Resource Guru

Simple and very easy to use resource scheduling\tracking app.

Opmerkingen: Resource Guru is a great resource scheduling application for a simple use cases. It does what it promises perfectly. The UI is very friendly and pleasant - make for a great user experience. I used it to track the tasks for my team for almost a year. I would have kept using it but the company mandated a different tracking system and I had to abandon it. I like that Resource Guru'a focus on their product and customer service. I also appreciated the slow introduction of new features. Overall, very pleasant and satisfactory experience with a great application.

Pluspunten:

- Ease of use - Very pleasant UI - Flexibility

Minpunten:

- Lack of features. The application does the simple scheduling\tracking perfectly though. - Copy\paste of resource tasks was not available at the time

Overwogen alternatieven: Hub Planner en Float

Redenen om over te stappen op Resource Guru: The balance of features, ease-of-use, UI and the price.

Highly recommended

Opmerkingen: I have used Resource Guru for almost a decade now and I would be at pains to switch to anything else.

Pluspunten:

Easy to use and intuitive functionality. Unlike a lot of other management software, with Resource Guru it's clear and obvious how to use it and it's functionality and features. It's so simple yet usefull that all members of the team can pick it up quickly and use it daily.

Minpunten:

It only really does one function. But it does that function very well instead of spreading itself to thin.

Overwogen alternatieven: Jira, Slack, monday.com en Asana

Redenen om over te stappen op Resource Guru: Easy to use and intuitive functionality. Not a lot of Project Management tools include scheduling functionality, and those that do don't do it as well as Resource Guru.

Glorified spreadsheet

Opmerkingen: Causes more problems than it solves. We used to use a spreadsheet, it was much better than this.

Pluspunten:

Nothing at all. It has no redeeming qualities.

Minpunten:

Allows you to book time without tasks. When asked to change this was told couldn't because some companies want that function, ie it isn't an option as it should be. The drop downs are fiddle and make it easy to select a blank, but doesn't warn you. Can't toggle between scrolling list and typing to search without cl king out of area. You have a set number of hours per day you need to book but it doesn't highlight those that are short- you have to hover to see remaining time but that function doesn't work properly, resulting in multiple clicks to get it to trigger. Colour by project doesn't actually do it, I'm on 6 projects yet only see 2 colours. Can push to calendar but not pull- useless function as meetings are booked in calendar to allow invites, you want guru to pull that data in to autofill. Though it is web based it is impossible to use on a mobile. The popups are always off screen, making it impossible to use - mobile friendly websites have been around for a very long time, lazy to not have it here, particularly as would allow people who are on the road to log their time on he go. Not worth the hassle even if free.

Working as expected

Opmerkingen: I was able to work with resource guru in one of my previous startup companies for few months. That company didn't have a separate HR team to manage resources and we altogether managed them all. With resource guru, those tasks made easier.

Pluspunten:

We can integrate resource guru with other tools like jira and zapier. This shows us the realtime information like the current resources of a specific project and it helped a lot a team to find the booked resources and their availability.

Minpunten:

One downside is the price of the paid version which varying with the resource count.

Best tool for resource management!

Pluspunten:

It’s a user friendly tool very flexible, dynamic and easy to use since the first contact.

Minpunten:

I didn’t identify any cons for now since I started to use Resource Guru.