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Article: Project management for the nineties. (Software Review) (overview of five project management software packages)(includes a glossary of project management terminology and product summaries for each software package) (Evaluation)
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- Computer Shopper
- Article date:
- January 1, 1993
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The next generation of Windows-based project management programs makes project management almost palatable. While it may never be fun, the new shift makes project management much easier.
Left unguided, any project will run into trouble. Managers need to allocate resources, track tasks, and monitor and adjust schedules to locate trouble spots before potential disasters become the real thing.
That's where project management software comes in. Trying to juggle resources and time is a job that cries out to be computerized. Until recently, however, project management programs were just too difficult to use. The steep learning curve discouraged struggling ...