No one can doubt that project management software is a great tool to help PMs save a significant amount of time. As every other software, applications like MS Project or Primavera are just tools. They do not execute the entire job for the PMs. It is unacceptable to expect a computer to manage the project, it just manages the vast amount of data that large projects require to store. Any PM software has three major limitations.
1. Incapable of establishing project objectives
2. Does not define define project tasks or dependencies
3. Does not determine and manage project constraints
4. Does not perform the risk analysis
As the significance of having a proper statement of work (SOW) becomes more and more apparent, project management software should consciously take a secondary role in a project system since their power can only be exploited when the project is defined correctly.
So PM tools can only help you do the work efficiently and effectively but will not do the work for you. Learn to use them but dont expect them to replicate the "Project Manager".
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