A study for mapping quality softwares to processes and deliverables as defined by PMBOK "Project Management Body of Knowledge" issued by PMI "Project Management Institute".

1. Best Softwares for
Project Management
A selection of softwares mapped to
PMBOK grid of processes, issued by PMI.
Rel 0.1 of June 2017

2. These slides are to be considered as a preview
of an in progress study for mapping
quality softwares to processes and deliverables
as defined by
PMBOK Project Management Body of Knowledge
issued by
PMI Project Management Institute.

3. Softwares List
SOFTWARE VENDOR
TO
BUY
FREE
EDITION
FREE TRIAL /
DEMO
OPEN-
SOURCE
ON-PREMISE
WEB /
SAAS
ALM, Application Lifecycle Management Hewlett Packard Enterprise X X X
Asana Asana X X X
Basecamp Basecamp X teachers
students
X X
Clarizen Clarizen X X X
Concerto Bellrock X X
Easy Projects Logic Software X X
Evernote Evernote Corporation X X X
Exepron Exepron X X X
GanttProject GanttProject X X
Hydra Hydra Management X
JIRA Atlassian X X X
MindManager Mindjet X X X
Office 365 Planner Microsoft X X X X
OPPM, The One-Page Project Manager OPPM International X X X
Planview Planview X X
PPM, Project and Portfolio Management CA Technologies X X X X
PPM, Project and Portfolio Management Hewlett Packard Enterprise X X X
Predict! Risk Decisions X X X X
Primavera Oracle X X X X
Alphabetical order.

4. Alphabetical order.
Softwares List
SOFTWARE VENDOR MAPPED WEBSITE
ALM, Application Lifecycle
Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise https://saas.hpe.com/en-us/software/application-lifecycle-management
Asana Asana https://asana.com/
Basecamp Basecamp https://basecamp.com/
Clarizen Clarizen X https://www.clarizen.com
Concerto Bellrock http://www.concerto.co.uk/concerto-products/project_management/
Easy Projects Logic Software https://www.easyprojects.net/
Evernote Evernote Corporation https://evernote.com/
Exepron Exepron http://www.exepron.com/
GanttProject GanttProject http://www.ganttproject.biz/
Hydra Hydra Management http://www.hydra.cloud/en
JIRA Atlassian https://www.atlassian.com/software/jira
MindManager Mindjet https://www.mindjet.com/mindmanager/
Office 365 Planner Microsoft https://products.office.com/en-us/business/office-365-planner
OPPM, The One-Page
Project Manager
OPPM International https://oppmi.com/
Planview Planview http://www.planview.com/
PPM, Project and Portfolio
Management
CA Technologies https://www.ca.com/us/products/ca-project-portfolio-management.html
PPM, Project and Portfolio
Management
Hewlett Packard Enterprise http://www8.hp.com/us/en/software-solutions/ppm-it-project-portfolio-management/
Predict! Risk Decisions http://www.riskdecisions.com
Primavera Oracle http://www.oracle.com/partners/en/products/applications/primavera/overview/index.html

5. SOFTWARE VENDOR TO BUY
FREE
EDITION
FREE TRIAL /
DEMO
OPEN-
SOURCE
ON-
PREMISE
WEB /
SAAS
Project Microsoft X X X X
PROJECT in a box Prosis Solutions X X X X
Project Objects Project Objects X X X
Project Planning Pro i2e Consulting X X
Project Portfolio Management ServiceNow X X
ProjectLibre ProjectLibre X X soon
ProjectManager.com ProjectManager.com X X X
Projectplace Projectplace International AB X X X
ProjeQtOr ProjeQtOr X X
PS, Project System SAP X X
RedMine - X X
Smartsheet Smartsheet.com X X X
StratEx ALT-F1 X X X X
Taiga Taiga Agile X X X
Teamwork Teamwork.com X X X
Tenrox Upland X X X
Todoist Doist X X X
TouchBase ProductDossier Solution X X X
Trello Trello X X X
WBS Schedule Pro Critical Tools X X X
YouTrack JetBrains X X X
Alphabetical order.
Softwares List

6. Alphabetical order.
Softwares List
SOFTWARE VENDOR MAPPED WEBSITE
Project Microsoft X https://products.office.com/en-us/project/project-and-portfolio-management-software
PROJECT in a box Prosis Solutions http://www.projectinabox.org.uk/
Project Objects Project Objects http://www.projectobjects.com/
Project Planning Pro i2e Consulting https://www.planningproapp.com/
Project Portfolio Management ServiceNow https://www.servicenow.com/products/project-portfolio-management.html
ProjectLibre ProjectLibre http://www.projectlibre.com/
ProjectManager.com ProjectManager.com https://www.projectmanager.com/
Projectplace Projectplace International AB https://www.projectplace.com/
ProjeQtOr ProjeQtOr https://www.projeqtor.org/en/
PS, Project System SAP https://help.sap.com/erp2005_ehp_08/helpdata/en/3b/d4b65334e6b54ce10000000a
174cb4/frameset.htm
RedMine - http://www.redmine.org/
Smartsheet Smartsheet.com X https://www.smartsheet.com
StratEx ALT-F1 https://www.stratexapp.com
Taiga Taiga Agile https://taiga.io/
Teamwork Teamwork.com X https://www.teamwork.com
Tenrox Upland https://uplandsoftware.com/tenrox/our-advantage/project-management/
Todoist Doist https://en.todoist.com/
TouchBase ProductDossier Solution http://www.productdossier.com/
Trello Trello https://trello.com/
WBS Schedule Pro Critical Tools https://www.criticaltools.com/
YouTrack JetBrains https://www.jetbrains.com/youtrack/

7. Process Groups and Knowledge Areas
Aligned with PMBOK Guide 5th Edition (c) 2013 by PMI Project Management Institute.
KNOWLEDGE AREAS PROCESS GROUPS
Project Management Initiating Planning Executing Monitoring and Controlling Closing
4. Integration 4.1 Develop Project
Charter
4.2 Develop Project Management
Plan
4.3 Direct and Manage
Project Work
4.4 Monitor and Control Project Work
4.5 Perform Integrated Change Control
4.6 Close Project or
Phase
5. Scope 5.1 Plan Scope Management
5.2 Collect Requirements
5.3 Define Scope
5.4 Create WBS
5.5 Validate Scope
5.6 Control Scope
6. Time 6.1 Plan Schedule Management
6.2 Define Activities
6.3 Sequence Activities
6.4 Estimate Activity Resources
6.5 Estimate Activity Durations
6.6 Develop Schedule
6.7 Control Schedule
7. Cost 7.1 Plan Cost Management
7.2 Estimate Costs
7.3 Determine Budget
7.4 Control Costs
8. Quality 8.1 Plan Quality Management 8.2 Perform Quality Assurance 8.3 Control Quality
9. Human Resource 9.1 Plan
Human Resource Management
9.2 Acquire Project Team
9.3 Develop Project Team
9.4 Manage Project Team
10. Communications 10.1
Plan Communications Management
10.2 Manage Communications 10.3 Control Communications
11. Risk 11.1 Plan Risk Management
11.2 Identify Risks
11.3 Perform Qualitative
Risk Analysis
11.4 Perform Quantitative
Risk Analysis
11.5 Plan Risk Responses
11.6 Control Risks
12. Procurement 12.1
Plan Procurement Management
12.2 Conduct Procurements 12.3 Control Procurements 12.4 Close Procurements
13. Stakeholder 13.1
Identify Stakeholders
13.2 Plan Stakeholder Management 13.3
Manage Stakeholder Engagement
13.4 Control Stakeholder Engagement

8. Definitions of Levels of Support
1 = Deliverables are entirely managed through the application.
2 = Deliverables are uploadable, but you have to
prepare them using an external source.
A = Process is fully supported.
B = Process is partially supported.

9. Fully Mapped Softwares to Date
C = Clarizen
T = Teamwork
M = Microsoft Project
S = Smartsheet

10. And following is a glance
on what we are doing...

11. A1.4 Initiating Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.4.1 Develop Project Charter .1 Project statement of work
.2 Business case
.3 Agreements
.4 Enterprise environmental factors
.5 Organizational process assets
.1 Project charter 2 2 2 2
A1.4.2 Identify Stakeholders .1 Project charter
.2 Procurement documents
.3 Enterprise environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Stakeholder register 2 2 2 1

12. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.1 Develop Project Management Plan .1 Project charter
.2 Outputs from other processes
.3 Enterprise
environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Project management plan 2 2 2 2
A1.5.2 Plan Scope Management .1 Project management plan
.2 Project charter
.3 Enterprise
environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Scope management plan 2 2 2 2
.2 Requirements management plan 2 2 2 2
A1.5.3 Collect Requirements .1 Scope management plan
.2 Requirements management
plan
.3 Stakeholder management plan
.4 Project charter
.5 Stakeholder register
.1 Requirements documentation 2 2 2 2
.2 Requirements traceability matrix 2 2 2 2

13. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.4 Define Scope .1 Scope management plan
.2 Project charter
.3 Requirements documentation
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Project scope statement 2 2 2 2
.2 Project documents updates 2 2 2 2
A1.5.5 Create WBS .1 Scope management plan
.2 Project scope statement
.3 Requirements documentation
.4 Enterprise
environmental factors
.5 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.2 Project documents updates
B B
.1 Scope baseline 1 2 2 2
A1.5.6 Plan Schedule Management .1 Project management plan
.2 Project charter
.3 Enterprise
environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Schedule management plan 2 2 2 2

14. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.7 Define Activities .1 Schedule management plan
.2 Scope baseline
.3 Enterprise
environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
A A
.1 Activity list 1 1 1 1
.2 Activity attributes 1 1 1 1
.3 Milestone list 1 1 1 1
A1.5.8 Sequence Activities .1 Schedule management plan
.2 Activity list
.3 Activity attributes
.4 Milestone list
.5 Project scope statement
.6 Enterprise
environmental factors
.7 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.2 Project documents updates
A A A A
.1 Project schedule
network diagrams (assuming Gantt
charts)
1 1 1 1

15. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.9 Estimate Activity Resources .1 Schedule management plan
.2 Activity list
.3 Activity attributes
.4 Resource calendars
.5 Risk register
.6 Activity cost estimates
.7 Enterprise environmental factors
.8 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.3 Project documents updates
A B A A
.1 Activity resource requirements 1 1 1 1
.2 Resource breakdown structure 2 2 2 2
A1.5.10 Estimate Activity Durations .1 Schedule management plan
.2 Activity list
.3 Activity attributes
.4 Activity resource requirements
.5 Resource calendars
.6 Project scope statement
.7 Risk register
.8 Resource breakdown structure
.9 Enterprise environmental factors
.10 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.2 Project documents updates
A B B B
.1 Activity duration estimates 1 1 1 1

16. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.11 Develop Schedule .1 Schedule management plan
.2 Activity list
.3 Activity attributes
.4 Project schedule network diagrams
.5 Activity resource requirements
.6 Resource calendars
.7 Activity duration estimates
.8 Project scope statement
.9 Risk register
.10 Project staff assignments
.11 Resource breakdown structure
.12 Enterprise environmental factors
.13 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid features
redundancy:
.5 Project management plan updates
.6 Project documents updates
A A A A
.1 Schedule baseline 1 2 1 2
.2 Project schedule 1 1 1 1
.3 Schedule data 1 1 1 1
.4 Project calendars 1 1 1 1
A1.5.12 Plan Cost
Management
.1 Project management plan
.2 Project charter
.3 Enterprise environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Cost management plan 2 2 2 2

17. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.13 Estimate Costs .1 Cost management plan
.2 Human resource management plan
.3 Scope baseline
.4 Project schedule
.5 Risk register
.6 Enterprise environmental factors
.7 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.3 Project documents updates
B
B
B B
.1 Activity cost estimates 1 2 1 1
.2 Basis of estimates 1 2 1 1
A1.5.14 Determine Budget .1 Cost management plan
.2 Scope baseline
.3 Activity cost estimates
.4 Basis of estimates
.5 Project schedule
.6 Resource calendars
.7 Risk register
.8 Agreements
.9 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to
avoid features redundancy:
.3 Project documents updates
B
B
B B
.1 Cost baseline 1 2 1 1
.2 Project funding requirements 1 2 1 1

18. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.15 Plan Quality Management .1 Project management plan
.2 Stakeholder register
.3 Risk register
.4 Requirements documentation
.5 Enterprise environmental factors
.6 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.5 Project documents updates
B
B
B B
.1 Quality management plan 2 2 2 2
.2 Process improvement plan 2 2 2 2
.3 Quality metrics 1 2 2 1
.4 Quality checklists 1 2 2 1
A1.5.16 Plan Human Resource
Management
.1 Project management plan
.2 Activity resource requirements
.3 Enterprise environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
.1 Human resource management plan 2 2 2 2
A1.5.17 Plan Communications
Management
.1 Project management plan
.2 Stakeholder register
.3 Enterprise environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.2 Project documents updates
.1 Communications management plan 2 2 2 2

19. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.18 Plan Risk Management .1 Project management plan
.2 Project charter
.3 Stakeholder register
.4 Enterprise environmental factors
.5 Organizational process assets
.1 Risk management plan 2 2 2 2
A1.5.19 Identify Risks .1 Risk management plan
.2 Cost management plan
.3 Schedule management plan
.4 Quality management plan
.5 Human resource management plan
.6 Scope baseline
.7 Activity cost estimates
.8 Activity duration estimates
.9 Stakeholder register
.10 Project documents
.11 Procurement documents
.12 Enterprise environmental factors
.13 Organizational process assets
B
B
B B
.1 Risk register 1 1 1 1
A1.5.20 Perform Qualitative Risk
Analysis
.1 Risk management plan
.2 Scope baseline
.3 Risk register
.4 Enterprise environmental factors
.5 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.1 Project documents updates
B
B
B B

20. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.21 Perform Quantitative Risk
Analysis
.1 Risk management plan
.2 Cost management plan
.3 Schedule management plan
.4 Risk register
.5 Enterprise environmental factors
.6 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.1 Project documents updates
B
B
B B
A1.5.22 Plan Risk Responses .1 Risk management plan
.2 Risk register
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.1 Project management plan updates
.2 Project documents updates
B
B
B B

21. A1.5 Planning Process Group
PROCESS INPUTS OUTPUTS C T M S
A1.5.23 Plan Procurement
Management
.1 Project management plan
.2 Requirements documentation
.3 Risk register
.4 Activity resource requirements
.5 Project schedule
.6 Activity cost estimates
.7 Stakeholder register
.8 Enterprise environmental factors
.9 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.7 Project documents updates
.1 Procurement management plan 2 2 2 2
.2 Procurement statement of work 2 2 2 2
.3 Procurement documents 1 1 1 1
.4 Source selection criteria 2 2 2 2
.5 Make-or-buy decisions 2 2 2 2
.6 Change requests 1 2 2 1
A1.5.24 Plan Stakeholder
Management
.1 Project management plan
.2 Stakeholder register
.3 Enterprise environmental factors
.4 Organizational process assets
Removed from evaluation grid to avoid
features redundancy:
.2 Project documents updates
.1 Stakeholder management plan 2 2 2 2

22. … and so on! :)

23. If you are a Professional or
a Vendor Representative
and would like to contribute to this study,
please contact me on LinkedIn.
You need to be able to precisely map
at least one software
to PMBOK grid of processes.
https://www.linkedin.com/in/michele-taverna/

24. Results will be published on SlideShare
with Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International
license, with the mention of all Project Managers
who collaborated and desire to be listed.
Next we would publish the final work
on a dedicated WordPress website
where we will maintain updated info.

25. Special thanks to Matt Kuchinos
for his precious help
in setting up this work.

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