Benefit: Simplicity

ProjectPipe is built around the Einstein's notion of "Make everything as simple as possible, but no simpler".

How does ProjectPipe embrace Simplicity?

  • Consistency: Provide one small learning curve for the user, rather than a never-ending series of "learning speed bumps" caused by special cases, multiple usage metaphors, and inconsistent user interfaces
  • No Fluff: Minimize the number of features that are occasionally useful, yet otherwise get in the way
  • Useful defaults: Make sure that the out-of-the-box behavior is useful for the average project

Who Lives for Simplicity?

  • The independent contractor working on a small order entry website for a local restaurant. It's pretty straightforward, but he still wants to make sure that nothing falls through the cracks.
    Nearly every project has a variety of dependencies among requirements, issues, etc. ProjectPipe makes it easy to capture these relationships electronically, freeing some mental shelf space for the immediate tasks at hand.
  • The project sponsor, who in his own words is "not really technical", but wants to stay plugged into his project.
    ProjectPipe is designed with a rich interface that is easy-to-use by anyone with basic web browsing skills. ProjectPipe can provide stakeholders read-only access to all project data, so they can dig into whatever level of detail they choose, without running the risk of inadvertently changing anything.
  • The corporate developer who is juggling 4 different projects, and can't afford to spend more than 10 minutes learning yet another new tool.
    ProjectPipe is internally consistent in its data management model and UI metaphors.

Simplicity-driven Features

ProjectPipe has a number of features optimized to keep the user experience intuitive and simple, namely:

  • Your email address is your userid
  • ProjectPipe takes advantage of current web technologies to make the user interface rich and interactive, so the web browser never gets in the way of what you actually want to do
  • All features, such as Outlining, Tagging, Queries, RSS, etc. are totally consistent across all project data types