Bridging the Gap

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Bridging the Gap

Mark Mullaly, PMP

March 17, 2008





The enterprise project management software market is undeniably huge. From the relatively ubiquitous Microsoft Project and its server-based products to untold other suites, portals and packages, there is no lack of choice for the organization looking to coordinate its projects. The marketing for these many solutions promise organizational project management nirvana.
 
So seldom, however, is nirvana actually attained. Or anything even close to nirvana; the view is in fact distinctly grungier. So what’s the problem, and what can we do about it?
 
To explore this question, it’s perhaps helpful to start off with an understanding of why organizations adopt enterprise PM software in the first place, and their expectations and hoped-for outcomes in doing so. The most common reason organizations adopt enterprise PM software is to attain some larger level of coordination of projects.



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