Project and Programme Management Software

Although managing projects and programmes successfully is to a large extend a people-oriented activity, there are a range od tools that can help to achieve team cohesion and lighten the workload of the project coordinator or manager.

Workflow

PROJECT in a box has been developed to meet Progamme and Project Support Office needs and can be operated in a personal, team or corporate configuration. It is used by over 500 organisations in 25 countries and helps bring consistency, efficiency and methodology to Project, Programme or Portfolio office.

With a free Community Edition and support for PRINCE II, MSP and DSDM Atern methodologies, it's well worth investigation.

@task offers an online project management and workflow solution.

Primavera P6 is aimed at larger organisations and delivers integrated project portfolio management.

Scheduling

Microsoft Project 2007 One of the most popular tools for scheduling and project tracking.

Project tracking

Basecamp is a straightforward, online, collaborative project tracking and documentation sharing application.

OnTime 2009 supports Agile projects with feature and requirement management, bug and defect tracking:

BugTrack is a web-based bug tracking tool used by over 10,000 professionals worldwide.

FogBugz is a popular web- or server-based feature request and bug tracking tool.