I've been bouncing around trying to find the right solution for my project management, much like many of you, I'd guess.

I've tried Trello, Ora, Jira, and had landed on ClickUp last fall, which really super-charged our ability to get things done.

ClickUp had a few drawbacks, and it intimidated people. But, it worked. This Spring, as we grow and we're bringing more people to collaborate, I started researching whether we'd renew another year (for a nice chunk of change), or switch.

Again, I looked at a few systems. I'd even purchased a LTD at Infinity to check out, with a 30-day guarantee, to see what my team thought, when this came around.

There was ZERO hesitation.

My team chose this, hands-down. Like ducks to water, they jumped in and started posting and chatting and making things happen.

And that matters, because if the team likes it, they will not just use it, but enjoy using and use it more.

AND, my guests like it. They like being able to chat with my team and work things out, to upload files for their shows (we run monthly shows/webinars 10+ per month, and we're adding more in different time zones), and to feel like they are part of the team as well.

That is key for me—the way guests work.

I have (and want) a very small core team.

I have (and want) a lot of guests for different reasons. For example:

— Show hosts
— Book collaborators
— Show guests
— Advertisers

Being able to add guests to different projects is awesome.

Suggested feedback and voting on ideas is coming soon, and I refunded ideanote like others, because it will be SO MUCH EASIER to have this all in one place, according to my team (and I agreed, although I loved ideanote).

So, the downsides for me:

— Dependencies: I'd really like more flexible dependencies
— No way to duplicate or move milestones
— No way to duplicate or move tasks (although I hear this is coming soon!)
— Desktop app is behind the web (I prefer to have a desktop app, always. I have WAYYYY too many tabs open)
— I've not really played on mobile apps
— Email to task is a bit complex
— Docs could be more robust, especially for those of us who have removed Google as much as possible from our businesses
— Files organization (when guests share silly pictures in chat, they get stored in files with important stuff, for example)

And there is not *QUITE* enough depth. I'd love to be able to sort portfolios, so that I have:

Groups
Portfolios
Projects
Milestones
Tasks
Subtasks

But, even with all that, I'm pretty freaking happy, and will be stacking the rest of the deal. More, my team is happy and enthusiastic, and ready to MOVE EVERYTHING NOW. LOL!

I have an appointment to get a run-through from Sky before I move everything, to really dig into how to make this work best for our use-case, and it's a challenge to hold my team back until then for the best efficiency.