Concerto
Concerto is a web-based project management solution. It offers 100% support of an entire project’s environment, processes, planning, budgets, reports, and much more.
- Program and portfolio management
- Process and workflow integration
- Collaborative management
- Central hub for information
- Planning module fully integrates with MS Project for optimal task management
- Pipeline module optimizes project schedules to help avoid bottlenecks
- Web module offers real-time dashboard of all projects and task-level execution
- Mobile functionality
- Cloud-Based
- Provides a strong holistic view of project or program performance
- Full workflow and process support
- Ease of use
- Automated data migration feature
- Built for collaboration among users across various devices
- Does not allow project backlog management
- Only supports English language
- Email or online support only; onsite support at an extra cost
Concerto is a versatile product that can be hosted in the cloud or on servers at any company. It is designed to allow team members to access the application virtually anywhere and allowing decision makers to view key project information in real-time. The software manages a diverse set of project types, from traditional to Kanban. Concerto’s project management functions include: collaboration, budget, task management, resource management, customization, reporting, issue tracking, support, and customization. Users of this software consistently rate it highly across these categories, with an average score of 8.8 out of 10. Concerto’s main features are its ability to optimize globally, allowing all levels to view key information and make better decisions. It also offers more precise resource management tools and project plan optimization compared to other software options. The algorithms that power Concerto provide the backbone to its strengths. The Critical Chain Buffering, Pipelining, Buffer Management, and Buffer Diagnostics algorithms enable users better control project planning, release of projects, synchronized resource planning, and process leveraging. Concerto was first developed to support local government and government collaborative projects. It likely hasn’t fully taken off as a commonly-used large enterprise application due to its small public sector roots. However, it is very scalable and ready to take on the complexities and challenges of projects of any size.