5 pitfalls of project management software implementation

5 Pitfalls of Project Management Software Implementation

Why Project Teams Are Adopting PPM Tools

The struggle - Single desktop tools:

MS Project

Excel

Word

Cocktail Napkins? Yes.

Approximately 90% of our prospective customers do not use an enterprise project and portfolio management solution.

The Benefits of Adopting PPM Tool

Centralizes all projects in one place

Provides visibility and transparency into all

projects and their status

Allows management to understand resource

workloads’ for betting forecasting

Provides project managers with standardized

processes

Give executive management real-time reports and

information for better decision making

So what can possibly go wrong?

Lack of Leadership or Sponsorship

Even when the leaders themselves see

the value of a tool, make sizeable

investments in the solution, when the

rubber meets the road, they leave the

project to chance. They lack leadership

and sponsorship. EPIC FAIL!

No Communication Plan or Weak Communication Plan

Plan for REGULAR meetings

Remind your team why this is important

Set the example – Everyone from the top-down needs to utilize the software

Communication is Key

No Incentives to Change

Figure out if your organization

is a ‘carrot’ organization or a

‘stick.’ That will help you

define how you will incentivize

people to make the change.

Trying to ‘Go it Alone'

Doing everything yourself or what we call the

cowboy approach is only good for small teams.

Ask for help

Get you team involved

Help others

Don’t be that guy

Implementing Software Without Considering Your Business Process

PPM software is just a tool. You need to

consider weaving in the aspects of your

business process that work well and upgrade

the parts of your process that are not

working well, and then integrate that with

your new solution.

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