Comments on: QuickBase Goes Enterprise http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/ Rebooting the workforce Wed, 25 Nov 2009 16:12:50 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Nick http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-251053 Nick Sun, 09 Dec 2007 14:33:13 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-251053 Great blog! Just discovered this site and I can tell there is a lot of good information here! My name is Nick Matteucci I am the Chief Technology Officer for the Project Management Institute Information Systems SIG. (Shameless plug: User's may want to check out our professional society at http://www.pmi-isssig.org) I hear a lot about QuickBase as a EPM lately. I think the reason I have seen so many people so divided on the "QuickBase as enterprise software" debate is the definition of "enterprise". On the positive side it is an innocuous tool that can be distributed to large numbers of people with little required methodology, guidance, and training. I am sure that it beats Excel, Word, or email as a EPM tool. On the negative side: It is an "open ended tool" where tables fill up (and shut off) and I would call the EPM type features rudimentary at best. People tell me it is a good "starter tool" but quickly runs out of capabilities. Maybe in time it can become a more worthy enterprise human resource management, governance, and dash-boarding solution but for now I think it is more appropriate for the "accidental PM" that wants to manage to-do lists and time but doesn't want to spend any time getting certified in project management. I blog on virtual teams, web-based project management, and software selection best practices: http://www.pmi-issig.org/Learn/ExpertsBlogs/tabid/74/BlogID/6/Default.aspx This information may be of great help to readers as well. Thank you for the great site. I have enjoyed what I have read so far! Warm Regards, Nick Matteucci Great blog! Just discovered this site and I can tell there is a lot of good information here!

My name is Nick Matteucci I am the Chief Technology Officer for the Project Management Institute Information Systems SIG. (Shameless plug: User’s may want to check out our professional society at http://www.pmi-isssig.org)

I hear a lot about QuickBase as a EPM lately. I think the reason I have seen so many people so divided on the “QuickBase as enterprise software” debate is the definition of “enterprise”.

On the positive side it is an innocuous tool that can be distributed to large numbers of people with little required methodology, guidance, and training. I am sure that it beats Excel, Word, or email as a EPM tool.

On the negative side: It is an “open ended tool” where tables fill up (and shut off) and I would call the EPM type features rudimentary at best. People tell me it is a good “starter tool” but quickly runs out of capabilities.

Maybe in time it can become a more worthy enterprise human resource management, governance, and dash-boarding solution but for now I think it is more appropriate for the “accidental PM” that wants to manage to-do lists and time but doesn’t want to spend any time getting certified in project management.

I blog on virtual teams, web-based project management, and software selection best practices: http://www.pmi-issig.org/Learn/ExpertsBlogs/tabid/74/BlogID/6/Default.aspx

This information may be of great help to readers as well.

Thank you for the great site. I have enjoyed what I have read so far!

Warm Regards,

Nick Matteucci

]]> By: Mark Phillips http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-246403 Mark Phillips Tue, 04 Dec 2007 17:08:57 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-246403 People might also want to check out Vertabase 4 project management software (http://www.vertabase.com) -its great for enterprises and groups that are looking for a proven solution that imports directly from MS Excel. There's a free trial on the site. People might also want to check out Vertabase 4 project management software (http://www.vertabase.com) -its great for enterprises and groups that are looking for a proven solution that imports directly from MS Excel.

There’s a free trial on the site.

]]> By: mike http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-245908 mike Tue, 04 Dec 2007 00:53:14 +0000 http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/12/03/quickbase-goes-enterprise/#comment-245908 as one of the members of the original quickbase team, it's great to see this product get some mainstream exposure and adoption. back in the day, we used quickbase like most companies currently use wikis - it's flexible enough to be a FAQ, bug tracker, work queue, or to do more traditional database operations. go quickbase! as one of the members of the original quickbase team, it’s great to see this product get some mainstream exposure and adoption.

back in the day, we used quickbase like most companies currently use wikis – it’s flexible enough to be a FAQ, bug tracker, work queue, or to do more traditional database operations.

go quickbase!

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