Mind-Boggled to Organized in One Easy Step: Project Management Software Acquisition to the Rescue

Many inexperienced people have wrongly assumed that anybody can build a commercial building and that the knowledge, skills, and abilities are easily acquired. It takes years of effort to become skilled at construction and even more education and training to manage an entire project from start to finish. In recent years, project management software has been developed to help construction firms coordinate all the elements of a project, including accounting and internal controls. This case looks at the decision-making process at one construction company — a decision helped it grow from a startup to a multi-million-dollar company by improving efficiency and performance.