Product Type: Market Research Report
Published by: BARC
Published: January 2008
Product Code: R3485-16Description The fifth edition of the successful BARC report, "Project Management Software Systems", is now available and provides the complete guide to a successful project management software selection program.
If you are seeking to purchase project management software for your organization, this report from BARC puts the facts at your fingertips to help you select the best tool to match your requirements. As well as providing detailed reviews of 24 leading products on the market, this report will give you all the background information you need to conduct a swift and successful evaluation and selection project.
The first section of the report is a structured, easy-to-follow guide to the best practices and theory behind the tool selection process. Among the many highlights of this comprehensive report, you will discover
- The critical success factors in the product selection process;
- The stages involved in the process of finding and implementing the right project management software;
- Which types of project management software are best suited to your organization;
- The various architectures and technologies behind the software; and
- Explanations of the key functionalities typically offered by project management software systems.
The second section contains a detailed analysis of 24 market-leading products based on over 100 criteria. Each product reviewed in this report is assessed or scored on the same criteria so that product comparisons can be made easily. A 'product assessment' and 'assessment summary' at the end of each review gives you an easily digestible overview of the strengths and weaknesses of each these 24 project management software systems.
This 456-page report is available in fully-searchable electronic format (PDF) and is illustrated throughout with screenshots from all the products covered.
Please note: The report file is password protected. Password will be delivered with PDF file. The PDF file may not be saved, however, one hard copy may be printed.
Table of Contents - I. The Fundamentals of Project Management Software
- 1. Introduction
- 2. The Product Selection Process
- 2.1. Success Factors
- 2.2. A Process Model
- 3. Project Management Software Maturity
- 3.1. Overview
- 3.2. Single-Project Management Systems
- 3.3. Multi-Project Management Systems
- 3.3.1. Plan-oriented Multi-Project Management Systems
- 3.3.2. Process-oriented Multi-Project Management Systems
- 3.3.3. Resource-oriented Multi-Project Management Systems
- 3.3.4. Service-oriented Multi-Project Management Systems
- 3.4. Enterprise Project Management Systems
- 3.5. Performance-oriented Project Management Systems
- 3.6. Knowledge-oriented Project Management Systems
- 4. Architectures and Technologies
- 4.1. Software Architectures
- 4.1.1. Monolithic Architectures
- 4.1.2. Two-tier Client/Server Architectures
- 4.1.3. Three-tier Client/Server Architectures
- 4.1.4. Web Architectures
- 4.2. Configuration
- 4.3. Enterprise Application Integration
- 4.4. Security
- 5. Project Management Software Functionality
- 5.1. Overview: The M-Model as a Frame of Reference
- 5.1.1. Project Lifecycle
- 5.1.2. Management Levels
- 5.2. Idea Generation/Lead Management
- 5.2.1. Creativity Techniques
- 5.2.2. Idea/Project Classification
- 5.2.3. Lead Management
- 5.2.4. Project Status/Project Process Management
- 5.3. Idea Evaluation
- 5.3.1. Estimation of Effort
- 5.3.2. Resource Needs Specification
- 5.3.3. Risk Estimation
- 5.3.4. Profitability Analysis
- 5.3.5. Project Budgeting
- 5.3.6. Offer Management
- 5.4. Portfolio Planning
- 5.4.1. Organizational Budgeting
- 5.4.2. Project Assessment
- 5.4.3. Project Portfolio Optimization
- 5.4.4. Project Portfolio Configuration
- 5.5. Program Planning
- 5.5.1. Project Templates
- 5.5.2. Resource Master Data
- 5.5.3. Resource AssignmentWorkflow
- 5.5.4. Resource Allocation
- 5.6. Project Planning
- 5.6.1. Work Breakdown Structure Planning
- 5.6.2. Scope/Product Planning
- 5.6.3. Network Planning
- 5.6.4. Scheduling
- 5.6.5. Resource Leveling
- 5.6.6. Risk Planning
- 5.6.7. Cost Planning
- 5.7. Project Controlling
- 5.7.1. Change Request Management
- 5.7.2. (Travel) Expense Management
- 5.7.3. Timesheet
- 5.7.4. Cost Controlling
- 5.7.5. Meeting Support
- 5.8. Program Controlling
- 5.8.1. Status Reporting
- 5.8.2. Earned Value Controlling/Deviation Analysis
- 5.8.3. Quality Controlling
- 5.8.4. Versioning
- 5.8.5. Milestone Controlling
- 5.9. Portfolio Controlling
- 5.9.1. Performance Measurement
- 5.9.2. Dashboard
- 5.9.3. Organizational Budget Controlling
- 5.10. Program Termination
- 5.10.1. Knowledge Portal
- 5.10.2. Competence Database/Yellow Pages
- 5.10.3. Project Archiving
- 5.10.4. Searching
- 5.11. Project Termination
- 5.11.1. Invoicing
- 5.11.2. Document Management
- 5.11.3. Supplier and Claim Management
- 5.12. Administration/Configuration
- 5.12.1. Workflow Management
- 5.12.2. Access Control
- 5.12.3. Report Development
- 5.12.4. Form Development
- 5.12.5. User-defined Data Structures
- 5.12.6. Microsoft Office Project Interface
- 5.12.7. Application Programming Interface (API)
- 5.12.8. Offline Usage
- II. Project Management Software Products
- 6. Research Design
- 6.1. Selection of Systems and Research Process
- 6.2. Derivation of Evaluation Criteria
- 6.3. Evaluation of Systems
- 6.4. Aggregation of the Assessment Results
- 6.4.1. The Project Lifecycle Support Analysis
- 6.4.2. The Functional Focus Analysis
- 6.4.3. The Maturity Profile Analysis
- 7. Products
- 7.1. 3pleP Development GmbH: 3pleP Project Suite
- 7.1.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.1.2. General Product Information
- 7.1.3. Product Assessment
- 7.1.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.2. ACOS PM GmbH: ACOS PM Software
- 7.2.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.2.2. General Product Information
- 7.2.3. Product Assessment
- 7.2.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.3. Actano GmbH: RPlan
- 7.3.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.3.2. General Product Information
- 7.3.3. Product Assessment
- 7.3.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.4. Augeo Software B.V.: Augeo5
- 7.4.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.4.2. General Product Information
- 7.4.3. Product Assessment
- 7.4.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.5. aXcelerate-Solutions AG: aXcelerate
- 7.5.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.5.2. General Product Information
- 7.5.3. Product Assessment
- 7.5.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.6. Business Operation Systems GmbH: POS - Project Organisation System
- 7.6.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.6.2. General Product Information
- 7.6.3. Product Assessment
- 7.6.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.7. CA Deutschland GmbH: Clarity
- 7.7.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.7.2. General Product Information
- 7.7.3. Product Assessment
- 7.7.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.8. Cataligent Projekt GmbH: Cat4
- 7.8.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.8.2. General Product Information
- 7.8.3. Product Assessment
- 7.8.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.9. Deltek Inc.: Deltek Project Suite
- 7.9.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.9.2. General Product Information
- 7.9.3. Product Assessment
- 7.9.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.10. Hewlett-Packard Company: HP PPM Center
- 7.10.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.10.2. General Product Information
- 7.10.3. Product Assessment
- 7.10.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.11. IBM Corporation: Rational Portfolio Manager
- 7.11.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.11.2. General Product Information
- 7.11.3. Product Assessment
- 7.11.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.12. Information Desire Software GmbH: Projectile
- 7.12.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.12.2. General Product Information
- 7.12.3. Product Assessment
- 7.12.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.13. Integrated Strategic Information Systems Pvt. Ltd.: iPlan
- 7.13.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.13.2. General Product Information
- 7.13.3. Product Assessment
- 7.13.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.14. Metafuse, Inc.: Project Insight
- 7.14.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.14.2. General Product Information
- 7.14.3. Product Assessment
- 7.14.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.15. Microsoft: Micrososft Office EPM 2007
- 7.15.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.15.2. General Product Information
- 7.15.3. Product Assessment
- 7.15.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.16. OPUS Gesellschaft f¨ur Organisation, Programm- und SystementwicklungmbH: KLUSA
- 7.16.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.16.2. General Product Information
- 7.16.3. Product Assessment
- 7.16.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.17. PAVONE AG: PAVONE Project Management
- 7.17.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.17.2. General Product Information
- 7.17.3. Product Assessment
- 7.17.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.18. Planisware S.A.: OPX2
- 7.18.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.18.2. General Product Information
- 7.18.3. Product Assessment
- 7.18.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.19. PLANTA Projektmanagement-Systeme GmbH: PPMS
- 7.19.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.19.2. General Product Information
- 7.19.3. Product Assessment
- 7.19.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.20. Planview Inc.: Planview Enterprise
- 7.20.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.20.2. General Product Information
- 7.20.3. Product Assessment
- 7.20.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.21. Projektron BCS: Projektron BCS
- 7.21.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.21.2. General Product Information
- 7.21.3. Product Assessment
- 7.21.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.22. SAP AG: SAP ERP 6.0, SAP xApp for Resource and Portfolio Management 4.5 (SAP xRPM 4.5), SAP Collaboration Projects (SAP cProjects 4.5)
- 7.22.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.22.2. General Product Information
- 7.22.3. Product Assessment
- 7.22.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.23. Scheuring Project Management AG: resSolution
- 7.23.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.23.2. General Product Information
- 7.23.3. Product Assessment
- 7.23.4. Assessment Summary
- 7.24. Sciforma Corporation: PSNext
- 7.24.1. Contact and Company Data
- 7.24.2. General Product Information
- 7.24.3. Product Assessment
- 7.24.4. Assessment Summary
- 8. Product Comparison
- 8.1. Lifecycle Support Analyses
- 8.2. Functional Focus Analyses
- 8.3. Maturity Analyses
- III. Appendix
- A. Assessment System
- A.1. Project Lifecycle Support Weights
- A.2. Functional Focus Analysis
- A.3. Maturity Profile Analysis
- B. Index
- C. Bibliography
- List of Figures
- 4.1. Technical architectures of PMS
- 4.2. A representative integration scenario
- 5.1. The M-Model
- 5.2. Management levels in the M-Model
- 5.3. eRoom in PlanView Enterprise serves as a collaboration platform to exchange ideas and project data
- 5.4. Hierarchical project classification in Cat4
- 5.5. Contact management in Projektron BCS
- 5.6. Project process modelled with Mercury IT Governance Center
- 5.7. Resource request in Artemis 7
- 5.8. Risk checklist in Top-LogicTM Project
- 5.9. Budgeting log in Primavera Enterprise
- 5.10. Offer in Projectile
- 5.11. Organizational budgeting in Artemis 7
- 5.12. Prototype for project portfolio configuration
- 5.13. Template wizard in Primavera Enterprise
- 5.14. Resource master data in Rational Portfolio Manager
- 5.15. Product structure with attached work packages and change requests in Projectile
- 5.16. Activity network in PS Suite
- 5.17. Optimized schedule in Asta Powerproject
- 5.18. Resource leveling with Scheuring resSolution
- 5.19. Risk reporting with risk indicators in Welcom Project Suite
- 5.20. Support request in 3pleP Project Suite
- 5.21. Timesheet in Augeo5
- 5.22. Coordination of a meeting in BuildOnline
- 5.23. Status report in Cat4
- 5.24. Earned value analysis with Project Insight
- 5.25. Milestone trend analysis in ACOS PM Software
- 5.26. Dashboard in Rational Portfolio Manager
- 5.27. A knowledge portal in Projectile
- 5.28. Search engine in Project Insight
- 5.29. Invoicing in PlanMill
- 5.30. Form development in PSNext
- 5.31. PSNext’s API Documentation
- 6.1. The project lifecycle support analysis
- 6.2. The functional focus analysis
- 7.1. Controlling cockpit in 3pleP Project Suite
- 7.2. Project overview in 3pleP Project Suite
- 7.3. Product assessment results: 3pleP Project Suite
- 7.4. Gantt chart and cost overview in ACOS PM Software
- 7.5. Cost analysis in ACOS WEB
- 7.6. Product assessment results: ACOS PM Software
- 7.7. Multiple schedules in Actano RPlan
- 7.8. Resource availability in Actano RPlan
- 7.9. Product assessment results: RPlan
- 7.10. Portfolio chart in Augeo5
- 7.11. Capacity overview in Augeo5
- 7.12. Product assessment results: Augeo5
- 7.13. Automatical arrangement of activities by different rules in aXcelerate
- 7.14. Analysis of aXcelerate data in Microsoft Office Excel
- 7.15. Product assessment results: aXcelerate
- 7.16. Project characteristics in Top-LogicTM Project
- 7.17. Project scorecards in Top-LogicTM Project
- 7.18. Product assessment results: POS - Project Organisation System
- 7.19. Dashboard in Clarity
- 7.20. WBS and Schedule in Clarity
- 7.21. Product assessment results: Clarity
- 7.22. Business case in Cat4
- 7.23. Portfolio overview in Cat4
- 7.24. Product assessment results: Cat4
- 7.25. Gantt chart in the Deltek Project Suite
- 7.26. Earned value analysis with Winsight
- 7.27. Product assessment results: Deltek Project Suite
- 7.28. Scenario comparison in HP PPM Center
- 7.29. Dashboard in HP PPM Center
- 7.30. Product assessment results: HP PPM Center
- 7.31. Portfolio dashboard in IBM Rational Portfolio Manager
- 7.32. Work management in IBM Rational Portfolio Manager
- 7.33. Product assessment results: Rational Portfolio Manager
- 7.34. Project cost information in Projectile
- 7.35. Project structure in Proctile
- 7.36. Product assessment results: Projectile
- 7.37. Work breakdown structure and Gantt chart in iPlan
- 7.38. Comparing project performance with iPlan
- 7.39. Product assessment results: iPlan
- 7.40. Discussion thread and change requests in Project Insight
- 7.41. Project data in Project Insight
- 7.42. Product assessment results: Project Insight
- 7.43. Microsoft Office Project Web Access
- 7.44. Microsoft Office Project Portfolio Server
- 7.45. Product assessment results: Micrososft Office EPM 2007
- 7.46. Work packages and Gantt chart in Klusa
- 7.47. Requested resources and capacity overview in Klusa
- 7.48. Product assessment results: KLUSA
- 7.49. Project management portal in PAVONE Project Management
- 7.50. Workload overview in PAVONE Project Management
- 7.51. Product assessment results: PAVONE Project Management
- 7.52. Resource assignments in OPX2
- 7.53. Portfolio analysis in OPX2
- 7.54. Product assessment results: OPX2
- 7.55. Project profile in PPMS
- 7.56. Customer schedule in PPMS
- 7.57. Product assessment results: PPMS
- 7.58. Work portfolio in Planview Enterprise
- 7.59. Investment priority matrix in Planview Enterprise
- 7.60. Product assessment results: Planview Enterprise
- 7.61. Gantt chart in Projektron BCS
- 7.62. Resource usage in Projektron BCS
- 7.63. Product assessment results: Projektron BCS
- 7.64. Gantt chart in cProjects
- 7.65. Portfolio view in xRPM
- 7.66. Product assessment results: SAP ERP 6.0, SAP xApp for Resource and Portfolio Management 4.5 (SAP xRPM 4.5), SAP Collaboration Projects (SAP cProjects 4.5)
- 7.67. Resource allocation in resSolution
- 7.68. Capacity chart in resSolution
- 7.69. Product assessment results: resSolution
- 7.70. Capacity report in PSNext
- 7.71. Portfolio analysis in PSNext
- 7.72. Product assessment results: PSNext
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