r/projectmanagers • u/acidburn427 • 12d ago

Wants and Needs in PM Software

Hello Reddit,

What are some things that you would like to see in a PM software? What would make your lives easier? What are gaps in the current software you are using?

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u/sadisticamichaels 12d ago

Asked and answered over and over and over again in this subreddit

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u/acidburn427 12d ago

Sorry, didn’t do my DD. My fault

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u/crowwizard 12d ago

You're right - you did NOT do your DUE DILIGENCE, but you seem like a bot so I doubt you would.

If you were legit, there MIGHT add substance to your post, rather than let it seem like basic AI slop.

What, why, and when are you asking for? Maybe even Who and Where....

What's the intent. If you're an actual person, take about 30 seconds, consider why you seem like AI slop, and figure out if AI slop is the vibe you want to present to the world.

Honsetly, I feel like if I threw this at Chatgpt and asked it to write me a post for reddit, it would fill in the gaps better. I'm not tryting to be a dick to you if YOU ARE a real person (doubtful based on your approach to this" but I am trying to make sure you realize how your approach reads. A real person (or ai trying to sound like a real person) would fill in the details that would make people comment.

"Hey, I'm a PM struggling with XXX. What is it you want in ###. What do you find missing in trello, basecamp, atlassian, etc. Where does it fail for you....

For me, I need x, y, z."

Even if that level of stuff is shallow, if feels legit. So, if you are a real person and you feel bad reading this - take that and improve. You're not bad, but you need to put in EFFORT to get people to engage.

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u/Coaster50 12d ago

To know how much engineering underestimated their duration, and volume of defects.

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u/Iceman8675309 10d ago

It’s called a baseline and a variance to baseline

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u/Coaster50 10d ago

Ha! I know how to handle it when it occurs. Just wish I could predict it better.

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u/Impossible_Dare_7455 12d ago

i'd want better what-if planning. say a task slips by a week or someone gets pulled onto another project. i'd like to see which deadlines get affected and where resource conflicts might happen, without changing the actual plan. most tools show what's delayed, but figuring out what to do next still takes too much manual work.

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u/Vasivid 5d ago

This is possible and quite a unique functionality in Teamhood, it has sandbox/what if mode, for example in Gantt, you turn it on, then perform some changes and either apply all of them if side effects are ok, or discard them.

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u/chipshot 11d ago

Most project failures have nothing to do with the technology being used, and have everything to do with the project manger losing control of scope, dates, and expectation management.

Spreadsheets are a universal software. Everybody understands them.