Collaborative Project Management Software

Project management software has been executed as a program, that user can run on their computer system. PM software like GamePlan is developed as a web application that can be used with the help of web browsers. Project management software hosted in the cloud enables successful completion of projects compared to the traditional project management systems. Cloud based project management software helps architects, engineers, contractors, owners and facility management professionals to collaborate more effectively with other parties. 

Collaborative web base project management software like GamePlan permits each team member to play a part in the project from beginning to end. For example a subcontractor can send a project design and documents to the general contractor for review, who can forward it to the architect, who can in turn send it to the owner who can then pass and send it all the way back to subcontractors for construction. It provides every team member more control of the project information flow. In traditional construction project management systems do not provide a common platform for all project participants instead it limits these capabilities. An accountability based reporting system also creates major difference. Collaborative construction management applications provide a reporting system, that help to all team members to analyze their task or assignment status, with the project.

In a traditional project management system only one person creates and edits the project plan. This system is only suitable for small companies or ones where only a few team members are involved in top-down project planning. Some desktop application has these features. Collaborative project management software supports every team member’s participation in top-down and bottom-up project planning setting. Web based application like GamePlan, normally fall into this category. For successful construction project delivery it is compulsory to switch to collaborative project management practices, without collaboration and effective coordination between project participants, projects cannot succeed.