Project management often commodity (short PMS) is software, which supports that or the users with the project management.

In principle project management is possible also without a special software employment. In particular with a high project complexity, many involved ones or the integration into enterprise-far systems (ERP, cost calculation, etc.) project management often commodity can carry valuable services out. At the market a whole set of offerers of Projektmanagmentsoftware were established.

According to their function range and their objective different categories can be differentiated from software, which are used in the project management. With respect to a M-model Hoppe/Ahlemann differentiate (see Related links):

• Single Project management of system (usually planning software for designing and - pursuit of an individual project)
• Multi Project management of system (usually planning software for the administration and controlling of several projects)
• Enterprise Project management of system (to the integration into enterprise-far planning, e.g. ERP software)
• Project Collaboration Platforms
  • Communication solutions (e.g. Groupware solutions, portal software)
  • Other one (for this count numerous programs, which are actually not project management specific, which possess however for example interfaces to PM-software, e.g. Office solutions, (e.g. Min DMA (direct memory access) rodent) or also "“ticket systems"”)

Some software solutions are industry specific.

Selection of project management often commodity

With the selection by project management often commodity the following aspects are to be considered:

• Specification of the necessary function range
• Specification of the technical requirements (integration ability in the existing IT-landscape, performance, operability/ergonomics)
• Costs (e.g. by means of one totally Cost OF Ownership (TCO) - view)
• Make or Buy: Here the manufacturer and the promisingness are to consider as well as the strategic meaning of a software solution. Behind the Make or Buy question the decision is over the employment of standard or individual software (software overview).

Overview of project management often commodity solutions

An overview of project management often commodity solutions develops at present in the Wikipedia: WikiProjekt project management under: Wikipedia: WikiProjekt project management/software.

The systematic summary of existing information becomes since May 2003 in the context of a Web-supported data base in a co-operation of the institute for project management and innovation (IPMI) of the University of Bremen with the specialized group "“software for tasks of project management"” the GPM - German society for project management operated. The data base offers manufacturer information to numerous products, it covers reference works and short comments. The volume of data is continuously extended to extent and detailing and supplemented by test reports. They reach this news service under the URL www.PM-Software.info.

Related links

• PM-software-portal of the University of (Hoppe/Ahlemann): http://bow.oec.uni-osnabrueck.de/pm-studie/index.php
• Market overview of PM-software-solutions: Project management software in the ProKat
• Project management software listing: Web-based project management software listing

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