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Lost $400 on a project management tool that was way overkill for my 3-man crew
I signed up for ProCore last spring thinking it would make everything smoother. Spent 3 months inputting all our job data, setting up workflows, the whole thing. Turns out my guys just wanted a simple shared calendar and daily logs on their phones. We went back to using Buildertrend which is cheaper and does what we actually need. Anyone else fall for the big fancy software when a basic one would've worked?
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lisa_murray29d ago
My buddy over at a different crew did almost the exact same thing with a tool called PlanGrid a couple years back. He spent weeks getting all their blueprints and inspection photos uploaded, only to find out his guys just wanted to text him updates on the group chat. The funny thing is the foreman ended up printing everything out anyway and pinning it to the wall in the trailer. He told me the software just added extra steps between him and actually getting stuff done. Sometimes the simplest solution really is the best one.
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margaret_bennett329d ago
PlanGrid works fine when you actually take the time to train people properly and get buy-in. Your buddy's guys just didn't want to adapt to something new, which happens all the time on job sites. The foreman printing stuff out just proves he never gave the tool a real chance.
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