PPMLite can be described as a
tool for the
management of project portfolios which is completely web-based. This tool (which can be tried out for
free) has the added plus of being compatible with
Microsoft Project and
Basecamp, so that both projects and milestones can be imported from one into the other.
Excel is supported as well, and you don’t even need to reformat anything – the color coding which characterizes PPMLite is kept intact when you execute the transposition.
Of course, aspects like customizing the privileges of users so that they can exert more or less control over projects are fully accounted for. And reports both on resources and projects are extensively featured.
Ultimately (and as any person who has ever had a project in his hands can attest) tools that make for a more uncluttered execution and the parcelling of responsibilities are naturally appealing. Distributing
tasks is hard, and if we are talking about
workforces that are scattered over different territories then it is even harder. PPMLite fits in that category, and as such more than one individual out there will be able to put it to good use.