I have thought some over the years about how best to manage the work that my research group, the Surface Lab, does. At the moment, we use a combination of paper lists of tasks, an online group using the campus Course Management System (Moodle), and semi-regular PowerPoint summaries (which are more regular during the summer).
This seems to work fine. However, I've wondered from time to time whether an online project management interface might be a good option. Just not enough to jump into one and see how it works.
Inspired by a ProfHacker post on Software for Managing Group Tasks, and considering the fact that I will be managing at least some portion of a group from afar while I'm away next year, I think it might be time to consider some of the options more carefully.
Here are three I may look into.
Producteev, recommended by the author of the ProfHacker post.
Asana, recommended in the comments of that post.
Trello, also recommended in the comments.
The goal would be to try one out this summer, so that we can see how it could be used while I'm away.