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Home > 2002 > Project Management & Professional Services Automation (August) > Round Table - Part 3

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Summary of Reports


 Asta Development

 Changepoint

 Hewlett-Packard

 Lawson

 Microsoft

 Mindjet

 OpenAccounts

 QualityTime Software

 Tx3 Solutions



Management Briefings



 Market Overview | Part 2 | Part 3

 Expert Opinion: Clive Burrows of Ovum

 Round Table | Part 2 | Part 3

 Implementation Issues: Mike Hesketh, Corporate Chameleon | Part 2

 Management Issues: Gerry Dodd, Project Management Institute and PMProfessional Learning

 Knowledge Management: Julian Curry, Visual Team | Part 2

 Market Requirements: C3 Consulting’s George Lawrie | Part 2

 Technology Choice: Book author Simon Wallace | Part 2

 User Experiences: Dennis Howlett, Webster Buchannan | Part 2

 Market News | Part 2

Issue Summary

An 'Advisory' panel of five market experts believe project management and PSA packages are producing quantifiable benefits. Pat Sweet reports.

Money in the bank - Part 3 | Part 1 | Part 2

Trevor Cole: very new technology

FINANCIAL SYSTEMS PROVIDER: Eclipse Computing
Interviewee: Trevor Cole, business development director.

Q1: PM/PSA relationship.

A: A lot of PSA vendors are providing general support for projects within service companies, but they do not necessarily understand the complexity of other types of organisation, where project working is the central element of the whole business, and where project management is critical.

In a property development company, for instance, projects start with a pre-project planning exercise or appraisal. The values that come out of that need to be mapped into the project planning tool and entered into the accounts, and then need to be updated as everything is revised. In contrast, a consultancy does less planning until a project has been won.

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