Project Management Software Tools
Tools from our Members
- Playbook & Tracker from Rohda Allen, IBM
- At our September 2006 meeting, Rhoda discussed managing complex
projects with stakeholders in different companies and organizations.
She has generously shared the Excel spreadsheets that she developed through
years of project management experience with us. Agreed, these tools are not some million
dollar web based project management suite. But the
ubiquity of MS Excel makes them an excellent means to communicate project
statuses to a diverse group of stakeholders through e-mails. Given that a
project managers three main responsibilities are communication, communication,
and communication, these tools will be a valuable asset to project managers
working across disconnected organizational boundaries.
Tracker
Playbook
Free Tools
- Open WorkBench at http://openworkbench.org/
- Open WorkBench is a free open source desktop application that provides
robust project scheduling and management functionality. Already the scheduling
standard for more than 100,000 project managers worldwide, Open Workbench
is a free and powerful alternative to Microsoft Project. You can download
the software from the panel on the left under the keyword "Download."
Commercial Tools
- Microsoft Project at
http://office.microsoft.com/project/
- MSP is a project management software program developed and sold by
Microsoft which is designed to assist project managers in developing
plans, assigning resources to task, tracking progress, managing
budgets, and analyzing workloads.
- Primavera at http://www.primavera.com/
- Primavera Systems, Inc. sells project and portfolio management software
for general use and well as versions tailored to provide industry-specific
solutions. Primavera also offers education classes, and professional services.
