[419] in Project_DB
PMI on evaluating Project Management Software
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Bill Cattey)
Wed Jan 6 14:05:13 1999
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 01:54:39 +0000 ()
From: Bill Cattey <wdc@MIT.EDU>
To: project-db@MIT.EDU, itlt@MIT.EDU
The December Issue of PM Network Magazine offers tips on using the
soon-to-be-released Project Management Software Survey to pick good
tools. Since there has been a lot of discussion of project management,
tools, and the plans for evolution of our own Project Database, I wanted
to share the gem of the article:
The process to use in selecting project management software looks a lot
like our Discovery Process:
* State thebusiness problem
* State improvement objectives
* Document or reengineer the project management process
* Map the project management procee to the appropriate category of software
* Generate a requirements list
* Select the short list
* Test it yourself
* Decide
I think keeping the PMI advice in mind as we charter our own Discovery
process in project management and tools will be VERY helpful.
-wdc
