Existing Project Management Software Internal Tools

Evaluate Existing Project Management Software Internal Tools

The work of evaluating existing internal tools is completed in the two steps shown in this diagram

1.      List Tools

2.      Evaluate Tools

Here are the three steps needed to list tools.

1.      Identify tools in the methodology and standards.

2.      Identify other tools relevant to project management template through review of notes and through discussion with stakeholders.

3.      List each tool, giving it a unique identifying number.

Once each tool is listed, it can be evaluated using these four steps:

1.      Identify relevant requirements, including all general requirements and applicable specific requirements.

2.      Perform a gap analysis.

3.      Write work needed to close gaps.

4.      Evaluate quantity of work and categorize the tool by the amount of work to be done.

Here is a partial sample list of existing internal tools with the evaluations completed: