We have seen a surge in Project Managers and IT Managers
engaging with us for a Project Management Solution. And in our efforts to help
them achieve their desired outcomes and ease their challenges we found them to
be eager to move from spreadsheet management to true project management.
As soon as people hear – “Project” they run to open
spreadsheets on their computers to start taking notes, making a plan, listing
tasks and entering date and time information.
But the sad part is, these “source of information” become
obsolete in less than an hour once they are live (read shared with the team).
Conventional methods are somewhat suited for rudimentary
TO-DO list management or to maintain notes. They have never been able to keep
pace with the evolving technology landscape.
They may appear to be cost savers in the short term, but the
resulting cost of inefficiency is far greater than the dollars saved.
For every $1billion invested in the U.S.; $122million is
wasted due to lacking project performance.
If you’re a Project Manager, read how a project management
software can help and use this guide to make a case for investing in a solution
that enables
- Single pane of Organizational view
- Data driven and analytical approach
- Quicker & accurate decision making driven by real-time granular data
- Unbridled clarity around business directives and organization goals
- Centralized collaboration among workforce
- Last mile integration of team(s) goals with that of the organization
- Real time monitoring of key deliverables and milestones
- Highly coordinated project planning and execution
- Improved and automated clutter free communication
- Well defined employee performance management and engagement
- Highly motivated and productivity oriented workforce
Why Spreadsheets Don’t Work for the modern Project
Managers
Multiple Versions
With a globally dispersed team of multiple members, everyone
making edits to documents, it makes project managers spend a lot of time in
consolidating updates to keep everyone on the same page.
Having multiple versions of a file shared by various team
members make it increasingly difficult to understand what has been done, what
needs to be done, and what needs to be done next.
As the project progresses, more data are generated, further
contributing to the chaos. Instead of spending time adding value to the
organization, project managers feel more like a “Spreadsheet Manager”.
