The Training Department's Role in Project Management Software Selection
The activities sponsored by the training center at AT&T Bell Laboratories has helped research and development engineers and managers recognize the need for and the advantages of using project management software to control and schedule their projects. Four years ago, the Bell Labs Kelly Education and Training Center (KETC) designed a 2-1/2 day workshop to "spread the word" about the new automated systems which were beginning to proliferate the personal and minicomputer markets. The workshop has been extra- ordinarily successful. The strategies and techniques taught in the workshop have helped over 2200 engineer and mangers to (1) understand the capabilities of several software systems, (2) compare the many different features, and (3) select software that was right for their own projects.