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In the first blog of the new year, we are reviewing how to choose an online project management software and our picks for 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n

The software technology is advancing rapidly and the online project management software is getting easier to use and at the same more robust and functional.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the old days’ project management<\/a> software was written by project managers for the project managers.<\/span><\/p>\n

The project managers were the main buyers and users of the PM application.<\/span><\/p>\n

This is changing. Teams are more agile, diverse, remote, and collaborative today.<\/span><\/p>\n

Microsoft project<\/a>\u00a0was good for the late 20th century’s management dictatorships, but not effective in the 21st.<\/span><\/p>\n

The number one advantage of online project management software<\/a> compared to the desktop project management software is the fact that the online version was developed to be collaborative from the beginning.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

For this reason, the online\u00a0project management is the only\u00a0software that\u00a0should be used by remote as well as traditional teams.<\/span><\/p>\n

As globalization is changing commerce, it also fuels the increase in remote teams deployment.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Today, there more remote teams working<\/a> on projects than any other time in the history of mankind.<\/span><\/p>\n

So how do you evaluate the best online project management software for your business? Is it the ease of use or the feature set that are most important?<\/span><\/p>\n

Well, both are important. New project management software for today’s teams need to be collaborative, fully functional and easy to use.<\/span><\/p>\n

Online project management software features\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

What does project management software need to have to be called\u00a0collaborative project management software? <\/span><\/p>\n

In this article, we review the most important features needed by project management software to make it a useful tool. <\/span><\/p>\n

Task Management<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

There is no such thing as project management software without having a robust task management software<\/a> as its main component.<\/span><\/p>\n

By task management, I don’t mean\u00a0a to-do list. A to-do list is something you use to manage the errands in your everyday life. What to buy? Where to go? etc.<\/span><\/p>\n

A task management tool enables\u00a0you to design the process and steps needed for getting something done.<\/span><\/p>\n

To do this planning correctly subtasks, dependencies, and milestones are needed.<\/span><\/p>\n

Each task should have its own dashboard so you can add a description, start time, due time, assignments, comments and attach files to a task.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Gantt Chart<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

The best way to show a task’s progress over time and its relationship to other tasks is\u00a0the Gantt chart.<\/span><\/p>\n

An even better tool than Gantt Chart is an interactive\u00a0Gantt chart<\/a>.\u00a0 Here you can modify tasks graphically and everyone in your team can\u00a0see\u00a0the changes in real-time.<\/span><\/p>\n

I believe after many decades in use, the Gantt chart is still the best visual tool for showing the project’s status at any moment.<\/span><\/p>\n

One of the best features of a Gantt chart is its ability to show the critical path in the project. This is invaluable information about the project.\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Support Tools for managing projects<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Managing projects is a cumbersome task and an online project management tool should help with as many project’s needs as possible.<\/span><\/p>\n

A list of functions\u00a0needed in a robust online project management software is listed below:<\/span><\/p>\n