Comments for Shouldn at http://www.projecttimes.com , comment 1 to 2 out of 2 comments http://www.projecttimes.com Sat, 31 Jul 2010 03:09:40 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/shouldnt-there-be-a-middle-enterprise-project-management-system.html#comment-174 Chris, just a short comment on Terry's response. He makes no reference of course to the pricing structure that may be associated with purchasing a "sports car" to "drive around town", which I think most people would agree is an inappropriate and disproportionate cost for small to medium organisations. There are other better priced tools. One we have found is a tool called eTrack which is still in it's relative infancy, but overcomes having spreadsheets, MS-Project and seperate time tracking. it is all integrated in the one tool. It is client-server and making an impact currently in the Australian market. Cheers Peter Williams Manager - Business Application Services State Trustees Ltd - peter.williams@statetrust Wed, 18 Mar 2009 19:12:53 +0100 http://www.projecttimes.com/articles/shouldnt-there-be-a-middle-enterprise-project-management-system.html#comment-173 Chris, Interesting article, but some options are painted with a pretty wide brush. While very large accounts are great to have, most of the vendors classified in the article as 'enterprise' have their original roots in serving the PPM middle market, and it is still a mainstay of the business. Here at Planview, in addition to massive global deployments we have quite a few 'department' level customers ranging from 50 total end users up through a few hundred, and we offer SaaS and hosted options. Conversely, Daptiv has some pretty large accounts. Regardless of organization size or vendor, paying close attention to current PM maturity levels and being realistic about next steps is key to avoiding trying to do too much too fast and running into adoption issues. If (any) tool is perceived as too complex, its often because the customer over-extends its objectives, which our consultants are always on the watch for. Things can be kept very basic and easy with simple configuation options if that is what is appropriate. Much like driving a high performance sports car around town, a well-designed, feature rich and scalable solution can be perform equally well in small and basic environments -- assuming fundamental driving skills. And, once you get comfortable with it, you still have the option of taking a few laps on the track when you are ready! Regards, Terry Doerscher Chief Process Architect, Planview - tdoerscher Wed, 18 Mar 2009 17:11:25 +0100