| | November 20146CIOReviewCopyright © 2014 CIOReview, Inc. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or part of any text, photography or illustrations without written permission from the publisher is prohibited. The publisher assumes no responsibility for unsolicited manuscripts, photographs or illustrations. Views and opinions expressed in this publication are not necessarily those of the magazine and accordingly, no liability is assumed by the publisher thereof.CIOReviewNOVEMBER - 27 - 2014CIOReview's circulation is audited and certified by BPA International (Audit Pending). Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 November 27 - 2014, volume SE 24 Published by CIOReview To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510.565.7564 VisualizersStephen ThomasArpita GhoshPROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALCIOReviewJohn VarghesecaroJohn.varghese@cioreview.comMaria D'Souzamaria@cioreview.comRobert Matthewrobert@cioreview.comChristine WoodJoshua ParkerNijhum RudraYeshwanth H VAlex D'SouzaJem Elizabeth Matthew JacobSonia SacharWilson Thomaswilson@cioreview.comFailure rates on IT projects are unacceptably high, and the reason is primarily people-based. Inefficient communications between parties are the cause of IT project failures. Today, business processes are more complex and interconnected than ever before--it involves complex communities comprised of partnerships with strategic suppliers, outsourcing vendors, networks of customers, partnerships and even competitors. Through these partnerships, organizations are able to address the pressures of unprecedented change, global competition, time-to-market compression, rapidly changing technologies and increasing complexity at every turn. Because of this multifaceted nature of businesses, projects that implement new business systems are also more complex. Such complex business environment demands that all levels of the project team have an understanding of what is going on with the project. What separates the good from the bad project management organizations almost every time is the quality of project communications. Project management data needs to be accessible to everyone involved in the project lifecycle including executives, stakeholders, and the people doing the actual work. When project managers and PMOs cage their project schedules and other management data in tools like Gantt charts, they risk losing some of the audience for the information. The growth of cloud-based project management tools clearly demonstrates that moving away from the traditional views into the project lifecycle can be liberating for all those involved. Just because earlier tools were ubiquitous doesn't make them the right format. Today's crop of project management applications provide multiple views which project teams can use best to communicate project management information to their stakeholders. The key element of democratizing project management is choosing an application that enables you to capture and publish project management data in a variety of formats for different stake holders. Over the last few months, our editorial team evaluated several project management tools to present you the most promising Project Management Solutions. Hope this will help you in making decision for your organization. Please do let us know on how your organization effectively communicates project information.Pradeep Shankar Editor-in-Chief editor@cioreview.comDemocratizing Project Management Data Editorial
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