Since the Mid 1980�s, an increasing number of project management software packages (PMSP) has\nappeared in the market to support project management organizations. Despite the wide spread of\nPMSP, projects based organizations are left unguided as to how they should select the most appropriate\nsoftware tool for their intended business use. The aim of this research was to apply a\nscoring model developed using ISO/IEC 14,000 software evaluation criteria to evaluate the effectiveness\nof two software packages in terms of functionality and price, and produce a summary of\nthe evaluation records. To achieve research objective, a questionnaire survey method was used to\ninvestigate the two different project management software packages. One questionnaire was circulated\namong software users in various locations and another was targeting the software vendors.\nThe findings of this study revealed differences between the two packages under investigation\nand highlighted the strength and weakness of each package. The author was able to assess the\nefficiency of each software package and provided a score for each attribute which helps the user to\nunderstand how the software package performs. This investigation revealed that the software user\nis not concerned with the most sophisticated package, or the package that has more advanced\ntools and features. What is more important for the user is their need to produce simple time\ncharts, simple resource and cost analysis and basic reports.
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