Project Management Software

Project Management Software

Introduction
 Project management is about applying the knowledge,
techniques and skills.
 The aim is to obtain the desired outcome.
 The management can be done through notebooks, software and
whiteboards.
 The use of software are efficient to track deliverables.
 The software has a collection of tools.
 The use of software has increased performance of project team.

Basecamp
 Benefits:
 Effective communication.
 Compatibility with mobile.
 Efficient storage system (Weidner 2014)
 Allows client access
 Simple price plan
 Shortcomings:
 The option of archiving is not available.
 Very simple and lacks some essential features
(Stoshikj, M., Kryvinska, N. and Strauss 2014).
 Does not allow time tracking
 The feature of starring is not available

Asana  Benefits:
 Storage security
 Allows collaboration
 Offers free plan (Ferreira et al. 2018)
 Tracks the progress of project
 Allows customization
 Allows integration with applications
 Shortcomings:
 Complex software
 Exporting facilities are limited
 Assigning of tasks are limited(Konan and Harper
2019)
 Not suitable for the new users
 Does not allow time tracking

AceProject
 Benefits:
 It is efficient in managing project, task and
timesheet.
 It allows to assign reviews, workers with
deadlines.
 It provides best customer support (Chentouf
2014)
 The price is reasonable
 Shortcomings:
 The interface is not user friendly
 The integration of other application is limited
 Complicated for new users

Monday  Benefits:
 It allows customization
 The tasks can be assigned to various people
 It provides templates for various tasks
(Binder 2016)
 It has user friendly interface
 Shortcomings:
 It does not allow sharing of tasks
 It shows continuous notifications
 Complicated structure
 The application is difficult to handle

Wrike
 Benefits:
 Customization is available
 Organizes work as per preference
 Allows integration between the uploaded files.
 It provides tracking views (Calderón and Ruiz
2015)
 Provides reviewing and proofing
 Shortcomings:
 Several updates are offered which is
unnecessary
 Limited time tracking
 Does not allowing easy switching of assignee.
 Complicated dashboard accessibility

Software address requirements
 For initiation phase:
 The software explores the project by automation.
 The software prepares the feasibility chart of the project (Rennemo et al.
2014)
 The software delivers all the pros and cons of the project
 For planning phase:
 A plan is generated on the basis of the inputs
 All the requirement are arranged by the software (Phiquepal and Toussaint
2019)

Contd…
 All the constraints of project are developed by the software
 Software prepares a automated plan (Alatartsev and Ortmeier
2014)
 It distributes the plan to all the team members.
 For execution Phase:
 The software assigns the tasks as per the timeline
 The obtained output is evaluated by the applications (Kwak
et al. 2015).
 Obtained results are evaluated.

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Contd….
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