Demand for collaborative PM grows

Demand for collaborative project and portfolio management software continues to grow within mid-size enterprises, says marketwire.com.

Based on the adoption of eProject`s PPM6 platform, mid-market and large enterprises are saying yes to the value of a software-as-a-service enabled portfolio project management solution, it says.

Adoption is coming from all sectors, including manufacturing, healthcare, professional and financial services, industry, media and entertainment and IT.

An InterSystems sponsored white paper considers how to better deliver successful IT projects in the public sector, says Webitpr.

Developed by Quocirca, the white paper looks at the public sector delivery challenge, and how the vendors and system integrators can work together with the government to ensure more projects are delivered effectively, the article says.

"The complexity of IT in the public sector is unparalleled, and cannot and should not be underestimated," says Elaine Axby, principal analyst at Quocirca and author of the report.

The Method123 Project Management Methodology (MPMM) will introduce a customisable version of Project Management Methodology, a software tool that users that can download to their PCs, says PR.com.

"By making this methodology completely customisable, teams can merge their existing processes with MPMM best practice processes to create a methodology that perfectly fits their business," says Jason Westland, CEO and founder of Method123.

Westlan says MPMM provides best practice processes and each process describes how to manage an element of the project, faster and more efficiently than before. It also has a suite of risk management templates and case studies to help you to manage risk properly, Westlan says.

IBM is partnering with a number of parties to propose an open source systems management initiative centred on systems management tools for consideration by the Eclipse Foundation, says Linuxworld.com.au.

Tentatively referred to as Community-driven Systems Management in Open Source (Cosmos), the initiative will focus on data collection and a server component, monitoring of the user interface and resource modelling and deployment, the report says.

IBM senior software developer Mark Weitzel did not have a specific date on when Cosmos would officially be proposed to Eclipse, the report says.