| | July 20166CIOReviewMatt RyderAnil kumarA core focus on people, process, and technology is highly critical to the execution of any project. Meanwhile, to gain optimal performance on the way work gets done, project managers today are taking a fully embedded approach. This approach often integrates innovation, collaboration, and value to drive business productivity. The 21st century project managers are more concerned about complexity management, continuous delivery, project ROI, budget and scope to exercise control over Project and Portfolio Management (PPM). This calls for a migration to SaaS-based project management applications that virtually eliminate the barriers and provide project managers with real-time access to a centralized repository of project assets. Unlike the traditional on-premise project management applications, SaaS-based PPM brings a comprehensive tool set for managing projects from start to finish. According to the recent report by MarketsandMarkets, the PPM market size is expected to grow to $4.63 Billion by 2020, at a Compound Annual Growth Rate (CAGR) of 12.9 percent. With new and effective PPM methodologies evolving across industries, project managers are adopting collaborative, mobile, and social networking tools to support the geographically disjoint groups, accomplish a specific task from anywhere, and build stronger partnerships. The managers need to be equipped with the tools to seek accurate information regarding the projects and ensure that all entities are in place--be it the files, invoices, client proposals, budget information or client communication collateral. There are hundreds of popular project management products such as Microsoft SharePoint, Atlassian JIRA and ProofHQ that help project teams build constant connectivity and seamless workflow.As companies are investing heavily in technology-enabled PPM software, our aim with this special edition on project management technology is to help you attain more visibility into your project progress lifecycle. We hope this information will expand your project management capabilities and assist you to shift to the next level of managing the modern day project-heavy business world. Jeevan George Managing Editoreditor@cioreview.comTechnology-integrated Innovation EditorialAishwarya Kanan Frank Collins Matthew Jacob Alex D'SouzaJem Elizabeth Sarah FernandesCIOReviewJULY - 27 - 2016Mailing AddressCIOReview44790 S. Grimmer Blvd Suite 202, Fremont, CA 94538T:510.402.1463, F:510-894-8405 JULY - 27 - 2016, Volume 5 SE 60 Published by ValleyMedia Inc. To subscribe to CIOReviewVisit www.cioreview.com Editor-in-Chief Pradeep ShankarEditorial StaffSalesT:510.565.7559 VisualizersPROJECT MANAGEMENT SPECIALCIOReviewStephen Thomas stephen.thomas@cioreview.comManaging EditorJeevan GeorgeCopyright © 2016 ValleyMedia 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.
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