RE: FN-FORUM: Project management software

date posted 14th July 2005 13:56

Hi Dai

Project management is a group of techniques and processes when put together
can (if used correctly) predict the flow of time, cost and resources through
a given project. Software such as m$ project is merely a tool to assist
with the tracking of such information.

That said, m$ project is pretty good. Lots of the academics in project
management prefer CA Superproject, construction and petrochem lean towards
primavera. IMO any software you choose will only be as good as the time you
are prepared to invest in learning the quirks of the package.

I would suggest that reading a book or two on the subject may help and allow
you to assess which software would best suit your needs (along with giving
you ideas on how to best use it).

Regards


Darren

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Hi all,

Just recently switched from solo working to having a couple of other
employees. As part of trying to get us working well as a team we are
looking at project management software. The obvious place to start as we
have an action pack was MS Project and we have run that up and tried it on
current project. It seems very powerful but equally the learning curve is a
little steep. What I am trying to decide is whether to dive fully into MS
Project and learn how it works or whether to find a simpler tool to use,
either short or long term.

Any experience, suggestions etc. would be welcomed.

Dai

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