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Top 5 Project Management Solutions for 2021

Written by Alex-Rodov | Feb 8, 2021 10:26:28 PM

In this blog post I would like to review some of the Project Management solutions and we will take a quick look at the following:

1.We will rate the top 5 Project management solutions

2.Outline individual features and capabilities

3.Assess adaptability and simplicity of implementation

4.Cost to Own and cost to implement overview

 

JIRA Software

https://www.atlassian.com/ 

The software development tool used by agile teams

Plan: Create user stories and issues, plan sprints, and distribute tasks across your software team

Track: Prioritize and discuss your team’s work in full context with complete visibility

Release: Ship with confidence and sanity knowing the information you have is always up-to-date

Report: Improve team performance based on real-time, visual data that your team can put to use

 Choose a workflow or make it your own

Scrum boards

Kanban boards

Agile reporting

Deployment Flexibility

Cloud

Atlassian hosted

 

Server
Self-hosted
Data Center
Self-hosted or deployed with cloud provider

Pricing

Microsoft Project

https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/microsoft-365/project/project-management-software 

Harness the power of the Microsoft Cloud
Incorporate other Microsoft Cloud services for a powerful PPM solution

Enjoy all the benefits of the Microsoft Cloud, a leader in public cloud, through Microsoft PPM

Adhere to broader cloud strategy by adding Microsoft PPM

Leverage a broad set of innovative cloud services to satisfy growing PPM needs

Microsoft PPM will cover all your project management needs…

…in one connected work management platform

Tasks across Microsoft apps and services

 The modern work management suite

Connect most processes

MONDAY.COM

Monday.com

 

Customizable templates

Pricing

 

Power PPM 

https://www.trusteditgroup.com/power-ppm 

PPM Solution based on Microsoft Power Platform:

Supplement Resource Management solution TEAM PLANNER:

 

Ideation

Business Case

Financial Forecasting

Risk Management

Key Performance Indicators

Changes and Issues

Status Reporting

Demand and Capacity Management

Portfolios and Programs

Timesheets

 

What If Simulation

Governance and Auditing

Machine Learning and AI

Power PPM Mobile First

Pricing

$20 / User

SERVICE NOW

https://www.servicenow.com/ 

Innovation portal

Encourage your teams to collaborate, develop concepts, and turn ideas into demands.

Portfolio workbench

View demands and projects, then plan a portfolio and track its progress—all in a central location.

Investment funding

Create top‑down funding allocation from strategic objectives, portfolios, and business services.

RIDAC workflows

Use risks, issues, decisions, actions, and changes (RIDAC) workflows to automate and simplify work.

Project workspace

Define, plan, track, and monitor project status, exceptions, and KPIs in a single location.

 

Additional Project Portfolio Management features

  • Mobile project status
    View projects details with just a click or a swipe—all from a single, native mobile app.
  • Project portfolio
    Organize development tasks into projects, and projects into programs and portfolios—providing collaboration, reporting, and tracking for your planning and more information for better business decision-making.
  • Resource management
    Pull together management and forecasting capabilities into a single tool, allowing for effective staff allocation and visibility into the resources that are truly available at any given time.
  • Demand management
    Centralize all your strategic requests from the business and consolidate the investment decision process for new products and services.
  • Innovation management
    Capture, vote on, vet, and track ideas all from a single location.
  • Agile development
    Integrate with ServiceNow®Agile Developmentto enable Scrum, Agile teams, and hybrid development methods.

Pricing upon request

Review Summary

Based on my experience and collection of engagements throughout industries and verticals I came across many of these tools in life environments facing challenges to implement and train these solutions. You can see some of the leaders here in this table and some are falling a little bit behind, however in all honesty I would like to say that the two is only good when it is put in the right place in the right time.

For your specific situation you may need to have the tool that may not yet been presented here in this table. Now clearly I suggest you do your own research and if you need some help navigating through features and capabilities we will be happy to assist you and answer any questions.

Thank you for reading I hope you enjoyed it and it was useful for your research.

Alexander Rodov, PMP, MCTS, CSM

 

 

 

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