, on the\r\nother hand, are not.