At PM Opinions you can read and write reviews on hundreds of project management products and services. Real project managers like yourself give their opinion on hundred of PM products and services. Here are some of the products that were added recently:

New product: Online Reference for PMBOK Processes

Our online PMP Exam prep courses are all internet based, so you can attend whenever you want. They cover the same material as onsite courses, with readings, tests and questions, exercises, templates, and sample exams. Each module allows you to take quiz questions, and your responses are scored immediately so you have instant feedback. There's also a practice exam at the end of the course to make sure you are ready.Read more about Online Reference for PMBOK Processes...

New product: PMCHAMPION.COM

I want to pass the PMP Exam in the next 3-4 months!It can be done if you set your mind to it, act now and use our training packages to study. Thousands of students have used this 38-hour video trainings successfully. It's complete, easy to follow, entertaining and will take you to your PMP Exam certification 100% guaranteed..Read more about PMCHAMPION.COM...

New product: Timestamp

A free, open-source MS Windows program you can use to easily track time spent on a project. It enables you to time how long you spend on a task, including features that let you take "slack time" for a phone call or break. Times for various tasks can be linked to an hourly charge rate for accurate billing. Export your data using ASCII or XML, and customize your report for your own letterhead..Read more about Timestamp...

 New product: PM StudyCoach

This is a 10 week long course during which you receive a weekly recorded coaching session (MP3) in which I motivate you during your studies. You'll get additional tips and you receive a weekly "Take Action" sheet with study assignments and other activities for your PMP Exam. If you are looking for a study plan, study guidance and study motivation then this is for you. Read more about PM StudyCoach...

New product: OpenGoo

The developers of OpenGoo call their software a Web Office. There are many other terms that would fit as well: Online Collaboration Platform, Project Management Tool, Groupware or Extranet for example. To put it into one sentence, OpenGoo is a Web based software that allows a group of geographically distributed people to collaborate by sharing information over the Internet.Read more about OpenGoo...

New product: Project HQ

Project HQ is a collaborative open source project management tool, similar to Basecamp and activeCollab. Project HQ is built on open source technologies like Python, Pylons and SQLAlchemy and is fully database independent. Project HQ uses a structured workflow to assist you in managing your projects.
 Read more about Project HQ...

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• The PM PrepCast...- 233 votes/ 201 reviews / 4.5 stars
• The PM PrepCast Newsletter - 65 votes/ 64 reviews / 4.5 stars
• The PMP® Exam Formula Study...- 61 votes/ 49 review / 4.5 stars
• The PM Podcast - 28 votes/ 27 reviews / 4.5 stars
• Qtask - 22 votes/ 0 reviews / 4.5 stars
• PMP Exam Prep, Sixth Edition - 14 votes/ 13 reviews / 4.5 stars
• Lessons in Project Management - 11 votes/ 8 reviews / 4.5 stars

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(I also had this great idea that I wanted to create a tea brand called "E. Tea". But it never went further than that...)

Warning! This is a Rant!

Over the past several months me and my team have enjoyed free access to Wrike, which is an absolutely fabulous online project management and collaboration tool at www.wrike.com. I love the tool, I love the features, I couldn't manage my projects and my teams without it.

But there is this one feature that I learned about in the past few days that did more than just make me raise my eyebrow - it raised my blood pressure.

About a week ago I added a 6th employee to the system.  This meant that I went beyond my quota of 5 free employees and I understood that I would need to pay for this additional user. No big deal. The next day I received a note from Wrike letting me know that I need to update the credit card information. Of course! Because it was free so far I had never input a credit card. Good reminder! I took care of that within 48 hours and added the payment information. Problem solved.

However, yesterday I received a forwarded note from one of my contractors. Obviously the Wrike system had sent out an email to every single one of my users in Wrike telling them that there is a problem with the payment and would they please help resolve it otherwise their access to the system would be shut down. Talk about embarrassing me to my contractors! Talk about an unacceptable action by Wrike in dealing with their customers!

I immediately raised the issue with Wrike support. They listened, they wrote a response, but I can tell from how the response was worded that they aren't going to remove this feature. So I asked the following question:

Just imagine if one of your [Wrike's] vendors wrote to every single one of your [Wrike's] employees asking them for help on getting an invoice paid. I would assume that Andrew Filev [Wrike CEO] would be absolutely furious about such a move by this vendor.

I haven't heard back from them yet and I'll also alert Andrew of this. Let's see what happens...

In the past I have given Wrike 9 out of 10 stars for their product. But as of today I am giving Wrike 9 out of 10 stars for their product but only 4 out of 10 for good business sense. Notices about failed payments need more flair and tact than a simple "reply to all" broadcast message.

And that's the end of my rant.

Now go and purchase your own subscription to Wrike. It really is an incredible tool that will help you manage your projects online. Just make sure you always have your payment information updated...