Top Project Management Software "Smartsheet"
Posted October 11, 2021 in?News
Written by?John Shea III, Xpanxion Technical Writer
How it Helps You do Project Management?
In their own words,?Smartsheet? says it’s?“a dynamic workspace that empowers teams to manage projects, automate workflows, and rapidly build new solutions—using no-code tools they love, and backed by the security IT needs.”?
Others call it?a project management application?much?like a spreadsheet. With it you can manage many projects with multiple moving parts at any time throughout the project. You can improve collaboration and manage workflows, all from a single platform.?
It's a great?tool?if you prefer to use spreadsheets to manage your projects but don’t want to use Microsoft’s Excel or Google Sheets.?
It’s?also?great if you like databases and spreadsheets rather than visually-oriented applications like Gantt charts, Kanban boards, and timeline views.?
With Smartsheet you can:?
How Smartsheet?Can Help You?
You can?use Excel spreadsheets?to track project?budget and bids, but then use?Smartsheet? to manage the?project?overall.?
Smartsheet? uses?spreadsheets. They call them “sheets”.?With these sheets,?you can create?task lists and?project schedules?and define?budgets and?requirement lists.?Smartsheets? have built in templates?that let you customize them and then collaborate?with your team?within the sheet itself. The templates are ready to use so you don’t need to?start with nothing set up.?Smartsheet? has its own tutorials, but there are other web sites offering training as well.?
Each?Smartsheet? can expand or collapse its rows to see?large scale progress on projects or individual tasks. Sort tasks by priority, deadline, or the assignee.?If a spreadsheet has dates in it, Smartsheet creates a calendar view.?
Each row might have files attached to it,?emails stored within, and a discussion board?associated with it. When a new?smartsheet? is created, the staff is notified by a?push to populate its rows and columns.?When you update information in one sheet,?other sheets tracking the same information are also updated automatically.?There are alerts when deadlines approach. There is also?document version control.?
As you can see,?Smartsheet? combines some functions from Microsoft?Excel, Project, Access, and SharePoint.?
It is?Xpanxion’s?opinion that?Smartsheet? is one of the best project management tools out there.?We use this and sell this as one of our platforms.?
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