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The goal is to find the best method that will help keep the data current, as it directly affects the project's job costing and scheduling. Timberline is well known for its project management (PM) software, and West says, "Using project management software on the Web requires a strong and persistent network connection. If jobs are large enough to have a job site trailer with these connections, and if staff performs regular project management entries onsite, the company will benefit from very current data. However, if onsite staff lacks a good Internet connection, if an existing connection is unreliable, or the staff fails to keep the system current when out of the home office, then most companies will keep project management software in the home office to ensure mandatory updates are performed. Either way, the goal is to find the best method that will help keep the data current, as it directly affects the project's job costing and scheduling."
Project Team Solutions, Columbus, Ohio, is a Meridian Authorized Premier Partner for the Mid-West and Mid-Atlantic region. It provides technology solutions and services to construction companies, including product demonstrations, needs analysis, financing, implementations, custom reports, custom user manuals, user training, technical support, software integration and custom application development.
According to Derek Stout, Regional Account Manager at Project Team Solutions, "The ASP approach is typically what we've seen subcontractors ask about due to the fact they don't have the hardware, networking and support staff in place to use a shared PM application without spending a lot of money on infrastructure. An attractive feature of Meridian Systems' ProjectTalk.com ASP is you are able to start up and maintain memberships on a month-to-month basis. This results in a much lower initial cost."
However, Stout adds, "I have to tell you that the typical purchase for subs has not been the ASP model but self-hosted software. It seems that the decision to purchase, install the software, and run it on their own desktop computers comes shortly after they've compared the first and second-year costs for each option. They like the flexibility and ease of use with the ASP model but prefer the end price of the self-hosted software. I would guess that the true value of the ASP is not fully recognized when they are in the middle of cost comparisons."
Both delivery methods use the same applications, so a contractor that decides to self-host Prolog after initially using the Pro-
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