Review of Teamcenter

Teamcenter is a software project management tool. The intentions of the program are to help you to increase your company's bottom line and stay organized and on task. By combining portfolio management with project management, the developers hope that they can streamline the way business gets done. Teamcenter has a playable demo available on their website. Pricing information is available by contacting Siemens directly.

Teamcenter allows business executives to manage their companies in a simple manner. It integrates project management, portfolio management, and program management into one software package. Teamcenter contains a quick-tab menu to allow users to jump from project to portfolio management easily. Features of Teamcenter include:

• Creation and monitoring of project schedules
• Tracking of task dependencies
• Create custom, repeatable rules within project schedules
• Use templates to facilitate processes
• The ability to build a project schedule through collaboration
• Create visual graphs using histograms
• Allocate resources and view the status of their tasks
• Color code tasks for easy organization
• Create budget reports that analyze spending
• Integrate with Microsoft Project
• Use email to notify employees of project updates and scheduling changes
• Track knowledge management information
• Create work breakdown structures
• Track risks and issues in the program database
• Enjoy the security and convenience of web-based project management software

In addition to the above, Teamcenter also allows for portfolio management capabilities including:

• Analysis and review of your portfolio
• Define your strategic business objectives
• Enjoy strategic planning features
• Integrate easily with business programs
• Track portfolio performance and seamlessly connect portfolio information to project information
• Capture ideas formally
• Enjoy collaborative workflow features

Because this program integrates portfolio and project management, it is a valuable tool for companies wishing to keep their business strategy information in one place.

Teamcenter is for you if you perfer to keep your project and portfolio management information in one program. It allows you to take advantage of the security and convenience of web-based software. If you require more power than Microsoft Project offers, this program can help you acheive results. Because it allows you to set strategic business objectives, and then create projects from them, it can ensure that every task your team undertakes relates directly to increasing business profit. This program is best for large companies and establsihed businesses.