Chris AlcureERP Project Manager| HavasNy, United States
Currently using different systems, one to create projects and project plans, another to track hours against projects and separate system for resource management. Looking for suggestions / recommendations for an "all in one" project management software that can do it all. Saving Changes...
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Stephanie SyMarketing| Software TestedWi, United States
Project management software empowers teams to support projects from inception to completion, including planning, budgeting, managing tasks, allocating resources, tracking and reporting progress, and other functions.
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Are you sure an all-in-one project portfolio management tool is the best solution? There is something to be said to using best-of-breed point solutions to properly support specific functions. As long as they integrate with each other, you may find it a satisfactory solution. Saving Changes...
Smartsheets, Jira, ClickUp, Monday.com, Wrike... all do variations of what you're asking about, some better than others, and some for additional fees. More context is needed for a more definitive answer.
Do you need kanban boards, gantt charts, or are you running sprints? What type of reporting do you need? When you say resource management, do you also need to be able to forecast resource availability? I haven't used any tools that do that well, but the problem may have had more to do with the ability of people to forecast their time than a problem with a tool.
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1 reply by Vladimir Liberzon
Jan 20, 2022 2:38 PM
Vladimir Liberzon
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Creating project and portfolio schedules taking into account resource skills and constraints is the complex task and yes, most programs do it poorly or don't do at all like all programs that you mentioned.
Forecasting activity duration is much better if to ask for optimistic, most likely and pessimistic duration. Risk simulation provides much more reliable estimates.
If these are the requirements to the software for portfolio management then Spider Project does it and I don't know other tools that calculate portfolio schedules taking into account all existing constraints and simulate risks in resource constrained schedules.
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Vladimir LiberzonR&D Director| Spider Project TeamMoscow, Russian Federation
Jan 20, 2022 10:35 AM
Replying to Aaron Porter
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Smartsheets, Jira, ClickUp, Monday.com, Wrike... all do variations of what you're asking about, some better than others, and some for additional fees. More context is needed for a more definitive answer.
Do you need kanban boards, gantt charts, or are you running sprints? What type of reporting do you need? When you say resource management, do you also need to be able to forecast resource availability? I haven't used any tools that do that well, but the problem may have had more to do with the ability of people to forecast their time than a problem with a tool.
Creating project and portfolio schedules taking into account resource skills and constraints is the complex task and yes, most programs do it poorly or don't do at all like all programs that you mentioned.
Forecasting activity duration is much better if to ask for optimistic, most likely and pessimistic duration. Risk simulation provides much more reliable estimates.
If these are the requirements to the software for portfolio management then Spider Project does it and I don't know other tools that calculate portfolio schedules taking into account all existing constraints and simulate risks in resource constrained schedules. Saving Changes...
There is plenty of fish in the Project & Portfolio Management software. What you should pay attention to the fact that that Most PPM Software implementations cost more than the budgeted amount. Here you will find a handful of information about true costs of implementation: https://bigpicture.one/true-cost-ppm-software-implementation/
In addition, if you don't choose a system that's easy for your team to implement and use, you'll end up magnifying the challenges you already face. Saving Changes...
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