Projects are basic building blocks of operations for company of any domain. A project
can be anything which ought to have a specific outcome; has a deadline or target
date and requires a budget to limit the use of resources. So with this formal definition,
it implies that every business needs to have an effective project management personnel
and tools.
The onus of successful delivery of project or projects is on a role person, titled
as Project Manager. He has to shoulder a huge responsibility. Whether small or large,
every business’s project has to complete a lifecycle, whose steps are shown
in the following diagram
IT industry develops software for many functions like education, finance, medical,
entertainment, etc. in order to make correct functional software for all these sectors,
the IT professional needs to gather the requirements and have to effectively analyze
each & every requirement; one loop hole and the software has to bid goodbye.
But when it comes to design project management software, there are lesser chances
of requirement mismatch.
Did you ask why?
Good question
Because, the team designing a project management software is also headed by a project
manager who also struggles with the challenges of project management. So bingo!
He knows what type of tool can minus the worries of his project management role.
And the outcome is a tool which is worth of spending time & money.
Our dear project manager is heading a team of 5 MCA professionals, who are working
dedicatedly on developing small business software. Apart from it, he has responsibility
for other projects running in our company. When management asked him to develop
project management software as a part of small business software package, he had
a proud and confident smile on his face. Replying to our doubtful expression, he
explained as quoted “Sir, it is the foremost software tool that I require.
And being an IT company it is good that I will be using my software creation.”
So he submitted a technical report to the management. We are happy to share some
snippets from that report.
If you have read the project report, you can find that the challenges mentioned
by our project manager are very basic. It is his personal challenges. Hence he proposed
the solution which contains simple and relevant functions.
Project Management tool can go to any extent in its functionality and features.
But as discussed, not everyone needs multiple features and complex software.
Then there is also very nice aspects related to any software usage. Few of them
are :
Not all software is accepted by employees of the company, even though it is popular
software.
Every needs and working style is different. Some agree to follow one way while some
go for different style of software.
People can keep their enthusiasm for using a particular software only if it evolves
in time. This means, that for first usage, it should be friendly enough to be used
without much assistance. It can be achieved only if the software has relevant functions
and serve the purpose of its category. Later as time passes by, features should
be included to give it a essence of “advance software”.
We think, it is no better to have a software category designed and developed by
those who are themselves in urgent need of such software like our project manager.
The hint of personal experience in designing a project management software by our
Project Manager makes the quality solution, which can definitely work in real time
environment.
Well, some project manager might not agree with us. No issues, in fact our project
manager also does not agree to others. But then this how evolution of IT and software
industry happens.
You can try using our simple windows-based software on project management
called Project Cafe. Click here to download now!