According to an informal poll conducted by Venio Systems, 45.6% of "e-discovery respondents" use no project management software in house. Here are the poll results as posted in the LinkedIn Electronic Discovery Group (linked page requires registration):
Latest E-Discovery poll RESULTS: Do you utilize project management software in-house?
No 44.6%
Yes - Off the shelf project management software 23.9%
Yes - Hosted project management software 19.6%
Yes - Proprietary project management software 12.0%
Last week's poll consisted of 92 e-discovery respondents from around the world.
If these are lawyers and law firms responding to this poll, I'd be impressed that so many are using project management software. Given the readership of the Electronic Discovery Group, however, I expect that most of the "e-discovery respondents" are in-house or service bureau litigation support professionals. If my hunch is correct, then I'm am shocked that the percentage is so LOW.
Perhaps the issue is with how one defines "project management software." The poll instructions, as far as I know, did not define what project management software is. Of those who answered that they do use project management software, it is interesting to me how many are using hosted solutions. I'd be interested in whether any respondents are including services like Basecamp, which I don't consider to be a professional project management application, but which is frequently listed under the heading of "project management" (example).
I'm also interest in what respondents consider to be "proprietary project management software." Do Access databases and customized Share Point sites count?
This poll prompted me to consider creating a far more detailed poll on project management software, systems, and standards used by legal project managers. If I can find a free, on-line survey tool that would support the type of complex survey I'd like to create, I'll set it up and announce it here. If you have any survey solutions to recommend, please post about them in the comments.
Thanks for the wonderful list of tools! Never thought there are so many tools to get most of the work done. In fact I am a happy user of few of those and would certainly recommend following to anyone who has similar needs.
I'm glad you found it useful. Please check out today's post about project management software and SaaS solutions. Also, I'll be posting an interview later this week with John Rowley, Director of iFramework, a legal project management solution developed for litigation support departments. So, check back later this week.
If these are lawyers and law firms responding to this poll, I'd be impressed that so many are using project management software.
I also stats of methods that Ontime users use don’t backup the fact that ad-hoc wins. it is simply that customers who don’t have any methodology (like us) find it easier to use tools like Ontime (flexible and easy to use). I am sure customer who do have strict methodologies and even Agile ones would use other tools that are more tailored for it, and therefore will not be Axosoft customer. I am quite excited that Ontime is going to introduce SCRUM and I am sure once this is done, and the same survey published in 12 months time, stats will look different.
Regards.