Projects are complicated beasts – there is no question about that. Tracking everything from issues, to outstanding tasks, to change orders, to risks, to financials, and everything in between…it’s enough to drive any project manager up the wall if he’s trying to do it all in his head, on paper or in a spreadsheet. It just isn’t possible, nor does it have to be. In the landscape where there were really only a couple of offerings 15-20 years ago, there are now literally hundreds of desktop and web-based project management tools designed to help the project manager organize just about anything he can imagine. And nearly everyone of them can do most of what any PM needs: track tasks, track progress, manage financials, track resource usage, handle task dependencies, identify the critical path, and roll several projects into one manageable portfolio as well.
And most can do a pretty good job at reporting…something that I consider to be at the heart of project management. Why? Because a smart project manager can use reports that come out of your chosen project management tool to do most of the project status reporting for you.
And most can do a pretty good job at reporting…something that I consider to be at the heart of project management. Why? Because a smart project manager can use reports that come out of your chosen project management tool to do most of the project status reporting for you.
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