In-Depth
A sampling of project management tools
- By Lana Gates
- February 28, 2003
Business Engine, San Francisco,
Calif.
www.businessengine.com
Business Engine Network 5 -- embedded Microsoft Project 2002, business
planning and portfolio management, budgeting and financial management,
collaboration and document management, vendor relationship management.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Computer Associates
International Inc., Islandia, N.Y.
www.ca.com
AllFusion Process Management Suite -- suite of tools to manage all aspects of
a development organization -- best practices, projects, resources and
deliverables.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams
capabilities
AllFusion Global Best Practices Library -- houses
repeatable best practices for application development and
management.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Flashline Inc.,
Cleveland, Ohio
www.flashline.com
Flashline CMEE 3.2 -- Web-based,
navigation/search of assets, metrics on project hours, asset-centric
collaboration.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Metier Ltd., Washington, D.C.
http://www.metier.com
WorkLenz 4.0 -- process improvement, resource allocation, predictive
modeling, activity-based costing, earned value management.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Microsoft Corp., Redmond,
Wash.
www.microsoft.com
Microsoft Project 2002 -- enterprise resource pool, custom fields, project
and resource centers, project staffing, project guide.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
MKS Inc., Waterloo, Ontario
www.mks.com
MKS Integrity Manager 4.4 -- issue escalation, event triggers,
customizability, workflow with e-mail notification, integration with Microsoft
Project 98 and 2000, Web interface.
Best practices capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams
capabilities
onProject Inc., Cedar
Knolls, N.J.
www.onproject.com
opEnterprise 3.3 -- Web-based, Microsoft Project import/export, project/ task
management, time/expense management, issue tracking
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Pacific Edge Software,
Bellevue, Wash.
www.pacificedge.com
Project Office, Portfolio Edge -- integrated inventory, planning, analysis
and tracking of assets, project and product investment portfolios.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
PlanView Inc., Austin,
Texas
www.planview.com
PlanView 7.2 -- resource capacity planning, project scheduling/budgeting,
skills pipeline, time/expense billing.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Primavera Systems Inc.,
Bala Cynwyd, Pa.
www.primavera.com
Primavera TeamPlay -- real-time, Web-enabled portfolio dashboards,
Methodology Manager, resource allocation analysis/collaboration.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
Rational Software,
Lexington, Mass.
www.rational.com
Rational Unified Process 2002, Rational ProjectConsole 2002 -- configurable
process, Web-based access to process guidance, integration with Microsoft
Project, metrics warehouse.
Best practices capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams
capabilities
Telelogic, Irvine,
Calif.
www.telelogic.com
Doors 6.0 -- intuitive interface, multiplatform distributed requirements
management, enterprise change proposal system.
Portfolio management capabilities
Best practices
capabilities
Collaboration for disparate teams capabilities
See the related story 'Project management tools: A
new look'
by Lana Gates.
About the Author
Lana Gates is a freelance writer based in Mesa, Arizona. She can be reached via e-mail at [email protected].