The Likes and Dislikes of Project Management Tools
Drew FordDirector of Operations| Business InstrumentsKs, United States
What features or functionality do you like or dislike in today's current PM tools? Are their certain pieces you would like to see? Are their features or functionality that would make your job easier? Saving Changes...
MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
I dislike all the unnecessary documentation.
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1 reply by Markus Kopko
Jan 13, 2016 3:07 AM
Markus Kopko
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Hello Maen,
this is intersting, could you please elaborate this a bit more? What kind of documentation is unnecessary from your point of view?
And if so, why is this documentation still required within your PM processes?
I am very interested in this topci from my point of view as an EPMO employee.
THx in advance!
Senior Projects Manager | Field & Marten AssociatesNew Westminster, British Columbia, Canada
Well, IMHO, it is not about like or dislike, it is about what your projects needs or don't need so you can tailor and assess the tools accordingly. Saving Changes...
Adil MuhammadLead Business Analyst/Test Manager| Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Saudi ArabiaHawthorn, Victoria, Australia
I agree with Rami, PM tools and techniques are all useful depending on the project needs. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 12, 2016 11:58 PM
Replying to MAEN QADDOURAH
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I dislike all the unnecessary documentation.
Hello Maen,
this is intersting, could you please elaborate this a bit more? What kind of documentation is unnecessary from your point of view?
And if so, why is this documentation still required within your PM processes?
I am very interested in this topci from my point of view as an EPMO employee.
THx in advance!
Regards,
Markus Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Well, i would love to have an integrated PM tool within our company which integrates all the pm processes and has the option to tailor it too the specific project needs, like Rami mentioned.
I know that there such kind of tools available, unfortenatly there is actually no plan to implement one in our company.
Instead why have to try to conduct such kind of tool by our own with MS Sharepoint as a platform, what is very ineffective from my point of view.
Regards,
Markus Saving Changes...
MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thanks Markus .
I meant the unnecessary documentation within the team of Project Management.
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1 reply by Markus Kopko
Jan 13, 2016 4:46 AM
Markus Kopko
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Hello Maen,
i am sorry but i don't get it.
Could you be more specific?
May be you could name the documents you are talking about?
I do not wanna anoy you, but i am really very interesetd in this.
Thx again.
Markus
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Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 13, 2016 3:20 AM
Replying to MAEN QADDOURAH
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Thanks Markus .
I meant the unnecessary documentation within the team of Project Management.
Hello Maen,
i am sorry but i don't get it.
Could you be more specific?
May be you could name the documents you are talking about?
I do not wanna anoy you, but i am really very interesetd in this.
Thx again.
Markus Saving Changes...
MAEN QADDOURAHProject Director| AJ SAUDIJeddah, Saudi Arabia
Thanks Markus.
in our company , one document is called Use Case Document which is business documents that provide a story of how a system and the team will be utilized to achieve specific goal.
This can be included in any other related plan.
As Rami mentioned, there is no particular UNNECESSARY documentation. All we need to do is tailor the process/tool as per the requirement of the project. By requirement I mean complexity and volume of the project.
I'm of the view that documentation seems futile for two reasons.
1. The documents once produced are not used properly or are not used at all after they are developed. Such documents are left unattended only to be discarded later for recycling.
2. Some (read many) people do not understand tailoring of processes/tools. We in our company have long checklists for milestones and much longer list of documents required for supporting them but they are not to be used for every single project. Many of the items listed in checklists are required in HUGE and complex projects. Saving Changes...
Markus KopkoAI Enabler for Project & Program Mgmt | Founder PMotion.ai / The PM
AI Coach| PMotion.aiHamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Jan 13, 2016 7:08 AM
Replying to MAEN QADDOURAH
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Thanks Markus.
in our company , one document is called Use Case Document which is business documents that provide a story of how a system and the team will be utilized to achieve specific goal.
This can be included in any other related plan.
Maen,
thanx for clarification. Appreciate it. Saving Changes...
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