What do you think is the best project management software on the market and does PMI offer a class on PM software?

Regarding the tool and which is the best, what do you need it to do?

I haven't used them all, but I've used several. If you need a PM tool that is powerful, customizable, and provides most of the functionality a PM would need, but is horrible for reporting that the business needs and for collaboration, my favorite is the MS Project Pro desktop client. If you don't need all the bells and whistles and just need a desktop tool that has a similar look and feel, the ProjectLibre desktop client works well and is free.

Most of the other tools I've used (Monday.com, ClickUp, Wrike, Jira, Azure DevOps, etc.) are what I consider work management tools with project management features. They are great for managing tasks and collaboration. Their PM and reporting features vary in quality and ease of use/configuration. Don't get me wrong, they get the job done, and it's hard to complain when people are updating their own tasks instead of having to chase them down for updates. There probably is a tool that has everything I like about MS Project Pro AND is web-based, set up for collaboration, and has good reporting. I just don't have the time or budget to chase perfection and try and get everyone else to adopt it.

Carrie, I agree with Kiron's feedback with regards to PMI endorsing a specific software.

As for the courses, there are lots of courses on Udemy related to PM tools and you can earn PDUs but again, as Kiron mentioned, depending on how well the course content aligns with the PMI's Talent Triangle.

Carrie -

PMI won't endorse any specific software tools as context counts. However, you can use industry analyst research (e.g. Gartner magic quadrant reports) for specific PM tool segments (e.g. Project Portfolio Management tools).

And yes, if you take a PM tool-focused course, there likely would be "some" PDUs which you could earn depending on how well the courseware aligns with the three legs of PMI's Talent Triangle. For example, the training company I used to work for offered a two day MS Project course which gave 5 Ways of Working PDUs, 1 Power Skills PDU and 8 Business Acumen PDUs.

Kiron

Project EMC2, of course! And I’m happy to do a remote training session.

Okay, thank you! It would be best if PMI could recommend specific courses covering PM tools, but so far, it's looking like I would need to research various courses on my own.