Thursday, 21 May 2015

Architecture firms and productivity software

Productivity is a major concern for architecture firms. Architects are more exposed to designing software than productivity software which is essential for managing the resources. Hence missing out on the opportunity to improve the efficiency and capabilities of the firm.

If you take majority of the productivity software in the market, you can see that they all consider activity or task management as the first priority and the rest of the features will be an augmentation. With the applications/software not focusing on any particular workflow pattern it can be used by individuals or organizations as they see fit. This flexibility of the software applications is highly regarded by organizations as it seems cheaper than to create a custom software.

So how to choose the right software for your architecture firm? The common practice to get reference from fellow professionals, this can be a gamble as the business process may differ from one organization to another. Or the architect can try out a few software available in the market and then decide on the right one to adopt. Firms with a vision and growth oriented work culture strive to build on a software that can leverage their existing workflow. With the inputs from the firm, customization can be done to suit the firm’s best needs.


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