Prepared by Vince Rogers & Associates for the eHow.com Business Success Video Series

1. Business Success
Prepared by
Vince Rogers & Associates
for
Demand Studios

2. How Can Using
Project Management
Information Systems (PMIS)
Give an Organization a
Competitive Advantage?

3. Your company just landed a much
needed new project, now you want to
make sure that you do a great job for
your new client
or
Your business needs to restructure the
entire organization in order to move to
the next level

4. In order to give your organization
a competitive advantage in the
project management process,
you may want to consider using a
Project Management
Information Systems or (PMIS)

5. Project Management Information
Systems
help organizations to plan, execute, and
close each phase of the project
management process
They insure that all of the appropriate
steps are being taken at each project
phase and that each project task is
completed properly

6. A Project Management Information System is
defined as
“An electronic information system that consists
of the tools and techniques used to gather,
integrate, and disseminate the outputs of
project management processes
It is used to support all aspects of the project
from initiating through closing, and can
include both manual and automated systems”

7. Organizations that don’t use such
systems can certainly be
successful at completing projects,
but by using a PMIS you have a
better chance of making sure
that the Scope, Cost and Time
goals of the project are met

8. For smaller projects or
projects that involve routine
processes that your
organization has a lot of
experience with, a PMIS may
not be necessary

9. However for large projects,
very important projects or
projects where you don’t
have a lot of experience
using a PMIS may be
crucial

10. Before purchasing a PMIS you must take into
consideration:
 Integration with your existing hardware and
software,
 Training for those people in your
organization who will be using this new tool
 Whether making such an investment is cost
effective for your organization

11. After taking all of these factors under
consideration you may conclude that
using a
Project Management Information Systems
(PMIS)
will give your Organization the Competitive
Advantage it needs to complete projects
successfully