The Importance Of Various Project Management Software Tools

May 20, 2013 - PRLog -- Programming tools or software development tools is an application used to create or debug other programs. These tools also play pivotal role in maintaining or supporting other applications and when combined together it lets to accomplish the task easily. Starting with the early use of software tools it has come a long way and now has complex features and several useful functionality.

Among different types of programming or software development tools, project management tools are widely used. These tools come with features that help to manage project quickly and include important features like complete integration with web-based ALM suite and methodology, capability of the project team to access project data from anywhere, complete collaboration among team members across the globe 24/7, full traceability of requirements to use cases scenarios, test cases, test sets, test scripts, issue reports and change request.

Such Software Tools has other features also like extensive reporting capability such as reports exported as Microsoft Word or PDF, integration with test execution tools, common repository for all project artifacts as well as documentation and integration with code version control tools etc.

Other than project management tools, few more such software tools include requirement management tools, test management tools, use case management tools, issue management tools, change management tools, collaboration management and document management tools. The benefits of these tools are extensive and thus the market presently has many vendors who provide with these tools packed with customizable features.

However, the benefits of such tools can only be reaped when the organizations will select right tools based on the several factors like organizational structures, requirement and types of projects, budget and available resources.

It is also important to consider the features of these Software Tools to ensure that it successfully serves the requirement. Thus, opting for test or trial version would be a welcomed idea to get the real picture of functionality of any of the above mentioned tools. The test version will also tell the organization that whether these tools are working fine with extensive team or require more licenses in case team members increases.

A thorough understanding of the requirement is highly recommended as it helps to shortlist these Software Tools. Tools must have the capability to run smoothly in run long along with catering the complex requirements of the projects if any. Ensuring proper technical support from the concerned vendors must be a priority before finalizing any tools. Only then the organization can utilize its resources sensibly in long-run.

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