What are the widely used project management tools? I have used Microsoft Project in the past but is that a good tool to master & being used widely across the industry or is the tide shifting to more open source PM alternatives? What are the recommended PM tools & techniques to learn?
What kind of features are you looking for? "PM tools" could mean a lot of different things.
For technology projects Jira is extremely popular. It has a lot of third-party addins and a very open and accessible data model which makes it relatively easy to get data in and out of it. Jira is also cheaper than MS project. Saving Changes...
Whenever such surveys are conducted, MS Excel, Word & PowerPoint are the most widely used tools. For scheduling in small to mid-sized contexts, MS Project is a commonly used tool, but for larger projects, especially those in construction, more robust schedulers such as Oracle's Primavera are found.
Sergio Luis ConteHelping to create solutions for everyone| Worldwide based OrganizationsBuenos Aires, Argentina
In my case, from pencil and paper to Azure DevOps for example. As I mentioned lot of times you have to select the tool that best fit for your current defined process. If not you are getting a nightmare instead of a tool. Saving Changes...
Thank you all. I wanted to know, apart from MS project (which is a popular choice), what other Project management tools should I try to gain awareness on. It's more from expanding the learning curve perspective.
I sure agree & understand that the right tool selection would be based on the best fit for the process and the type of project being managed. Saving Changes...
Thanks Diane. Yes, heard about Smartsheet and OpenProject. Saving Changes...
Vladimir LiberzonR&D Director| Spider Project TeamMoscow, Russian Federation
If you want to expand your knowledge about project and portfolio scheduling and risk simulation look at Spider Project.
You can download its Demo from http://www.spiderproject.com/index.php/spiderproject/spiderdemo and try many options that do not exist in other tools. Saving Changes...
