UPDATE (1 JAN 2010): I create a separate Web page from this blog post to maintain an updated list of Legal Project Management applications, see:
http://legalprojectmanagement.info/legal-project-management-applications.html
For some time now, Mark Kerzner has provided weekly summaries of information shared on the LitSupport Yahoo Group discussion board at his "Legal Technology" blog. Last month he launched "LitSupport Q & A" that provides this information in a question and answer format as a free service to the litigation support community. One of the first answers published is a list of "EDD Project Tracking Dashboard software."
The list is not meant to be complete as it merely records responses to a question posted to the LitSupport discussion board. There is no way for visitors to post comments or edit the entries and update answers with further information.
Some other sites for listings of project/matter management applications:
- e-LegalTechnology.org's "Matter Management" category
- E-discovery consultant Greg Buckles's "E-Discovery Application Matrix" offers an extensive catalog of electronic discovery applications that can be searched and sorted by EDRM phase and product features. Select "project management" from the "Browse by EDRM Phase" drop-down for a list of applications that can help you manage your e-discovery projects.
- On-line document litigation-document SaaS provider Lexbe's litiReviews site offers third-party reviews of legal and litigation software. While there is not a "project management" category, the "case management", "litigation management", and "practice management" categories have reviews of some software relevant to legal project managers.
- The Lawyers Guide to Collaboration Tools and Technologies
This is the companion site to the book of the same name. Collaboration and communication are central to good project management. While the entire Web site, accompanying wiki pages and the book are all worth checking out, here is the direct link to the Wiki page for the list of project management software for lawyers: http://collaborationtools.pbworks.com/Project+Management
if you are looking for a versatile project management tool take a look at http://www.comindwork.com
Hi,
I'd like to add our software to your list, it is currently being used by a number of lawyers.
I've created an add-in that adds project management capabilities to Microsoft Outlook. All of your project based emails, files, contacts, tasks and appointments are managed in a central, easy to use location.
You can find more information on our web-site: www.missinglinkprojectcenter.com
Kevin
Web based project management is one of the most valuable additions to your business. It will help you improve your business and will make it more efficient as well. Project management software takes care of scheduling, resource allocation, and much more.
Today, we are living in an era of the Internet where online project management software serves as a great tool to help us complete projects on time. Such software is the simplest tool that helps the project managers plan and manage different tasks that are involved in each project.
Many of the companies in business today are still following the traditional ins-outs system on paper. And this can create some problems for employees. You don’t need to note down your in time or out time if you implement employee time tracking software. This is software that can help you in maintaining the records of projects and employees’ working hours in an effective manner.
We at times notice that employees chat online with their friends and talk on the phone but with employee time tracking software you can easily reward the performers and identify the poor performers. Such employee monitoring tools help the employer to ensure that the company succeeds in the long run.
With so many hazards that can go against the project, it is vital for project managers to find out the areas where they are lacking and where they can save their money. Even with that it is important to track who is doing what and when. If project managers identify such basic things then they can easily identify the up-coming problems and reasons behind it.
While this law is great and it certainly skirts some employees from stealing time, there will be some who will teeter on that edge. There is a response to those who do, however. That response is in the form of employee time tracking software. It's often very difficult, if not impossible to steal time with employee time tracking software because you can monitor the activities of the employees.
It can be a lot of work managing a project for a company. One has to keep track of all aspects, from payroll to what progress each member of the team makes every day. This can be done with a notepad and pencil, but it is much easier to accomplish with the use of a computer.
Probably the most efficient project management software, though, is web based. It allows team members to update their progress themselves, saving the team leader from having to constantly call for updates or from going around to get those same updates personally.