Evaluating Software

Guys,

thanks for your input. The survey is now closed to comment and is being edited. Watch this space.

Apologies for missing the deadline. But I think you have missed a trick. Unless the form has changed you seem to have a restricted list of PM Software available for comment (this was the fault of the original survey on PP). So, the least you can do is to add ‘Other – please name’ to the bottom of your list.

Also, is the driving force behind this survey the US? If so then I think the data will be skewed towards the software used there. For instance, in the UK surveys over the last 20 years have produced very different results from those in the UK. In the most recent of surveys (even including the one I undertook 10 years ago) the US was dominated by Primavera and the UK dominated (in construction at least) by Asta’s Powerproject/Teamplan. As far as I could see the structure of the survey would not allow comment to be made on unlisted software. If it is to be a decent survey cognisance has to be given to those that have chosen not to get in touch with you if you know they exist (is Artemis another example)

Again, my apologies for coming late into this and even maybe having misinterpreted what you are doing. I have been working hard and away from my office and haven’t had the opportunity to log on for some time. No criticisms intended.

Regards

David

Hello Fellow PPers,

Country Bias / Location:
We will be able to store the country from which the survey is being taken and as a result we can see and compare what country-by-country differences occur in the same way that we can make comparrisons between packages.

Scope of Software:
We are in a position to include (or otherwise) any software package that we see fit (arent we?). We have spoken with a "majority" of vendors, all of which are keen to be included and wish to be given a chance to see how we will structure the survey. We can approach any vendor and give them the opportunity to offer their requirements and/or opinions.

Progress:
We have spent a few hours here, knocking up some draft scripts to show how the survey could be undertaken. This is being done in parralel with the good work you guys are doing in identifying the topics / questions that we will pose.

We will get these draft scripts on a test-area very shortly and from there we can make some solid progress with regard to the mechanics / procedures of how we allow people to carry out the survey.

I hope some of the above helps?

Thanks David,

I imagine there would be some human editor maintenance required to enter any "other" fields into database fields that could be searched/sorted/compared against the others. I am not sure if the PP Team was looking to add that to their task list. Of course, having some method for recommending a software to be added to the survey would be a good idea. Perhaps we could also list vendors/software that declined to participate (to prevent wasting time and resources)?

PP Team,

Thanks for all the work you do!

Bernard Ertl
InterPlan Systems Inc. - Project Management Software, Project Planning Software

Hello PPers,

Please also refer to the following forum posting that should be read in conjunction with this discussion topic.

Please follow this link in order to explore how we could / should implement such a software survey.

Thanks.