Project Management Software

Software to help people commit Project Management.

In "classic" (WaterFall, Gantt Chart) category, marketshare leader is MsProject. We will bury you.

I tend to use a Software Forge, though I don't really think/plan in classic Project Management terms.

Feb'2013: Jason Cohen defines some niche-specific alternate approaches.

Notes from 2001

Microsoft is broadening the reach of MsProject. In the words of partner Business Engine , "They (Microsoft) want to make Project into a platform, which is the way we have always seen it," he said. (Though BE seems to have a top-down budget/Control attitude...)

My vision is a product called Project Flux. Similar to the killed-by-BlogGer Py Ra.

Here's one possible NameSpace. Another is PmXml.

CoMindWork

An old attempt: use Zwiki (Collaboration Ware, WikiForCollaboration Ware)

Tweak Zwiki:Zwiki Tracker

• add some fields like assignedTo, expectedCompleteDate

• use Zwiki's built-in Hierarchal Structure to mimic a hierarchy of tasks

• body text of each task item/page is like a WebLog/AppLog entry. (And Zwiki let's you set up any page to support email subscription for updates.)

Structure the wikis for an organization as follows:

• root/central wiki for central/cross-project info, plus a single Zwiki Tracker

• [SubWiki] for each project requiring significant documentation (User Stories, etc.)

Most discussion happens via EMail (and in person), then is recorded to the appropriate wiki pages, because Summarizing Is Necessary.

Note this makes it difficult/tricky to view a single-project RecentChanges/WebLog view.