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What's more important?

by dlbell Oct 29, 2007 1:27AM PDT

I'm doing a little research at the minute and would like to get your opinion of which of the following software solutions is most useful to businesses (in a web environment):

Project Management
Document Management
Business Process Management (Workflow)
Collaborative Working

And comments would be appreciated.

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It all depends
by entrecon Oct 29, 2007 1:30AM PDT

What are YOUR needs?

What is the size/duration of your projects? How many documents of what kind do you need to manage? How many staff do you have and what types of things do you have to workflow? How often do you and your staff or clients need to work together on projects?

The most useful tool is the one that helps your business run more efficiently.

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Absolutely
by dlbell Oct 29, 2007 1:42AM PDT

I agree 100%. What I'm trying to ascertain is how many people do need each of the above.

If someone is happy to scribble a 'to do' list on a piece of paper but it's essential they always have access to the latest sales figures then they're likely to give Project Management little thought but Remote Working may be crucial.

Each of applications certainly has it's place, I'm just looking to see which is most frequently seen as the most important.

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Homework?
by entrecon Oct 29, 2007 11:36PM PDT

This sounds like a college research assignment. Business computing 200?

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The problem I ran into was...
by r. proffitt Forum moderator Oct 29, 2007 3:09AM PDT

Many web based systems did "shackle" or restrict the users as to what they could do. The moment I would run into a limitation I was back to the old paper or PC based solutions since deadlines had to be met.

"Project Management"

The issue I ran into this one was the license costs were such that all that needed access couldn't use it. So back to Microsoft Project.

"Document Management"

The issue I ran into here was the company felt all documents were proprietary so the document management would lock everyone out of all prior work. Back to simpler files in project directories.

"Business Process Management (Workflow)"

Our workflow was never embraced by upper management so when they offered this it didn't reflect how we got things done. In the end it added rather than reducing costs. I came away with the feeling that in development areas this was not a good idea.

"Collaborative Working"

Even today servers and said software are not reliable enough. But we do have great payoffs with version control software.

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