In this Article, we'll going to examine some of the software options available in the market that can make your job as a project manager easier.
However for more complex projects the most well known desktop project management programs are project and Primavera. both of these programs come with a tones of features for setting up and managing a project schedule.
Other project management programs costs less but still offer impressive toolkit, for example: Fastrack schedule Openproject and @task.
When you think about all the documents you produce during the life of a project, you quickly release that a word processing program is an essential part of your project management software. Although every project is unique, projects still share a lot of similarities, so it's a good idea to build a document template so you don't have to start from scratch every time.
A spread sheet program is another must have for all kind of calculations and analysis, for example you can put together a spread sheet to analyze the risks your project faces and figure out which one you should keep an eye on a presentation program like Powerpoint is usefull when you have to communicate project information at a high level, or when you want to include information from a variety of other types of documents.
Because a project has usually a team of people working on it, you need some kind of tool for collaborating with others, Basecamp and Microsoft Sharepoint are just two of the web oriented collaboration tools you can use to share files with others, keep track of issues or even manage a workflow.
If you work on a very large projects or in an organization that runs dozens or even hundreds of different projects at the same time, then you should consider enterprise project management software.
Enterprise level software, provides tools that allow you to find resources with the skills you need and see which resources are available when you need them. it helps you track risks, issues and other information, and even build document libraries so team members can easily find information they need.
We've only briefly touched up on some of the software available .
I recommend you consider the following in your decisions:
- The culture and work environment of your organization
- Costs
- The number of project you manage, and
- Their complexity
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