The best project manager is supported by a project management software tool that caters to unique project requirements. When selecting a software to run a project or business, many buyers overlook key factors that ensure a successful project management software implementation. The purpose of this article is to provide business owners and project managers with insights on how to select the best project management software.
Ranking Business and Project Management Priorities
Project management software has increased significantly in complexity and functionality since the development of the science of project management in the 1950′s and 1960′s. Today packages such as Microsoft Project, Oracle Primavera and the free open source tools such as open work bench have the capability to plan projects, and even portfolios of projects, in full detail. They can incorporate resources loading, costing and inter-project dependencies. However is this increasing capability leading to more project success? And how can we use project management software to best advantage of the project? In this article we look are the advantages and disadvantages of project management software and how the disadvantages can be avoided.
The key advantages of project management software compared to hand drawn plans in excel or powerpoint are
