What kind of project management software should be chosen?

There is a variety of project management software in the market, and each vendor publicities their products' power and advantage. As the person in charge of selecting enterprise project management software, how to choose it? There are many dimensions to consider when choosing project management software, such as functions, prices, services, updates, deployments, etc. I want to talk about whether the software can help improve the project management level of the company.

Let's take eating as an example. There is a variety of fast food and healthy, nutritious meals. All kinds of fast food taste great, but after eating for a long time, the burden on the body will be heavy, and it even leads to diseases, which are often reported in the media. The same is true for project management software.

An enterprise is an organization made up of many individuals. Meredith Belbin, the founder of Belbin's team theory, once said, "There is no perfect individual, but there is a perfect team." Enterprises need rigorous management processes and systems to build efficient teams. Therefore, business management requires planning, review, process and inspection, all of which are against people's inertia. No one is born to enjoy daily planning, estimating, prioritizing, checking, and reviewing. But teams must do these things to survive. So a good management software needs to help enterprises perform these actions and improve collaboration efficiency. However, it is a pity that many management software cannot think clearly about their value and positioning. It is one-sided in pursuing simplified function and simple input, putting the cart before the horse.

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The same is true of the project management software market where the ZenTao team is located. For example, there is a lot of software in the input task only with a short title that is also needed to artificially control the length of the input text box to display completely. In this way, users can input quickly but lack more complete and in-depth thinking. The interface also looks nice but loses a lot of other key information, such as the estimated working hours, the commencement date and deadline of the tasks and so on. Project management is simple and fast on the surface if these tasks are not done, but it does not play a positive role in improving the team project management level.

Project management is a very complex field; otherwise, there would not be such a huge systematic knowledge system as PMBOK. Many project management software vendors lack independent and deep thinking on project management, and their products are more imitated. ZenTao project management software is honoured to be followed by many vendors. (I have heard some product managers from other vendors say they are studying Zen Tao in depth.) I am not afraid of others to imitate because there is much deep thinking logic behind it that can't be imitated.

It is precise because of this that many project management software itself is not systematic in management. It is possible to do simple task tracking, but it does not provide a more rigorous project management process. Project management tools can not play a role in team improvement but will become the shackles of team growth. We also have a lot of users who are transferred from other vendors. When we do user research, customers give us feedback. The reason why they switched to Zen Tao is that the previous software functions and processes were insufficient.

Project management is an important way to implement company strategies, so selecting project management software is critical. The Zen Tao team has been engaged in project management software development for 13 years and has its own independent and complete thinking on project management. At the same time, our team is also practising various agile development practices, integrating the results of our induction, abstraction and generalization into Zen Tao. Since its inception, Zen Tao has been undergoing continuous reform and evolution. Up to now, it has released more than 400 versions, completed more than 7,500 requirements, and browsed and downloaded by users more than 11.5 million times. Now it is still in continuous updates and iterations.

Zen Tao is a software that can grow with the team. Zen Tao can provide corresponding support from the entrepreneurial team of several people to the large R&D team of thousands of people. Choosing Zen Tao can keep the team growing and improve the management efficiency of the team. If this sounds good, go ahead and give ZenTao a try for free today.