eLumenata, Inc. is an instructional design company specializing in virtual world educational design.

It is SIMPLE and EASY TO USE! It captures the most important aspects of PM and focuses the attention on those issues.

~Virginia Dickenson, Owner/President

This is how they use DeskAway,

How are you using DeskAway and what value is it providing your team?
Using it for project management - outlining projects, task lists, assignments; it is an amazing value - this way, I have the milestones, deadlines, etc - and can build the task lists around those issues. More important, it is SIMPLE and EASY TO USE! It captures the most important aspects of PM and focuses the attention on those issues.

Were you using any other tool before DeskAway?
I was using Google docs spreadsheet and prior to that, the Microsoft PM app online (not MSProject) - however, it was far too complicated to be of value.

Was there a learning curve associated with DeskAway? How did your team adapt to a new application?
Learn as you go - no time needed. My team LOVES IT.

What features does your team use the most?
Task assignments and groupings.

Are you emailing (sending tasks, attachments etc.) less because of DeskAway? How has DeskAway helped in lowering project costs, profitability or improving efficiency?
Yes - DeskAway eliminates the need for con calls that explain spreadsheets, gives our clients a place to see progress, and also allows for quick and efficient project changes.

Are there any other thoughts that you would want to share with us regarding our service, product etc.?
KISS!!!!! Keep It Simple Simon! Thank you!

Thanks!

How do You use DeskAway? Let us know @ priyanka.d(at)synage(.)com

WiderFunnel Marketing Inc. is a full-service marketing company and the developer of the industry-first Kaizen Method(tm) for continuously improving your online conversion rates on landing pages, microsites and web sites.

The app itself is straightforward enough. ~ Samadra Dametto

Their casestudy,

How are you using DeskAway and what value is it providing your team?
File management, collaboration, signoff, task assignment, project timeline.

Were you using any other tool before DeskAway?
Not since I’ve been with this company.

Was there a learning curve associated with DeskAway? How did your team adapt to a new application?
The app itself is straightforward enough. It’s adapting processes that have taken longer - so “how” we use the tool.

What features does your team use the most?
Files, tasks, messages.

Are you emailing (sending tasks, attachments etc.) less because of DeskAway? How has DeskAway helped in lowering project costs, profitability or improving efficiency?
It improves efficiency to have files and comments on files centralized. That is a great benefit in a collaborative environment and also to manage workflow/approvals.

Are there any other thoughts that you would want to share with us regarding our service, product etc.?
Yes. It would be a HUGE improvement to your product/service if the task lists templates were editable. We are constantly improving our process and making changes to our standard task list. It would be good to be able to access a template, and then edit and save changes so that the next time I select the template, the new changes would be included. Instead, how it works now is that I have to create a new project and new task list from scratch - just so I can add a new task to the list.

Thanks @widerfunnel!

Do tell us how You use DeskAway @ priyanka.d(at)synage(.)com

Conscious Web Solutions provides business consulting and web solutions. Some time back they had recommended DeskAway to their users.

“Some of my contract staff prefer working together on DeskAway instead of via email or Skype.” James Welsh, Owner.

Some insights into how they use DeskAway.

How are you using DeskAway and what value is it providing your team?
Team collaboration for project planning and completion.

Were you using any other tool before DeskAway?
Yes. Dotproject and Storm for Drupal.

Was there a learning curve associated with DeskAway? How did your team adapt to a new application?
Very intuitive, however still learning about how to streamline my business using this system integrated with FreshBooks.

What features does your team use the most?
Trying to use it all to realize it’s power.

Are you emailing (sending tasks, attachments etc.) less because of DeskAway? How has DeskAway helped in lowering project costs, profitability or improving efficiency?
Still training my clients to use this system. Conversely some of my contract staffs prefer working together on DeskAway instead of via email or skype.

Are there any other thoughts that you would want to share with us regarding our service, product etc.?
Yes, I am wondering if it is possible to add two fields to tasks. Task status field with options such as: requested, estimated, approved, in progress, complete, archived. the second field would be estimated time to complete task.

Thanks CWS!

Do tell us how You use DeskAway @ priyanka.d(at)synage(.)com

DeskAway was chosen as one of the 10 best Indian web startups of 2009 by Indian Web 2 blog.

DeskAway is one of the best Project Management Tool available online, free as well as paid its one of the first such web start-up from India that made mark on web inspite of already available competitors such as BaseCamp, Collab, Zoho etc.

Read the article!

Thanks Indian web 2 team!

We are all geared up for 2010 and hope to feature in these lists for next year too!

We received a few more praises through the last few weeks, all mostly from Twitter. Love this tool to remain in touch with customers, generate buzz, connect & converse!

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