Consult on which software application would be best for my particular needs in project management and portfolio management.
Budget: $30 – $250 USD
I’m looking for a consultation on which software application would be best for my particular needs in project management and portfolio management.
My project management needs are:
We need to see critical path and gantt charts.
We need to show reports of planned vs actual timing.
My wishes are:
I’d like to view tasks by resource also (we manage individual tasks through sprints, like Agile).
To see if we allocate a person to a project, how it affects other projects they’re working on, OR, how it changes their workload
Do any solutions let me classify tasks differently (ie, tasks we know, that are effort-driven, compared to those that are variable and may rely on vendors, and those that are new technology developments or decisions that will take longer?
Do any solutions let me enter a range for task durations? (ie, I would use set dates for effort-driven tasks, and ranges for tasks with more variability).
To develop a database of actual past task durations to use as benchmarks going forward
My portfolio management needs are:
To assess if we have enough resources to handle additional projects and if not, use data to justify headcount requests
Reports, obviously
My wishes are:
I would like to be able to do scenario planning, like if we add additional projects, how that affects current projects. OR, if we want to meet deadlines with projects, can we do it given our current plan or even if we add more projects? Can we assess how that pushes things out, or how we can bring dates in if we add headcount?
My project management needs are:
We need to see critical path and gantt charts.
We need to show reports of planned vs actual timing.
My wishes are:
I’d like to view tasks by resource also (we manage individual tasks through sprints, like Agile).
To see if we allocate a person to a project, how it affects other projects they’re working on, OR, how it changes their workload
Do any solutions let me classify tasks differently (ie, tasks we know, that are effort-driven, compared to those that are variable and may rely on vendors, and those that are new technology developments or decisions that will take longer?
Do any solutions let me enter a range for task durations? (ie, I would use set dates for effort-driven tasks, and ranges for tasks with more variability).
To develop a database of actual past task durations to use as benchmarks going forward
My portfolio management needs are:
To assess if we have enough resources to handle additional projects and if not, use data to justify headcount requests
Reports, obviously
My wishes are:
I would like to be able to do scenario planning, like if we add additional projects, how that affects current projects. OR, if we want to meet deadlines with projects, can we do it given our current plan or even if we add more projects? Can we assess how that pushes things out, or how we can bring dates in if we add headcount?