Wrike

Infobox Software
name = Wrike



developer = Wrike Inc.
foundation = 2006
location = California
operating_system = Cross-platform
genre = Project management, Collaboration
homepage = [http://www.wrike.com/ www.wrike.com]

Wrike is an online tool for project management and collaboration developed by Wrike Inc. Wrike is a winner in the eWEEK’s 8th annual Excellence Awards program. [http://www.eweek.com/c/a/Security/eWEEK-Excellence-Awards-Honorees-Reflect-New-IT-Computing-Trends-Challenges/1/ eWEEK Excellence Awards Honorees Reflect New IT Computing Trends, Challenges] ]

History

The idea for Wrike came to Andrew Filev, Wrike’s founder, in 2004 cite web
url = http://www.folksonomy.org/2007/03/interview_with_wrike/
date =March 1, 2007
title = Interview with Wrike
author= Michael Zhang
work = Folksonomy
accessdate=2007-12-04] from a need for an agile tool to manage offices, projects, departments. Since the main medium for collaboration on tasks with associates in small and medium business is emailcite web
url= http://etech.eweek.com/content/collaboration/taking_the_simple_route_for_projects.html
date=July 03, 2007
title= Taking the Simple Route for Projects
author= Jim Rapoza
work= eWEEK
accessdate=2007-12-04] cite web
url= http://www.entrepreneur.com/magazine/entrepreneur/2007/april/175800.html
date=April, 2007
title= Helpful Hub
author= Amanda C. Kooser
work= Entrepreneur
accessdate=2007-12-04] , Wrike was developed in an integration with emailcite web
url= http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/134816/project_management_lite_basecamp_and_wrike.html
date=July 23, 2007
title= Project Management Lite: Basecamp and Wrike
author= Richard Morochove
work= PCWorld
accessdate=2007-12-04] . In December, 2006 the beta version of Wrike was released. The profession version was released in June, 2007cite web
url= http://startupsquad.com/2007/06/19/beta-and-funding-news-for-the-day/
date=June 19, 2007
title= Wrike goes Pro
author= Vivek
work= StartupSquad
accessdate=2007-12-04] .

In 2006, Wrike won a [http://www.leweb3.com/leweb3/2006/12/index.html B2B start-up competition at leWeb3] . In 2008, Wrike won the eWEEK’s 8th annual Excellence Awards program.

Software

Wrike’s interface is built on AJAX for better performance and page loading time. Wrike is based on a theory of emergent structures. It involves collective intelligence into project management and allows project team to contribute to management process. Wrike allows users to create tasks, share them, keep track of the tasks’s progress and control their completion.

Wrike enables users to organize their tasks in projects and activities, then discuss and work on them together cite web
url= http://www.rev2.org/2007/01/14/wrike-offers-online-project-collaboration/
date=January 14, 2007
title= Wrike Offers Online Project Collaboration
author= Sid Yadav
work= Rev2.org
accessdate=2007-12-04] .

The main value of Wrike is that it allows managers to decentralize updating and control of overall plans and permit online accesscite web
url= http://www.fastforwardblog.com/2007/10/08/wrike-online-project-management-for-the-rest-of-us
date=October 8, 2007
title= Wrike: Online Project Management for the Rest of Us
author= Bill Ives
work= FastForwardBlog
accessdate=2007-12-04] to plans that is equal for all selected participants. Wrike makes it possible for managers to keep track of projects that require collaboration.

See also

*Collaborative software
*Groupware
*List of collaborative software
*List of project management software
*Project management

References

External links

* [http://www.wrike.com/ Wrike Official Homepage]
* [http://webworkerdaily.com/2007/11/05/free-on-demand-project-management-help/ Free On-Demand Project Management Help]
* [http://www.pcworld.com/businesscenter/article/134816/project_management_lite_basecamp_and_wrike.html Project Management Lite: Basecamp and Wrike]
* [http://www.stoweboyd.com/message/2006/12/wrike.html Criticism of Wrike]