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Unpopular opinion: Those fancy project management apps are a waste for small crews
Last month on a job in Phoenix, my foreman spent 20 minutes trying to log progress into Procore while we were waiting on a concrete pour. I told him to just yell it across the site like we did 3 years ago when we started. We got the building framed in 2 weeks using a whiteboard and walkie-talkies. That app costs $300 a month and it just adds layers of clicks for stuff we already track. Has anyone else ditched the software and gone back to paper and gut feelings?
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elizabeth2203d ago
Tried the same thing on a small build last spring. Dumped the app, grabbed a dry-erase board from the dollar store, and we cut our daily planning time in half. Some tools just aren't built for the real rhythm of a small crew (and that's okay).
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fisher.kevin3d ago
Totally see this pattern everywhere, not just on job sites. I notice it at home too, like with meal planning (tried five different apps, always go back to a notepad on the fridge). The real rhythm thing is spot on - sometimes the simplest tool just fits the flow of what you're actually doing, and the fancy stuff gets in the way. Makes me wonder how many other areas we overcomplicate before circling back to a marker and a board.
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