Project Management Software > Professional Services Automation (PSA) Software

Global professional resourcing and project-based solutions leader turns to Compuware’s Changpoint to manage growth and complexity with streamlined resource planning, project management, and time and materials tracking.

“Best of Breed” project management software finalists include @Task, Clarizen, Instantis, OpenAir, QuickArrow and Tenrox.

You've found ways to streamline processes for your clients--but what about your own organization? The time has come to put the needs of your organization first. PSA can help.

From small organizations to large, in virtually every service sector -- from IT to engineering, advertising and healthcare -- the benefits of a PSA solution include increased efficiency and higher profit margins.

A knowledge management system is no good if people can't--or won't--use it. Don't gloss over usability measures, or you'll end up shooting yourself in the foot.

Software program management office, founded in 2004, proves instrumental in helping the Milwaukee-based company achieve increased predictability, productivity and visibility.

Globalization is driving professional service organizations of all sizes to adapt their processes and consider integrated resource planning solutions that can improve financial visibility and operational efficiency while maintaining a hands-on project management touch.

PlanView has found a way to make IT successful throughout organizations, not just in IT departments. It starts with managing resources at the heart of the organization -- and how better to do that, than through PSA.

The business imperative to align IT with strategic goals has created unprecedented demand for project portfolio management solutions, spurring consolidation in the marketplace while also bringing forth a number of new and refocused offerings. For organizations in search of PPM technology to meet their specific needs, the selection process can be daunting.

With the cost, quality and complexity of healthcare under a national microscope these days, some hospitals are already realizing critical improvements by implementing project portfolio management, thanks to niche solutions designed specifically for their needs.

Recent alliances, acquisitions and implementations in the world of project and portfolio management.

Recent alliances, acquisitions and implementations in the world of project and portfolio management.

The combination of the two companies creates a major player in the $1.3 billion project and portfolio management software market, with more than 500 customers and 150,000 users worldwide.

New license revenue is projected to reach $655 million in 2006, according to a new research report by Service Performance Insight.

The acquisition marks an aggressive move by CollabNet into cross-platform, Cloud-based developer services.

Since service management is far more important to our customers than information technology, the acronym should be SMIT--or Service Management through Information Technology--rather than ITSM. There are many methods for structuring the improvement of the service that we provide to our customers, but all of the complexity boils down to a few important considerations.

The sixth annual award recognizes visionary and proven project management offices. Past winners include EDS, Rockwell Automation and IBM Corp.

Project managers usually tend to focus on the methodology for executing the technical part of the project. However, a good understanding of a practical SOA landscape and its associated challenges can help a technical PM make the SOA adoption on technology projects run even smoother.

Why do PMOs have such a high failure rate? It's time to take a look at the top 10 PMO worst practices--and advice on how to avoid them.

Agile vendors have done a good job providing project managers and product owners with planning and tracking tools. But the primary creators of project deliverables are software developers, and they have consistently been an afterthought. To scale across the enterprise, Agile work processes must embrace the individual contributors doing the actual work.

Project managers pursuing an entrepreneurial, Agile approach to get things done will find that setting the stage to properly support a team is the most challenging and rewarding activity they can undertake. In the process, their value goes far beyond tactical execution.

Despite this global recession, the competitive landscape keeps becoming more urgent and faster paced. You will be expected to keep managing new projects to keep your organization competitive--but will do so with less (and exhausted) resources, tight budgets and more scrutiny for success. How does one meet such challenges and succeed? One of the agile practices tailor made for such an environment is the Lean method.

Partnership will deliver enterprise project management solutions to the European marketplace.

Mindjet is also introducing a cloud-based collaboration service and a new version of its collaborative work management solution.

The acquisition of Bluenova acquisition will increase Daptiv's company revenue by about10 percent and position it to capitalize on the fast-growing market for PPM solutions in the Asia Pacific region

As the project manager, you need to help the customer understand why agile could be a suitable approach for them. Here's some help in preparing them for a wild ride.

Recent alliances, acquisitions and implementations in the world of project and portfolio management.

After more than 20 years in the financial services industry, this writer thought he knew exactly what to anticipate moving into his new role as a software vendor project manager. He was wrong...

With so much to do and fewer resources to do it, project-based organizations are calling on professional services automation solutions for help.

For global organizations with diverse workforces and clients, maintaining a consistent level of project management excellence requires a permanent commitment to training. IT infrastructure provider EMC teamed with PMI to launch a talent development program for its project managers.

Does your PPM solution help you understand the cost of IT operations or just your projects and portfolios? Technology Business Management is an emerging category of software solutions designed to help CIOs and IT executives manage and communicate the cost, quality and value of IT Services.

One of the most established standards organizations (and their pronouncements) is often missing from the IT governance conversation: the International Organization for Standardization. Did you know that the ISO has been very active in the governance and compliance space? Here is an update on the standards that you might find useful.

A new guide addresses unique aspects of project management within the pharmaceutical industry, including regulatory context, integrated validation and risk management.

Project portfolio management is helping to bridge the gap between project management and operations for professional services organizations. But their needs are not the same as an IT organization’s. Here’s a roundup of PPM solutions that recognize and address these significant differences.

Efforts of winners have evolved into the BA Skills Center, which acts as resource for more than 100 business analysts at Merck.

Code inspections are an implicit, often unspoken best practice among agile project management teams. This silence has caused some people to question the quality control of the agile PM paradigm. Surprisingly, agile teams have not forgotten to mind the Ps and Qs of quality engineering--and not only continue to perform code inspections, but perform them more often. This results in even greater quality than traditional project management teams.

Recent appointments, promotions, openings and awards in the world of project management.

Gartner’s new report on the state of the PPM market evaluates 30 technology providers and identifies important trends, including the infiltration of the SaaS deployment model and increasing support of Agile.

There is a push for a more flexible, dynamic approach to supporting knowledge work through technology. Software architect and author Keith Swenson is a leading advocate of adaptive case management, which recognizes the creative, unpredictable nature of knowledge work. He shares his thoughts on the concept.

Technical debt describes the cumulative consequences of cutting corners in software development, but it escapes the attention of many project managers as they focus on scope and schedule. That’s a mistake because it impacts both. Here are questions to help you ascertain the real state of technical affairs.

Here’s our July 2009 roundup of the latest technology solutions, services and training for project management professionals, including configurable project collaboration … single-application Scrum development … simplified earned value management … test case management … and more.

John Baldwin, new CEO of on-demand PPM solutions provider Daptiv, shares his plans for the company, and where he thinks the industry is headed.

A new survey finds that more software development professionals and executives see IT budgets increasing, but project scope and estimation are still concerns.