Basecamp from 37signals is a really interesting (and potentially excellent), full-fledged web application for project management and collaboration. It looks like it would work well with a looming large project of mine, with a lot of potential communication pitfalls. The Project (with a capital “P”) involves sales, product management, HW and SW engineers and at least 4 or 5 different companies as consultants, contractors and/or clients.  Basecamp appeals for a variety of reasons.  Here’s some:

• It has a simple, easy and quick user interface (this increases the chance of the product managers and salespeople actually using it)
• It integrates with Beanstalk’s hosted Subversion source control service which I’m also considering using (need to share the source among at least 3 of the companies)
• It has a nice-looking time-tracking feature which could also be useful for keeping track of some of the hours that need to be billed back

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