One of the main requirements that we often hear from PM Software buyers is that they’re looking for a way to stay up to date on the status of multiple projects. They want to have clear visibility into their projects and tasks across various departments and they want to be able to compare project statuses vs deadlines, budgets and available resources.

Ultimately, by knowing what’s going on with their projects they believe they can better manage them – and they’re right. And anyone who’s familiar with PM software knows that the most efficient and effective way of doing so, comes from dashboard and Reporting Capabilities.

Without a project Management system, Executives, Project Managers and Project Management Offices spend precious hours running reports from their various systems and then compiling them into one place, in an attempt to come up with some kind of conclusive data. However, a PM solution with strong reporting capabilities will allow the user to see at a glance, the “overall situation” of the desired information.

This one feature alone just might be the most valuable of all. PMs spend a lot of time creating business and project plans for their teams to follow; but without Tracking Progress to see how far or how close a team is performing in relation to this plan, then what good is it to have one in the first place? Needless to say, tracking progress is key to the success of any project plan.

A strong dashboard makes things easy to understand through visual representation. It allows project managers and key decision makers to view complex data relationships and monitor performance indicators. The ability to capture this kind of information easily and readily, gives companies a serious advantage when it comes to both their management process and decision making.

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