Clarizen as a Smart MS Project Alternative

Clarizen’s strategy for project management differs from MS Project in Approach, Concept and Business Model and it is that strategy that makes Clarizen a smart alternative to MS Project. 

Approach – Clarizen's User Centric Approach

Traditional Project Management tools, including MS project, tend to be complicated, hard to use and cumbersome. MS Project is a file based solution that does not support multiple users access and therefore does not encourage user participation or collaboration.

What people want is a simple, usable yet robust solution that can help them to get their work done faster and more efficiently, leaving more time for the things that really matter. Clarizen is an online project management software.

Clarizen empowers every employee in the company with usable, intuitive tools that will help him in performing the work and will make the daily routine more dynamic, exiting and effective. 

Concept - Beyond Project Management

Managing projects is no longer limited to management tasks within the strict framework of the project tasks.Work Management is a natural expansion, or even evolution of Project Management. Work Management reflects the complexity that comes with modern business processes and is part of the new reality.

People need a solution that will solve the whole gamut of activities that they need to plan, execute and monitor, including project management, time tracking, change management, risk management and others. Clarizen incorporates and streamlines all these process in a single platform improving visibility and efficiency across all business processes. 

Business Model – Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)

Clarizen is accessible anywhere and anytime for the whole project team. Project team can collaborate and communicate on the plan is real time.

For maximum productivity, a project manager needs to delegate the planning and execution of a project plan. Having an online platform with permissions based access gives project managers that ability to empower employees at every level to live and breathe the project. This type of flexibility and visibility is the only way that an entire organization can commit to the deliverables and demands that make modern business successful.

Dynamic companies move beyond the boundaries of their physical office and invite their customers, vendors and suppliers involvement in project activities. The success of the companies depends strongly on how effective they can structure the communication with these external resources.

Clarizen’s SaaS model allows companies to collaborate across offices to get the most out of their resources.

In an age that depends so heavily on information and communication, we must adapt and use the tools that will encourage collaboration and interaction. We can’t hide away from visibility but instead we must trust that the sharing of information at all levels of an organization will deliver best results.