Comparison Between Software Project Management & Traditional Software
Project Management
Project management plays a crucial role in ensuring the successful completion of tasks, meeting
deadlines, and achieving project objectives. With the advent of technology, project management
software has emerged as a powerful tool, revolutionizing the way projects are planned, executed,
and monitored. In this blog post, we will explore the benefits and advantages of project
management software over traditional methods.
 Software Project Management                     Traditional Project Management
 People-centric, Leadership and Collaboration    Process-centric, command and Control
 Focus on the short-term scope                   This approach focuses on developing of entire
 regardless of details plan & then moving to     scope in start
 next release
 Embracing changes because of flexible &         Changes are always unwelcomed because of
 adaptable structure procedures                  rigid structure of procedures
 SPM team members have active                    Conventional team members environment are
 communication & collaboration                   working individual with a less collaboration
 Decision is established as a result of active   Decision & orders are made by hierarchical
 involvement & interaction in the system         structures of organization
 SPM team believe on continuous interaction,     Control promotion resulting in the increasing
 self-organizing & bare rules result in          command & order
 increased command over the system
 SPM adopted organizations should be flexible    Conventional models adopted organizations
 & base on necessary bureaucracy only            are having rigid & static hierarchies &
                                                 structures
 In SPM management roles are fostering &         In traditional management believes on control
 facilitators for the team
 Employees are significant assets of the         Employees can be interchanged in
 organization they all should contribute in      organizations or can be replaced
 system development regardless of roles &
 positions
 Customer has active contribution &              Customer are primarily contributing during
 continuous onsite involvement throughout the    the collection of requirements & transitions
 lifecycle of the project                        stages
 Iterative & incremental approaches to           The complete project scope are breakdown in
 prioritize user stories with continuous         small chunks arrange in a hierarchical
 feedback stakeholders tends to results in       structure called work breakdown structure
 valuable production shipment in a short         (WBS) and assigned resource
 period
 Future control on projects are limited due to
 uncertain , unpredictable scope & short plan
 detail