Software Project Management tools: A Comparative Analysis

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1 Sofware Projec Managemen ools: A Comparaive Analysis Mrs. Sonali Nemade Pad.Dr.D.Y.Pail A.C.S. College, Pimpri (India) sonali_namade@yahoo.co.in Mrs. Madhuri.A. Darekar Pad.Dr.D.Y.Pail A.C.S. College, Pimpri (India) madhuriadarekar@gmail.com Mrs. Jyoi Bachhav Pad.Dr.D.Y.Pail A.C.S. College, Pimpri (India) jyoideore123@gmail.com ABSTRACT: In indusrial secors, projec managemen has essenial elemen in successful delivery of projec. Sofware projec managemen ools can be applied o improve he probabiliy of meeing he projec goal. This paper discusses he differen sofware projec managemen ools and comparaive sudy and analysis. A shor review of ools and by he comparison beween differen oolsi providesus wih he ool which are bes suied for a given projecsiuaion. While his review is no exensive, i does provide a disincion in whichools are bes suied for supporing a cerain size projec. Keywords: Sofware projec managemen ools, Projec Managemen, PM, SDLC. Inroducion Projec Managemen is he process and aciviy of planning, organizing, moivaing, and conrolling resources, procedures and proocols o achieve specific goals in daily problems. Sofware projec managemen is he ar and science of planning and leading sofware projecs. I is a sub-discipline of projec managemen in which sofware projecs are planned, implemened, moniored and conrolled.projec managemen sofware is sofware used for projec planning, scheduling, resource allocaion and change managemen. I allows projec managers (PMs), sakeholders and users o conrol coss and manage budgeing, qualiy managemen and documenaion and also may be used as an adminisraion sysem. Projec managemen sofware is also used for collaboraion and communicaion beween projec sakeholders.sofware is said o be an inangible produc. Sofware developmen is a kind of all new sreams in world business and here s very lile experience in building sofware producs. Mos sofware producs are ailor made o fi clien s requiremens. The mos imporan is ha he underlying echnology changes and advances so frequenly and rapidly ha experience of one produc may no be applied o he oher one. All such business and environmenal consrains bring risk in sofware developmen hence i is essenial o manage sofware projecs efficien. INCON X

2 Fig: Sofware Projec Managemen Process Sofware Projec Manager A sofware projec manager is a person who underakes he responsibiliy of execuing he sofware projec. Sofware projec manager is horoughly aware of all he phases of SDLC ha he sofware would go hrough. Projec manager may never direcly involve in producing he end produc bu he conrols and manages he aciviies involved in producion. Le us see few responsibiliies ha a projec manager shoulders 1) Managing People Ac as projec leader Lesion wih sakeholders Managing human resources Seing up reporing hierarchy ec. 2) Managing Projec Defining and seing up projec scope Managing projec managemen aciviies Monioring progress and performance Risk analysis a every phase Take necessary sep o avoid or come ou of problems Ac as projec spokesperson We analyzed a se of projec managemen sofware ools.then we compare hese ools by using a se of crieria. These ools are mainly used in planning,monioring and conrolling projec. Sofware projec managemen ools: 1. Smarshee Smarshee is a spreadshee-easy online projec managemen ool wih an unlimied number of FREE collaboraors. Power your eam wih auomaed reminders, aachmens, Gan chars, and a mobile app. Auomae workflow wih noificaions & reminders Google Apps inegraion - Drive, Calendar & Gmail Simple as a spreadshee bu enerprise ready INCON X

3 Feaures of Smarshee : a) Auofill formulas b) To creae web form wih spread shee c) Roll up several shee ino maser shee d) Using spreadshee ineracive Gan char capabiliies e) Sharing your shee makes i easy o collaborae f) View and work wih daes from your shee 2. LiquidPlanner LiquidPlanner is a powerful projec managemen ool o any digial agency, and will help you and your eam say on op of a wide range of projecs. Mos imporanly, using LP helps you keep your cliens happy and your eam engaged in heir work. LiquidPlanner is unique because i helps every level of he organizaion mee he demands of projecs Feaures of LiquidPlanner: a) Prioriy Based Scheduling b) Advanced Timeshee c) Mange eam resource Accuraely. 3. Apollo: Apollo is a web-based projec-managemen and cusomer relaionship managemen (CRM) sofware applicaion developed by Applicom. Apollo was launched as public bea in 2010; i was formally released (ou of bea) on he 11h of April Feaures of Apollo: a) Creae To-do lis b) Noes on conac c) Task on conac 4. RedBooh RedBooh is same as a TeamBox. Teambox is an online collaboraion web applicaion ool for eam produciviy. While he objecive of his web applicaion is for eam produciviy and online projec managemen, he feaures buil in o his applicaion can be used for suden group projecs because he basic elemen of indusry projecs and suden academic projecs are he same; ha is projecs are emporary wih sar and end daes and a unique produc is creaed, be i a service or resul. Feaures of RedBooh: a) Task Mangemen b) Saus Updae c) File and conen managemen d) Inegraion wih oher sysem e) Time racking INCON X

4 f) HD video conferencing 5. SwifKarban: SwifKanban is a visual projec managemen ool based on he Kanban Mehod. SwifKanban helps sofware or IT organizaions or any oher business funcions like HR, sales, markeing, procuremen, legal, consrucion, insurance o adop Agile/Lean principles o manage heir work. I assiss organizaion boh during he early Kanban adopion phase and also during he phase of scaling when disribued eams need o be engaged and availabiliy of merics becomes criical for coninuous improvemen. Feaures of swifkarban: a) Visual Managemen of work using Kanban Board b) Process definiion ease c) Collaboraion d) Repors and Dashboards e) Inegraion f) Mobile Access 6. web2projec: web2projec is a web-based, muli-user, muli-language Projec Managemen applicaion. I is an open-source sofware and free for any uses and is mainained by an open communiy of voluneer programmers. web2projec, as collaboraive sofware, allows for real-ime ineracion beween ask assignees and updaes for sakeholders. Feaures of web2projec: a) Projecs and Tasks b) Conac Manager wih vcard suppor c) Resource / Asse Manager d) Gan chars, Expor via PDF or simple JPEG images e) Calendar wih User-based Timezones, Syndicaion via icalendar (suppors Oulook, Thunderbird, Google Calendar, ec.) f) Reporing g) Projec file manager h) Relaed Weblinks Manager i) Forums 7. Basecamp: Basecamp is nearly synonymous wih he erm projec managemen, and one could argue hey invened he space for he Web. They know heir cusomers and prospecs incredibly well jus abou everyhing you migh ask is saed on he homepage, above he fold. Pricing, lengh of rial, a lis of feaures, and bes of all, a quesion o you: Which bes describes how INCON X

5 you work wih oher people? The hree answers you can choose from describe a problem almos all of us face, and by clicking one of he answer boxes you ge some pain relief. Feaures of Basecamp: a) Projec organizaion b) inegraion c) To-do liss d) Group discussions e) File upload f) Task creaion General Analysis Sofware Web Based Hosed on Programming primisses Language Apollo Yes No BaseCamp Yes No Ruby SmarShee Yes Java swifkarban Yes Yes Java RedBooh Yes Yes Ruby on Rails TesTrack Yes Yes C++ Web2Projec Yes PHP Feaure Comparison and Analysis Sofware Apollo Collab raive Sofwa re Issu e Trac king Sys em Yes Sched uling Projec Porfo lio Mana gemen Resou rce Mana gemen Docum en Manag emen Wor kflow syse m know n Repor ing and Analy sis BaseCamp Yes No No No Yes Yes No No SmarShee Yes Yes No No Yes Yes No Yes Swifkarb Yes kn kno kno kno kno Yes No an own wn wn wn wn RedBooh Yes No kno Yes Yes Yes No No wn TesTrack Yes Yes No No No No Yes Yes Web2Proj Yes Yes No Yes Yes Yes No Yes INCON X

6 ec Conclusion : While he number of Projec Managemen Sofware Tools (PMSTs) is increasing, managers mus choose a suiable ool for heir projecs. In his sudy, we have chosen a se ofprojec managemen ools and analysedhem. We furher idenified crieria ha can be used o compare he chosen ools and oher ools in he marke. This sudy enables projec managers and eam members o ge a quick undersanding of he ools subjec o our sudy and o assess he srenghs and weaknesses ofhem. In his sudy, projec managers and projec eam members specify how hey should choose PMSTs. In addiion, we would like o idenify heir needs in a projec managemen sofware ool. The idenificaion of hese needs will help ool developers. In his paper we sudy developmen of a framework for PMSTs. Wih his framework, we will able o caegorize he ools and furher enhance our undersanding of how hese ools are acually used. REFERENCES 1. Baioni, James. "PMI Ialy". 2-plan Team. Projec Managemen Insiue Ialy. Rerieved 13 Sepember Anderson, Sco. "2-plan Deskop--he Free Projec Managemen App". UPFRONT. Linux Journal. Rerieved 12 July "Apollo inegraed projec and conac managemen". Projec Managemen Bes Sofware. Rerieved 14 November Seiawan, Eko (5 December 2011). "The 7 Mos Popular Online Projec Managemen Tools". Dynamicwp. Rerieved 11 May O'Dell, Jolie (13 January 2009). "Twier for Teams: Teambox Launches Web-Based Collaboraion Tool". ReadWrieWeb. Archived from he original on 5 May Rerieved 5 May hp://sofwaresuccess.org/serp10_demir_comparison_pm_tools.pdf ***** INCON X