Top 10 Project Management Software for Eastern Europe

2024. Microsoft Project to merge into Microsoft Planner



Microsoft has announced that on October 14, 2025 Project 2016 and Project 2019 will reach end of support. The only recommendation to customers - is to upgrade to cloud-based Microsoft Planner. Recently Planner became the primary Microsoft's project management solution and Project for the web now does not accept new registrations in favor of Planner. Launched as simple collaboration tool for Office in 2015, Planner absorbed the functions of Project and To-Do app in Microsoft Teams and now can scale easily from collaborative task management to robust project management, empowering everyone, from information workers to frontline workers to project managers. It also includes AI Copilot that helps to create buckets and tasks based on your planning goals, keep up to date on high-priority tasks, potential risks and team availability.


2024. Atlassian launches Rovo, its new AI teammate



In the wild, occasionally surreal frontier of messaging apps, WhatsApp has now decided that organizing events within Communities should no longer resemble an exercise in quantum improbability. Users can now create events directly within the app, allowing others to RSVP with ease and making it perfectly clear who’s attending and who’s pretending to have something better to do. All the vital details will live on the group’s info page, while participants will be nudged toward reality with timely notifications as the big day approaches. Initially limited to Community groups—because nothing good starts with everyone at once—this shiny new feature will soon roll out to all. Meanwhile, Announcement Groups are also getting a sprinkle of order, as responses will now be neatly bundled, so admins can interact with the masses without unleashing a torrent of chaos. Balance in the message-verse, it seems, may yet be achievable.


2021. Trello adopted for more complex projects



The collaboration platform Trello has released its largest update, including a new interface design and several new features. Trello remains essentially the same: boards and cards in columns. But the capabilities of cards have been significantly expanded. A new Team Table View format has been introduced, in which a Trello board is displayed not as a set of columns, but as an interactive table (where each row is a card). The idea is to collect data from multiple boards and view it in a single table with filtering and other similar features. A similar principle, writes Fast Company, is also used by Airtable, Notion, and Coda. The new version also introduces formats with self-explanatory names: Timeline View, Calendar View, Dashboard View, Map View, and new integrations.

2015. Basecamp 3 brings Facebook-style project timelines



The first version of the legendary project management tool Basecamp was released in 2004, the second in 2013, and now version 3 has arrived. It finally lifted the limit on the number of projects in all pricing plans (until now, unlimited projects were only available in the highest plan). Among the new features, we note automatic team check-in surveys, such as "What have you done today?", a break schedule (you can set days and hours when Basecamp will not send notifications), private chats (pings), an improved Campfire group chat, separate chats with clients, an "Applause" button (similar to the Like) in posts, @mentions, project timelines (like Facebook), the ability to assign tasks to multiple employees at once, improved search, reports, document folders, a new text editor, updated mobile apps for Android and iOS.


2013. Wrike released enterprise version with advanced analytics and employee monitoring



If you're managing projects in a small company, the main thing you need from a project management system is effective team collaboration. But if you're managing a project in a large organization with thousands of employees, control becomes paramount. Therefore, Wrike has released a version specifically for large companies: Wrike Enterprise. It provides powerful analytical dashboards that help managers monitor the status of a project and the effectiveness of their employees and work groups. In addition to analytics, the enterprise version allows you to create employee groups, which significantly simplifies project/task sharing. It also includes personal employee calendars (for increased control) and additional security measures, such as access control to shared folders and integrated applications (Google Drive, Dropbox).


2013. Worksection has improved project tracking



Worksection, collaboration and project management service, has rolled out a new update with ton of likes and new features, the main one being the "Tasks / by People" page. It will be useful for managers who want to monitor their team's workload, quickly identify idle workers, see their urgent tasks, and reassign them if necessary (see screenshot). Clicking on any employee on this page opens their profile, which immediately shows how many tasks they have, how many tasks are approaching due dates, and how many are overdue (for convenience, each of the three digits is highlighted in a different color). The profile also shows whether the person is currently online and the date of their last activity in the system. The task list displays their priorities, the number of days overdue (for urgent tasks), and the number of days remaining (for those with due dates). Worksection also includes updates including the ability to view MP4 and FLV video files online and the ability to save filter settings on the following pages: Projects, Tasks, Time, Calendar, Gantt Chart, Files...


2012. TeamLab updated its Projects module



Teamlab, a web service for collaborative project, document and client relationship management, is launching an updated version of its Projects module. More flexible configuration options in the Projects module allow you to prioritize work, create subtasks and pause projects. Multiple assignees can now be assigned to each task. Each registered portal user now receives individual access rights for each module. This makes it possible to engage third-party specialists in project work and improves the security of business data stored in the system. More convenient data sorting has been implemented in all lists created using Ajax technology. Users who prefer to retain the familiar design of the service can quickly switch from the new version to the previous one.


2007. Smartsheet - an Excel-like task management system



Smartsheet is an online task, project and process management tool designed specifically for small teams. It helps project managers track how effectively employees are fulfilling their responsibilities. This means it's not just another spreadsheet, as the name might suggest. Smartsheet has a simple and user-friendly interface, so if you've worked with MS Excel, you'll quickly get the hang of this web application. The operating principle is borrowed from spreadsheet programs: a large table is displayed on the user's screen, where individual cells indicate the assigned task, the person responsible, the current status, the due date, and comments. All this is accompanied by the ability to attach files (for example, additional task-related materials), use templates, and more. Using the message center, you can receive and send requests (including scheduled ones), and receive task updates and alerts. As for user management, they can be combined into groups.