Birdview

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I love that it's geared towards Professional Services Projects, which is really just mass project management with customers where most Project Management is for internal projects. This really understands the needs of the Service based project.

Nachteile

I could name a feature that it doesn't have, but I fear that would be released before I found my next missing feature.

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Vorteile

That I can quickly enter my hours, but also get a grip on my planning. I can protect myself from doing too much.

Nachteile

Sometimes it seems a bit difficult to understand what my status is. It would be nice to have a good individual overview screen in which I can see the most relevant information quickly. It would also be nice to add a progress bar to the activity centre in which I directly can see what activities go over budget.

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Weekly time sheet layout is quick for logging time worked on projects and get a week/month overview

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It has a difficult user interface, a lot of the features are hard to find, buried in menus

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The interface is very intuitive, and the tool has a very quick learning curve. It is very scalable and easily customized. The Table, Gantt, and Kanban Board views are great. Creating dependencies is super easy and overall administration is simple.

Nachteile

Dashboards would benefit from more visualizations.

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ORGANIZATION! I keep Birdview open daily to ensure I am staying on track with all my tasks. It's a beautiful thing when you close out the final task and the project simply disappears. Satisfies my urge to check off todo items!

Nachteile

The extra added to add time is a little annoying. Not sure why this was updated. I thought it worked fine the way it was.

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It's a good parallel with other PM tools like Asana and Monday. I was able to jump on with almost no training overhead.

Nachteile

I am still new, so not sure if this feature already exist but I like to subdivide my taskers into Phases. So if a collection of taskers are in a project but need to be either time or process divided into logical groups having the ability to visualize that is a plus.

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#1. I like the ability to see all of the project steps instead of only seeing the steps that I am assigned to.

#2. I like that I am able to check mine and everyone else's utilization percentage. Offers total visibility in the organization.

Nachteile

#1. I think the user navigation experience could be improved. I find I have to right-click on a project name and open it in a new tab to be able to see all of the project steps and main overview. I wish this process was more simple and did not require me to open a new tab.

#2. This may be user-error, but I have had project managers reach out to me and ask if I can complete a project task by EOD, and I will tell them I do not have that task in my Assignments view (in either the Today or Later categories). They claim they are there and that I have so many tasks that it may not be populating? If it is a BV issue, its a pretty big oversight as I need to be able to see tasks due in the Today column, regardless of how many are in there.

#3. I have had issues inputting time in the Time Log screen. I will enter the time and enter my comments and in my experience, there is a 10% probability that the time will not appear unless I refresh the window.

#4. The people within my agency are not the best with file management, so as an employee departs, you can sometimes find links in the comments of tasks and projects and locate the files, but I would love if there was a field to enter a file location url before marking a task as complete.

Vorteile

The ability to create custom forms so that clients can send requests to us through our emails quickly.

Nachteile

Some task functions can be simpler to use. It may take some time to get used to the functions of Birdview.

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The setup of this tool is very user-friendly and worthy of use by larger teams

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Sometimes the resolution of the fields is too small or too large, but if the tool is used on a larger monitor, everything works fine

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I been using Birdview since long time and its amazing experience using birdview.

Nachteile

Nothing like that everything is good. All the mentioned task are correctly aligned.

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Project plan and task schedule tracking can be accessed through Gantt charts clearly showing any deviations between planned and actual progress.

Nachteile

I spent a bit more time getting it ready for my users. I feel that implementation was long and tedious.

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Birdview is a great way to organize our team and projects. This allows us to keep all communications in one place to track progress. It allows us to easily identify when a project gets off track. It's increased our productivity and communications.

Nachteile

There is nothing negative I can say about BV. I love that BV is always looking for input and ways to improve their system based on the ways their customers use the product.

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I enjoy the ability to customize many widgets and filters to best suit my workflow and priorities.

Nachteile

I am inclined to say I am personally not bothered by it but ability to customize leads to many menu options which could fluster some users looking for a minimalistic experience.

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At my organization, we often work on multiple projects simultaneously. Birdview makes it very easy to track progress across projects, view tasks for the day/week across all projects in one place, and easily navigate between projects using filters.

Nachteile

I haven't gotten much use out of the task progress or financial tracking features, I hope to in the next 6 months. Would love to see a timer feature like Toggl Track for this.

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It's pretty straightforward and locked down which can be good or bad based on your prerogative.

Nachteile

It's not very customizable and it's definitely a better tool for other departments than ours (media)

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Vorteile

It's easy to find your task and project, it's a simple visual tool and easy to understand

Nachteile

could use somekind of task time tracking, it would be helpful to have something like a stopwatch assign to a task or something

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I have been using Birdview for some time now, and I am impressed with the new platform updates. I was not originally a fan, but now I am an advocate. Although there are some things that I still think could be changed, it is a great improvement. One of the most helpful aspects of the new Birdview is its more user-friendly interface, which makes it easier to navigate and use, specifically the time feature. I love the way I can access the timer for any task from any place. I also appreciated the variety of features available, such as the ability to track progress, set goals, and collaborate with team members. Additionally, the customizable dashboards provided a clear overview of key metrics, which was incredibly helpful. Overall, I found Birdview to be a valuable tool for staying organized and on top of my tasks.

Nachteile

Birdview lacks some of the advanced features found in other task management tools. For example, it doesn't have a built-in calendar view, which would make it much easier to see an overview of tasks and deadlines. Also, the collaboration features are quite limited, making it less ideal for team-based projects. Furthermore, while more user-friendly, the interface might only seem that way because it is less difficult than before. I believe a new customer would still find some level of difficulty setting up a project compared to other project management software.

While Birdview is excellent for managing individual tasks, it may not be the best choice for more complex project management or collaborative work, depending on the need.

Vorteile

Helps me to keep track of all of my projects and can store attached files.

Nachteile

does not track in real-time. It does not help me when looking at the timeline of my projects.

Vorteile

The Project management Tools help to track all the aspects of the project including time spent, resources used, revenue generated, the PnL, and more. This helps in understanding the firm's entire growth.

Nachteile

The only thing is the pricing of the tool. It will be difficult for any small organization to manage funds for the tool.

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The platform is very easy to scale to our needs.

Nachteile

It took me a while to learn all the icons.

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User-friendly design and user experience. Clean, easy-to read layout. Very Organized.

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having to tag specific users in messages under projects in order for them to be notified of changes.

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Birdview is flexible enough to cater to individual workflows and thinking styles.

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Birdview's powerful modular approach can also present a hindrance depending on its user's preferred working conditions. For those who function well under stricter parameters, Birdview will be great for you once you get it off the ground and running, however - until then, it might present a bit of a learning curve because its pliability makes for multiple organizational approaches that might require some time for familiarization.

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It is easy to use and easy to understand. it keeps the team organized an prevents us from going over budget

Nachteile

I wish there was more customization options. They have the standard ones but with AI, I hope there is more innovation.

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The ability to have visibility over multiple projects at once, their status as well as individual task management.

Nachteile

The auto-change dates can be really useful with creating dependencies, but this isn't always helpful and can create quite a lot of manual amendments needed

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Easy to navigate! Truly easy to use system & very helpful.

Nachteile

Sometimes there are system glitches where a task does not appear that I am assigned to. But this rarely happens.

Vorteile

It's user-friendly interface, which makes project management easy to navigate. It offers powerful features for task tracking, resource allocation, and reporting, all in a clear and organized layout. The ability to customize workflows and dashboards is particularly useful for different team needs. Additionally, the integration with other tools and its collaborative features streamline communication and improve overall efficiency.

Nachteile

What I like least about Birdview is that the initial setup can be a bit complex and may require a learning curve, especially for new users. Some advanced features feel a bit overwhelming at first, and customization options, while robust, can take time to fully utilize. Additionally, occasional lags in loading large projects or reports could impact workflow efficiency.

Vorteile

Easy to digest dropdowns. Visual appearance is pleasant. UI to mark PTO is simple to use.

Nachteile

Since my team moved our project trackers from Excel to Birdview, it feels like there are a lot of settings that are dependent on other things that make it hard to know if I'm able to change something or if something is a permanent deletion. This product is hard to adopt with customers as it has not been as easy process to grant guest access. Some of the features like the multiselect is not very user friendly/transferrable, like I can't use shift on my keyboard to multiselect line items, but instead I need to click the toggle on the dropdown every time.

Vorteile

Ease of access and the ability to attach files for all who are assigned to each project

Nachteile

Some applications will cause an unfavorable response time

Vorteile

It provides a great visual representation of the various projects in work. The time log is easy to understand as well.

Nachteile

(Android App) - Messages and assignments seem to be very slow to arrive - hours or more is typical. My Work Group backs up most messages and assignments with TEAMS messages "just to be sure" they get through.

Vorteile

This platform makes performance more effective by having visibility of all projects in one place and seeing their progress in real time. It made me replace several applications because Birdview had everything I needed. It makes me focus all the information on the same platform, having a more effective exchange of knowledge with my work team.

Nachteile

I approve that the entire operation of Birdview is effective and of great value for performance and teamwork

Vorteile

At our agency, we have many active projects and tasks under each project at any given time, and manage roughly 30 creatives assigned to those projects. Being able to easily bill and track time is super valuable, and the clean, simple interface makes that easier for everyone from the junior designer to the creative director.

Nachteile

Many on our creative team only use it to track time and find projects, and some views have so many options to click or select, it can be hard to find the most common uses for our team.

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It does a great job at keeping all of the elements of a project organized, and archived for reference

Nachteile

I truly don't have anything negative to say about Birdview

Vorteile

Birdview (Avian Perspective as we affectionately call it) is fairly easy to use and is improving constantly. My favorite part of Birdview is the extensive learning suite that comes with it. If you need guidance, there are webinars and help sections, further supported by live Chat support. Most actions are easy to understand and follow. It is scalable and flexible adding to it's useability. There's many additional modules, we even use it for some of our Dev requests (forms in BV).

Nachteile

There is some frustration with the way Activity Est. Hours roll up to a Project total. Not sure if this is a setting issue on our end or just the way it's meant to be. We often set a total # of Est. Hours then break down the activities. It tends to Add any Activity hours to the Est total, instead of considering it part of that total. Again, this may be a setting our BV Admin may need to look at.

Vorteile

The detailed look into certain items at a quick glance.

Nachteile

At times, it can be a bit slow, and depending on what I am loading, it will ask me to reload it several times.

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The reporting in Birdview made my work so much easier than the other platforms we use.

Nachteile

I wish Birdview had an APP so I could easily use it from my phone when traveling.

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Birdview is user-friendly. You can track multiple projects which can be broken into sub-projects/tasks. You can enter as you go, adjust post-hoc, and it saves automatically, so it's flexible in terms of each own's desired frequency of use. I also appreciate the calendar feature when tracking hours to flag which days meet quota (green) or are under (yellow) / over (red).

Nachteile

All existing and pre-existing projects remain in the dropdown when selecting which project to track. If there was a way to hide some, it would be easier / more efficient to navigate through them. If you want to remove hours from a project, you cannot completely; it forces you to retain at least 0:01hrs (i.e. 1 min) - would just be cleaner if one could override this feature.

Vorteile

Birdview is easy ti learn, and easy to collaborate on across teams. It is an integral part of our project management system.

Nachteile

We use Birdview primarily for Time Logs, and a change to UX recently made Time Logs harder to get to. That would be my main complaint.

Vorteile

It's a fairly straightforward program that keeps schedules and budgets along with other task reporting within quick reach.

Nachteile

Some of the customized reports could be more useful. Being able to split PTO (Paid Time Off) so that it is something that's considered in the total project, but doesn't add toward the hours shown for the total amount of effort (workable hours) remaining would be great.

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I like everything is in one place, i like the weekly timesheet view and the notifications menu makes finding the projects I've been assigned east to find.

Nachteile

I wish I could see the notes i make in addition to my hours every day without having to click on them.

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I really like the the ability to access specific projects and tasks from multiple areas within the site. Tracking labour and progress from tasks up to project milestones is very easy to do.

Nachteile

I wish I could save specific reporting functions.

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Resources allocation, deadlines coordination

Nachteile

While Birdview PSA’s interface is functional and supports the wide range of features it offers, its design could benefit from greater attention to usability and aesthetic appeal. Some users may find the current layout overly dense, which can lead to an initial sense of overwhelm, especially for those new to PSA tools.

Vorteile

It's cool and user-friendly. I would say the USER INTERFACE or I think its called CSS.
Keep in mind this review is done by someone who used to code back in 2016 but took engineering as Plan B.

Nachteile

The tracking of projects is limited to time/ cash. We need AI to help us find more money to make from clients aka marketing or outreach companies. I DONT MAKE MONEY on projects - full-time person making less than 70k before tax lol. Dont sue me bro.

Vorteile

It is an affordable method of project management

Nachteile

Access to closed projects is very cumbersome and difficult to manage when we need to refer to an old project.

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What I like the most about Birdview PSA is the ease of closing and/or adding to tasks or projects.

Nachteile

Sometimes when I am unable to see a project, I have to get another admin to add me to it. I have super coordinator status.

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Good project management website. I enjoy the comments and file sharing you can do on projects

Nachteile

I get a lot of emails whenever tasks are made, feels a little excessive.

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Organization, ease and time management! It's the best!

Nachteile

I don't have any cons to using the platform, it's the best!

Vorteile

Ease of time tracking, ability to copy over tasks from week to week, different available views for reporting.

Nachteile

Sometimes tricky to navigate the user interface. I wish it was less redundant to add team members to a project each time.

Vorteile

It's pretty easy to enter your time sheets in the right projects.
The amount of customization of your personnal space makes it adaptable to many styles of work

Nachteile

I'd really like for the numpad period to work for my time entries

Vorteile

I use the time tracking feature and hourly reports on a daily basis for my team. This is critical for my daily workflow and Birdview makes this task easy and manageable.

Nachteile

I wish there was a more comprehensive onboarding tutorial for new users.

Vorteile

Intuitive data entry process. Great sorting and reporting features. Seems to have all that I need.

Nachteile

I am learning without the benefit of official training. Despite the very good data entry process, there is some fumbling on my part to find my way around.