Why is a Project Management Software necessary and What to look for in a software

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Himanshu Tiwari

Updated on - Feb 26, 2022

Why is a Project Management Software necessary

A project management software does the following things that make your project completion and project delivery smooth

  • Because of project management software you don’t need third party software to communicate with the people involved in the project. You can communicate with your team using the inbuilt messaging tools, and meeting tools. Real time file sharing, accessing calendars, and contact lists is possible.
  • You can get the real time status of all your work through project management software.
  • Wherever there is any issue, you will be able to see it in real time and can assign the task to the relevant team member to fix that issue. Resource management can be done very easily using project management software. Prioritizing the tasks of projects becomes very easy without rescheduling the entire project plan.
  • You get automatic reports on how everyone is performing, and as per their performance when the project will get completed.
  • Because of project management software you can know which methodology works better for you i.e. agile or waterfall so that you can implement that.
  • Integration of cloud based business apps like Gmail, Outlook, Salesforce, Zoom can be done easily using a project management software.
  • The budget management can be done very easily using the software. Some of the budget management activities possible through project management software are time tracking, budget report, budget dashboard, automated invoicing.

What to look for in a Project Management Software

If you are thinking of purchasing a project management software, you must first analyze what your requirements are. Many different project management software offers a 15 day or 30 day free trial so you can use those trials to see which software works best for you i.e. which one is making your project management easier. Some of the features that you can look for in a project management software are:

  • Visually Interactive dashboards with complete analysis of project
  • East integration with business apps
  • Affordable and easy to use
  • Compatible on different devices and different OS versions
  • The customer service is good in case you need some help with software

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