Product Management tools were originally meant for professionals. The first tools I learned about in the 70’s and 80’s were mainframe-based with names like Scitor and Primavera. These tools were mostly focused on resources and scheduling for projects, and had the ability to support large, complex and even multiple projects. What was interesting about these mainframe-based tools was that you could access them from any terminal connected to the mainframe. There was one project plan, and usually only one version of project documents stored in the project space. We used “Profs” for e-mail and notifications of changes in project status. However, even though these tools consolidated project objects, they were complex and often required not only a professional project manager to run the project, but the project team often needed a week or more of training.

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