More than 60% of all companies today are either fully or substantially project-centered companies. That is, all or most of the profitability of these companies comes through projects, of either a product or service nature. And this number is likely to rise considerably over the next decade as virtual organizations continue to proliferate. As such, the need to either improve or adapt to project management tools and methodologies will only increase.Use of the DPM tools is growing rapidly because they are comparatively cheaper and easy to use.

Using the Internet, enterprises can now more easily support geographically disbursed project teams-a project manager in Dallas can schedule and manage team members in San Jose, Detroit, and Berlin, for instance. Everyone is updated in real-time over the web on changes in project priorities, workforce availability and skills, document updates, and other critical business needs.