Here's what you need to know about project management tools

Key quotes:

• "A popular survey suggests that investing in the wrong tool means you could lose 9.9% of every dollar you spend as a result of poor project performance.) Having used a variety of project management software for a variety of projects, I can attest that specific apps aid specific concerns."
• "If I were to pick the top ten that fit the most common types of projects well, I would pick these: Jira is an advanced multifunctional software and a highly customizable project management system that allows you to micromanage tasks in a project."
• "It enables clear visibility into project operations and allows teams to share files quickly and securely, partly because Wrike has a super-intuitive, easy UI."
• "monday.com (formerly daPulse) is a highly customizable project management software that absolutely wins at task management, collaboration, and resource management."
• "(I am obviously talking about getting your team to correctly implement the project management software that you’ve so painstakingly evaluated and purchased) Of course, it is not easy."

Key quotes:

• "Read also: Different software test types — everything you should know about them Knowing that the responsibilities of a Project Manager are extensive and concern the most important issues related to the software development process, it is necessary to prepare for a wide range of roles."
• "The Project Manager must be in constant contact with the team and know what tasks may cause, for example, that the project execution may drag on."
• "Apart from technical knowledge, which is of course very important, the Project Manager must have good negotiating skills, high personal culture and excellent interpersonal skills."
• "The person managing the project in the eyes of the client is not only a “supervisor”, but also a business card of the company that’s implementing the project."
• "The Project Manager is, as we’ve mentioned before, the link between the team and the client for whom the project is being implemented."
• "It is good if the person managing the project is characterized by a high working culture, which he is able to implement also in communication with the project participants."

Key quotes:

• "Initially designed as a time-tracking tool, actiTIME is now turning into a robust work management tool that provides various helpful features."
• "Both time and billing data are available, so the tool if helpful in managing work progress, planning project costs, and issuing invoices for customers."
• "The tool has in-built metrics feature with milestone burndown and throughput graphs that helps managers keep track of the project progress."
• "If you need more than just tracking project progress, the tool offers time estimates for issues, document attachments, and special filters for early identification of possible problems that could ruin the project."
• "Team management, costs estimate and resource planning are also included in the functionality of this tool."
• "The Critical Path feature allows a project manager to see the shortest time to accomplish the project and highlight the most important tasks that require special attention."

Key quotes:

• "Complex projects that involve a large number of resources, people, and processes could use a handy friend: project management software."
• "To make it easier for you to assess PM software and see why you need it for your own projects, we asked 14 project management experts the following question: Based on your experience, how do you think PM software helps you the most and what’s your biggest problem with it? The main benefit of well-implemented project management software is that it reduces the effort spent by project managers and team members on low value, administrative tasks."
• "Looking at individual project manager support we have to ensure that PM software can safeguard the use of standard processes and templates."
• "To become more effective, organize the way you want to manage projects first before you start implementing PM tools."
• "The major benefits I’ve identified for PM tools include: assigning project resources to tasks, balancing work, tracking regularly, controlling schedule and costs, and holding team meetings and preparing weekly status reports."
• "Project management software helps keep my team on track with doing their tasks."

Key quotes:

• "Ideally, this solution should help to set and manage tasks, assign responsibilities, track progress and statuses, visualize processes, prioritize and share the results with a customer."
• "Choosing the best service for your projects, you should test several options, being sure to examine the features of task and time management, opportunities for teamwork and remote collaboration, building online diagrams, reporting and other important needs of your company."
• "Breeze is based on Agile and Lean principles and its key following are to-do lists, project budgeting, reporting, time tracking, calendars, Android, and iOS support, integrations with Google Drive and Dropbox, etc."
• "Kanbanchi will perfectly assist you is you need task management and collaboration software with Kanban boards, Gantt Charts, and time tracking options."
• "Developers, project managers, designers, and other Agile methodology practitioners choose Taiga as it offers great project collaboration, task management, bug tracking, reporting, and time tracking solutions."
• "Paymo solution gives you full-featured work management tools for planning, scheduling, task managing, invoicing, and time tracking."